12/11/2024

GOGEBIC COUNTY - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced 15 community recreation facilities upgrades for a combined $8 million in Land and Water Conservation Fund grants.  City of Ironwood Pat O’Connell Civic Center Ice Arena will receive $375,000 of that money for their ice making plant.  Projects were scored and selected from a field of 16 grant applications from local units of government and two applications from the DNR totaling $9,14 million. All eligible proposed projects received a site visit from DNR Grants Management staff, and all applications were evaluated, scored and ranked.