Gogebic Community College
The Gogebic Community College Foundation is pleased to announce three new Board of Directors; John Matonich, Clay Thomason, and Daniel Jamison, IV. “We welcome John, Clay and Dan to our Foundation Board,” said Kelly Marczak, Foundation Executive Director. “Each of them will bring a unique perspective to our Board and help us in our mission as we continue to work together to support GCC and our students.”
John Matonich of Marenisco, graduated from A. D. Johnston High School in Bessemer. After graduation, he continued his education at Michigan Technological University and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Land Surveying with Honors in 1981. Matonich, a Professional Surveyor, retired from ROWE Professional Services Company, a firm specializing in consulting engineering, surveying, planning, landscape architecture, aerial photogrammetry, and land development services in the Midwest and across the country, in January of 2016 after 31 years of se
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HOUGHTON Summer 2021 is set to see the return of a Copper Country staple to its events calendar.
As reported by the Keweenaw Report, Bridgefest will be Father’s Day weekend, June 17th-20th, brought to you by Keweenaw Chevrolet Buick GMC.
As expected, when an auto dealership is involved, there will be plenty of horsepower on display, new and old. A Touch the Truck event is planned to familiarize people with the current vehicle lineup. Police cruisers and heavy equipment like excavators will also be on display. The kids will have a chance to check their Tonka toys for accuracy.
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HOUGHTON The Copper Country’s state legislators met with the Houghton County Board Friday morning to discuss COVID-19 restrictions and other issues in the county at a special meeting Friday.
The meeting was the idea of State Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, who answered questions from the board along with Rep. Greg Markkanen, R-Hancock. McBroom had intended to meet with counties after taking office in 2019, he said, but had been delayed first by legislative work surrounding mental health, then by COVID-19.
McBroom said he hopes to hold the meetings quarterly.
COVID-19 had scrambled the dynamics in the legislature even beyond the partisan divide, McBroom said.
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This is local author Tyler Tichelaar with his book, “Kawbawgam: The Chief, The Legend, the Man.” The book has been chosen as a U.P. Notable Book. (Photo courtesy of Snowbound Books)
MARQUETTE Local book lovers: Make note of this.
The Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association has announced the Second Annual U.P. Notable Books List.
UPPAA Publications Chairman Mikel Classen of Sault Ste. Marie initiated the list as a response to the lack of representation of U.P. writers in other Michigan state literary circles.
“Traditionally, recognition of Michigan books has been dominated by the university presses downstate, and we would like to take this opportunity to highlight literature that focuses closer to home for us,” Classen said in a news release.
U.P.’s Mt. Bohemia finally opens for skiing, adds free snowshoe trails
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
Posted Jan 27, 2021
Mt. Bohemia, in Lac La Belle, depends entirely on natural snow. Low snowfall across the region this winter led to a late season opener for the remote ski hill. | Photo by Chris Guibert
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LAC LA BELLE, MICH. Fans of backcountry skiing, rejoice: After a delayed start, the ski season is now underway at Michigan’s Mount Bohemia.
An unusually low-snow winter had pushed back opening day at the remote U.P. ski resort, where operations depend entirely on the region’s typically ample natural snowfall. The resort announced this week that it was officially open as of Wednesday, January 27.