by Barry Drue
Local contractors were able to resume work last week as restrictions placed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer to help slow the spread of COVID-19 were eased. The Stay Home Stay Safe guideline remains but some businesses are slowly opening. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Barry Drue
As business owners and employees navigate through unprecedented situations relating to the Coronavirus shutdown, employee/customer safety, and thoughts of re-starting and re-opening, there are a wealth of information and resources available. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
by Nancy Besonen
How do you convert sheltering-in into a teachable moment? It’s a problem teachers across Baraga County are stumping to solve. Charged with teaching remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic which closed Michigan schools March 13, teachers are employing a full arsenal of learning tools to help get their lessons across. Chromebooks, chat rooms, learning packets and more are being employed by resourceful educators. Students are tuning in or responding in print if their homes aren’t online, learning the three R’s like no generation before them. To read more, subscribe to the L’Anse Sentinel online, or buy a print copy at our local retailers.
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.
