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.

7/17/2024

L’ANSE - The date for a potential waiver hearing has been set in the case against a former Houghton County attorney.  Evan Dixon appeared yesterday for a review hearing on Zoom with Gogebic County District Court Judge Anna Talaska.  Dixon is charged with first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of 53-year-old Theron Duncan in the Douglass House Saloon bathroom last November. This comes after he was ruled competent to stand trial last month.  During Tuesday’s hearing, both the prosecution and defense agreed to begin plea negotiations.  Dixon’s preliminary exam is scheduled for Aug. 16.  If a deal is made, the waiver would instead take place on Aug. 14 in Houghton.  In the case of a waiver hearing, Dixon would not proceed to trial.