by Nancy Besonen
Eagle Mine is helping the L’Anse Fire Depart-ment (LFD) get the job done. The company has donated a 40-foot disaster response trailer and a Polaris ATV mini-ambulance to the department. The ATV has already proven its mettle in the rescue of an injured snowmobiler. The trailer is destined for regional use as a disaster response control center. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Melissa Newland
The Skanee Park will again be the designated fishing area for this year’s 10th annual Dale Hollon/ Michelle “Mickey” Martinac Memorial Fishing Tournament, with proceeds from the event going to a very worthy cause. The event will take place Mar. 13, 2021 with registration going from 7 a.m. until noon for a fee of $10 per person. Fishing will begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 1 p.m., with everyone fishing in the same area off the Skanee Park. State of Michigan fishing rules will apply. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Barry Drue
UP 38th District State Senator Ed McBroom and 110th District State Representative Greg Markkanen visited L’Anse Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. The lawmakers met with constituents and separately with local elected officials.The legislators traveled with staff to the Copper Country following the local meetings Friday morning. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Barry Drue
Nearly a year after the COVID-19 virus has disrupted life for all, and isolated senior citizens in particular, there are volunteers and agencies who have continued to reach out to elderly residents of the Copper Country. Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly headquartered in Hancock continues to work around COVID precautions to maintain contact with vulnerable and often-times lonely senior citizens. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Barry Drue
A group of about 30 people gathered in downtown L’Anse on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021,to celebrate its pro-life, anti-abortion commitment. Representing the Life Outreach program, St. Vincent de Paul and the local Catholic community, participants assembled at 11 a.m. for a half-hour in front of the SVdP food pantry on Broad Street. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Nancy Besonen
History repeats itself every day Ron Whitman opens up the Whirl-I-Gig in Zeba. The banquet hall and bowling alley have been opening for business since 1933 and 1946, respectively. Preferring restoration over renovation, Whitman has preserved a piece of both his family’s and the community’s past that plays well with the present. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Barry Drue
Interest in COVID-19 vaccines is undeniably high in the area. Baraga County Memorial Hospital opened its vaccine hotline number last Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, and quickly received 820 requests to schedule vaccine appointments. CEO Margie Hale said by Friday the appointment list had swelled to over 1,100. Last week and weekend a break in the schedule enabled nursing staff to offer vacinations on a drive-through basis. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Nancy Besonen
and Melissa Newland
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Service’s (MDHHS) order to restrict indoor dining due to COVID-19 ends Jan. 15, 2021. After having been under restrictions since Nov. 18, 2020, area bar and restaurant owners are looking forward with mixed emotions to getting back to some semblance of business as usual. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Nancy Besonen
Baraga and L’Anse Area Schools welcomed their full student bodies back to the fold when classes resumed after the holiday break on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021.
The start of the New Year marked the end of an order issued Nov. 15 by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). It called for a halt to in-person instruction at high schools and colleges for a three-week period due to rising COVID-19 cases. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Barry Drue
The Baraga County Board of Commissioners wrapped up two loose ends lingering from the regular December meeting with a remote Zoom session on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020.
Harry Miron was reappointed to another term on the Baraga County Road Commission. County Chairman Mike Koskinen’s proposal to award retirement pay in perpetuity to long-serving commissioners was “shelved” and not discussed. Commissioners voted unanimously to nullify that issue before adjourning the Zoom meeting. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
