by John Raffel
The Baraga County pig farmer who won a nineyear fight with the DNR has filed a lawsuit against the department. Roger Turunen’s attorney Joseph O’Leary noted it was a nine-year fight when the DNR tried to declare his pigs an invasive species. As of Thursday, May 5,
Turunen, O’Leary said, was suing in the Michigan Court of Claims for damages “for  everything they put him through in nine years.” To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.

by John Raffel
The sawmill at the Ford Center in Alberta has been a longtime historic site. But there are tentative plans for it to be torn down sometime next year. That’s the word from Mark  Rudnicki, Director of the Ford Center, with his office on the Michigan Tech Houghton campus. “The sawmill is just a building up by the highway,” Rudnicki said. “There’s a lot that goes on in Alberta that is hidden away like a lot of the undergraduate education and
research that goes on. We own about 3,200 acres around the spot. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.

by Melissa Newland
Matthew Shalifoe, Jr., a Baraga Village police officer, was recently presented with the Life Savings Award after performing the Heimlich Maneuver on Heather Boyer at a local
restaurant on December 14, 2021, and saving her life. The award was presented to Shalifoe at the last Baraga Village meeting held April 12, 2022, by President Wendell
Dompier and Chief of Police Irvin Smith. Greg Kingstrom, U.P. Engineers & Architects,
Inc., was also present at the meeting to give an update on the walking trail. He explained all permits have been received, except for the one from the Army Corps of Engineers. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.

by Melissa Newland
A new Baraga County Veterans Service Officer has been hired by the Baraga County Veterans Affairs Board to help veterans and families of veterans in need of assistance. Gunnery Sergeant (GYSgt) Douglas Gray, a retired 20-year Marine Corps Veteran, recently
accepted the Service Officer position and began work Feb. 23, 2022. GySgt Gray was born
and raised in Winters, TX, and graduated from Winters High School in 1993, enlisting in the
Marine Corps on June 1, 1993, and graduating Aug. 25, 1993 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot in (MCRD), San Diego, CA. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.

by Melissa Newland
Looking to hire employees, and train in-house, the Michigan Department of
Corrections (MDOC) has been holding open houses for recruitment. A second open house
was recently held at the Baraga Maximum Security Facility March 8, 2022, to recruit Correction Officers along with Food and Health Service personnel. According to Chris Gautz, MDOC Public Information Officer, there are many openings and need for personnel in these
positions. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.

by Melissa Newland
Baraga Area School (BAS) Elementary Teacher Christine Scroggs along with her split class of kindergarten/first graders have been busy as beavers working on an animal research project, culminating after about 6 weeks’ worth of work. According to Scroggs, at the beginning of January students were encouraged to come up with one thing that they “wonder” about. These “wonders” were then written on the classroom’s “wonder wall,”
which is used to drive Scroggs’ science and social studies lessons throughout the year. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.