by Barry Drue
Volunteers at St. Vincent de Paul’s food pantry in L’Anse want people in need to know they’re there for them. It’s not quite “business as usual” due to social distancing during the virus threat, but the pantry is serving folks needing food or assistance three days a week—and more in emergencies. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Barry Drue
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Order 2020-21 went into effect on March 24, 2020 at 12:01 a.m. That put the brakes on non-essential businesses in an attempt to slow the spread of Coronavirus. The Sentinel staff checked in on several area businesses last week. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Barry Drue
Machining precision parts for medical equipment is nothing new to L’Anse Manufacturing, Inc. (LMI). The company machines precise parts from castings for a wide variety of applications from medical to automotive to aviation. These days the mission is more important than ever. L’Anse Manufacturing had been machining about 250 parts for medical ventilators a year for a new customer who has worked with LMI for about a year and a half. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Barry Drue
Baraga County Memorial Hospital staff is equipping a mobile clinic for use during the Coronavirus threat. The one-bed clinic will be used to see healthy patients who need routine services. Hospital staff borrowed the clinic vehicle from Michigan Works in Delta County. It is set up behind the hospital in the parking lot. Physicians Clinic Nursing Supervisor and Case Manager Sue Ingram said, “We will utilize it for healthy people, for well child exams, vaccinations. People will call the clinic (524-6118) and will be screened for COVID over the phone.” To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
In light of the growing public health crisis regarding the Coronavirus disease , the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community is temporarily closing non-essential tribal governmental offices and both of the Ojibwa Casinos in Marquette and Baraga. Closures began on March 21, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. and run through April 12, 2020. The Tribal Council will continue to assess the situation as the crisis unfolds. Casino and government employees will be compensated during this temporary closure to help ensure their financial security. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
Baraga, L’Anse, Sacred Heart and Arvon schools are out but not down as adminstration and teachers keep lines of communication open for learning. L’Anse Sentinel staff checked in with all four schools both immediately before and then soon after closure about their plans for the future, Baraga Area Schools “Truly, there are more questions than answers right now.” Baraga Area Schools (BAS) Superintendent Rich Sarau summed it up shortly after returning from a special meeting for Intermediate School District (ISD) superintendents Monday, March 16, 2020. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Nancy Besonen
Members of the L’Anse-Baraga Figure Skating Club shone in this past weekend’s performances of “City Lights.” The annual late-winter show is the icing on the cake for the club that begins skating instruction the first week in November. Four short months later, skaters ranging in age from toddlers to teens dazzle the crowds at their program with numbers choreographed by volunteers and professional staff. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
L’Anse Area School (LAS) Youth In Government (YIG) students traveled to Lansing to attend the Early Lansing YIG conference. The conference was held Thursday, Feb. 20 through Sunday, Feb. 23 in Lansing with four L’Anse YIG students attending, including Alana Jorgenson, Makenna Crawford, Karissa Krajnak, and Isabel Ostermeyer. Some YIG students chose not to attend this year due to the recent loss of the two L’Anse students and hospitalization of a third just previous to the scheduled trip. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Nancy Besonen
The L’Anse High School (LHS) gym was packed to its rafters last Tuesday following a tragedy that shook the community to its core. Two LHS seniors, 17-year-olds Dylan Roberts of Aura and Christopher Turpeinen of Pelkie, had died the day before and 17-year-old LHS junior Hunter Pelon of Baraga was still fighting for her life after the three were found in a vehicle that was still running. Asphyxiation was suspected. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Nancy Besonen
The Ripple Recovery Residence received a warm welcome from the community at its open house Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. Clergy, municipal leaders, Great Lakes Recovery Centers (GLRC) administrators and the public packed the building which will serve as home to women with substance abuse issues re-entering mainstream life. Tours were taken, blessings bestowed and snacks enjoyed by future friends and neighbors. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
