4/9/2025

IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College announcing Mrs. Lori (Wardynski) Scott, of Ontonagon, MI as the graduation speaker for the 91st annual commencement ceremony to be held on Friday, May 9, 2025, at the David G. Lindquist Student and Conference Center Gymnasium on the GCC campus in Ironwood.  Scott grew up in Ontonagon graduating from Ontonagon High School in 2016. She continued her education at Gogebic Community College graduating with an Associate of Arts in Business Administration in 2018.  Scott currently works for the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District (GOISD) as the Career Technical Education Food Systems and Natural Resources Instructor and FFA Advisor and currently teaches students in both Gogebic and Ontonagon County. 

4/9/2025

IRONWOOD / U.P. — The USDA Forest Service Upper Peninsula Fire and Aviation Management Unit is preparing for prescribed fire operations this Spring on the Hiawatha and Ottawa National Forests. This includes 7,042 acres in the East Zone and 3,248 acres in the West Zone of the Hiawatha National Forest, and 587 acres on the Ottawa National Forest.  These prescribed fires reduce risk to the public by removing hazardous vegetation to mitigate wildfires and prevent loss of property. They also help to re-establish fire’s positive role in local ecosystems, increase native plant regeneration, and improve wildlife habitat and forest health according to the Forest Service.

4/9/2025

N. WISCONSIN – The Fire Danger in much of Wisconsin is increasing.  Most of Central and Southern Wisconsin seeing a High fire danger right now which is level 3 of the 5 level fire danger scale.  Ashland, Bayfield and Price Counties fire danger a bit lower at Moderate.  Iron and Vilas County seeing a low fire danger right now the lowest on the scale.