7/17/2024

IRONWOOD – Be aware that with Festival Ironwood the ATV / UTV trail has been temporarily rerouted around Depot Park.  From the East riders need to ride off the trail onto Suffolk, Pewabic and Lawrence streets back to the trail.  Signs are in place to warn riders of the reroute. 

7/17/2024

IRONWOOD - Luther L. Wright K-12 School in Ironwood turns 100 this Saturday and will celebrate its centennial during Festival Ironwood. The school has seen a lot of Ironwood kids travel through it’s halls, right now, the school has about 700 K-12 students attending. Friday the opening ceremony kicks off at 2:30pm and then on Saturday they’ll have an open house with tours available at the school from 11:00am to 3:00pm. Organizers of the event invite everyone who’s ever attended Luther L. Wright to take the tour and come to the open house to relive memories of school days past.

7/17/2024

GOGEBIC COUNTY - Seven community-based organizations and 10 individuals in the U.P. will share in just over $67,000 from Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions, the lead organization of the Region 1 Perinatal Quality Collaborative. The grants are aimed at enhancing birth outcomes, reducing health disparities and addressing the cause of those disparities. The Gogebic-Ontonagon Great Start Collaborative is one of the organizations that will share in the grant. Requests for proposals were made through one-time funding received from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Katrina Keough, Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions Assistant Director and Region 1 Perinatal Collaborative Lead says that funding will provide essential services to those mothers and their families, with a community centered approach that honors the process.