Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

School begins for Hurley, Mercer

Hurley and Mercer students returned from summer vacation Thursday for the first day of school.

The school bell rings to start school at Merer K-12 at 8 a.m. and school lets out at 3:45 p.m.

At Hurley K-12, students in grades six through 12 start at 8 a.m. and students in preschool through fifth grade start at 8:05 a.m. Dismissal for pre-kindergarten through fifth grade students is at 3:12 p.m. For students in sixth grade through 12th grade, it is at 3:15 p.m.

For students in the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District, the school year begins after Labor Day on Tuesday.

There are six sch...