Ontonagon County News

It's the season for vermillion and gold. Michigan has so much great fall color, all you really have to do is go outside and point your camera.

The case against an Ontonagon man is moving ahead, despite his first trial being thrown out.

Here's what we're working on for tonight's newscasts. Friday, August 28, 2009 at 11:55 a.m. A film company is shooting a mining documentary in the Keweenaw, starting today.

Ontonagon County is no stranger to the hardships brought on by a flailing economy, and neither are its life-long residents.

Here's what we're working on for tonight's newscasts. Monday, August 24, 2009 at 10:42 a.m. How's the Cash for Clunkers program going now? Are the dealers getting paid by the government? Emily Pace will have that story on the Early News.

Monday, August 24, 2009 at 6:14 p.m. ONTONAGON COUNTY -- Parts of Ontonagon County will soon have a new ambulance service.A The county's northern five townships--Ontonagon, Rockland, Greenland, Carp Lake and Bohemia--risked losing ambulance service altogether when Beacon Ambulance announced they'd stop serving the area, but the community pulled ...

Ontonagon County Circuit Court continues as normal this week, even though the judge has stepped down.

Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 7:26 a.m. Dry weather has been the name of the game this summer.

Ontonagon County Circuit Court Judge Joe Zeleznik is retiring. The announcement comes a few weeks after he reportedly dozed off during a trial, but Judge Zeleznik toldA TV6 that wasn't really the reason for his retirement.

Back in its hey days, the remote Ontonagon County village of Victoria had 750 residents.

June 26, 2009 -- The Michigan Department of Transportation is removing over 65 percent of lane restrictions on state routes this weekend to accommodate Fourth of July holiday traffic.

NEWS RELEASE CONGRESSMAN BART STUPAK 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN *************************** USDA awards $340,000 for abandoned mines in Ontonagon County WASHINGTON - - U.S. Congressman Bart Stupak announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $340,000 for abandoned mine projects in Ontonagon County.

They've weathered economic storms in the past. But residents in Ontonagon County say there aren't many options for workers at the White Pine Refinery, facing a plant closure next year.

The White Pine Copper Refinery in Ontonagon County will be closing down withinA one year.

Posted on Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 9:17 p.m. Members of the 1460th Transportation Company make it back from Iraq and are welcomed by friends and family members in Midland.

Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 2:28 p.m. Fifty-nine-year-old Gerhardt Gollakner was sentenced to six months in jail after a restitution hearing.

They've been fixing and selling cars in Ontonagon for the past 75 years.A In the past five years they've done $5 million dollars worth of business.

His 20 year position as church treasurer was on a volunteer basis. ButA somewhere in that time,A 59 year old Gerhardt Gollakner paid himself thousands of dollars.

The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved settlement agreements with nine electric cooperatives, authorizing them to implement their renewable energy plans energy optimization plans and surcharges, as required by Public Act 295.

Here's a look at what we're working on for tonight's news. Wednesday, May 06, 2009 at 1:44 p.m. An Ontonagon man has pled guilty to embezzling more than $50,000 from three Ontonagon area churches.