Bergland News

Department of Natural Resources wildlife officials today announced the leftover bear licenses for the third hunt period in the western Upper Peninsula will go on sale July 7 at all license agents and online ...

Department of Natural Resources wildlife officials today announced the 2008 bear drawing results will be posted on the DNR Web site, www.michigan.gov/dnrdrawings , Monday, June 30.

“The victim possibly stood up in the boat, lost his balance and fell overboard causing the operator to fall out as well”

' Search and rescue workers recovered the body Sunday of a fisherman who fell overboard Thursday evening on Lake Gogebic. via The Daily Mining Gazette

“And then the boat just stopped and then we heard - help' and then when we looked and the boat was going around in a circle.”

A Ewen man is still missing after he fell out of a boat on Lake Gogebic Thursday night. via WLUC-TV Negaunee

The search continues this morning for a missing boater on Lake Gogebic. According to authorities, a fishing boat was observed yesterday in the Bergland Bay area spinning in circles. via WLUC-TV Negaunee

“With that inland lake grant funding, we have inland lake beaches that are publicly-owned beaches in four counties”

' The Western Upper Peninsula District Health Department received a grant to fund water quality monitoring at beaches at six inland lakes spread among three counties, the Michigan Department of Natural ... via The Daily Mining Gazette

With Ironwood Area School District Superintendent Jim Rayner's evaluation less than three weeks away, one thing is certain. via Daily Globe

“If you're looking at what is in the best interest of the students...I don't think it's this”

The middle school at Luther L. Wright will soon be without its own principal. The Ironwood Area School District school board voted to eliminate the position, effective for the 2008-09 school year. via Daily Globe

“As a general rule, the forest service does not have authority to deny the exercise of a mineral reservation or outstanding mineral right”

Canadian-based Trans Superior Resources Inc. wants to explore for uranium in Gogebic County. via Daily Globe

A potential multi-use trail on the west side of Lake Gogebic has support from Gogebic County. via Daily Globe

“August was the fourth month in a row of well below normal precipitation at many locations”

August temperatures in Ironwood were above average, but rainfall was 1.54 inches below normal as the drought continued during the fourth driest summer on record. via Daily Globe