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Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians community hosts drug awareness event
WATERSMEET, Mich. (WLUC) - Data from the National Institute of Drug Abuse shows over 100,000 people have died from drug-involved overdoses from 1999 to 2021. Gogebic County activists are trying to bring that number down in our community. Lac Vieux Desert (LVD) Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians community gathered to create a presentation event about drug prevention. This event was held at the Northern Waters Casino in Watersmeet. LVD Healing to Wellness Court Officer Amanda Bett stated that preventing more deaths starts with events like this.
Final permits aren't yet issued for Lake Superior copper mine. But opponents fear it's all but locked in.
GOGEBIC COUNTY, Mich. – The Presque Isle River carves through the southwest tip of the Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park, leaving dozens of waterfalls in its wake before meeting the shore of Lake Superior. The Midwest's largest tract of old-growth forest, undisturbed for generations, looms on either side of the river's final miles....
UPHP, WUPHD, MSU Extension and 4-H to host Family Fun Night and Resource Fair in Ironwood
IRONWOOD, Mich. (WLUC) - Community Members in Gogebic County are invited to join Upper Peninsula Health Plan (UPHP), the Western UP Health Department (WUPHD), and the MSU Extension along with 4H for the Ironwood Family Fun Night and Resource Fair. The event will be held at the Pat O’Donnell Civic...
Justin Liles: Snow continues for south shore
A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for the south shore for Bayfield, Ashland, Iron Counties in norther Wisconsin as well Gogebic County in the U.P. of Michigan too until 1am Thursday. Snow showers will continue for these areas through tomorrow due to northerly winds. The good news is winds will begin to die down some tonight helping to improve road conditions and visibilities. Most of the region east of Ashland could pick up and an additional 3-7” by the end of the day Thursday.
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