Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
SHARING A laugh during Monday's Wakefield-Marenisco Board of Education meeting are, from left, board president Brad Dalbec and superintendent Jason Gustafson.
By P.J. GLISSON
WAKEFIELD - When the Michigan Department of Corrections announced last week it will close Ojibway Correctional Facility by Dec. 1, it provoked ongoing protest via demonstration, petitions, signs along U.S. 2, and a whole lot of informal ire on the part of local citizens.
No such objection occurred, however, at Monday's regular meeting of the Wakefield-Marenisco Board of Education.
"Despite the bad news on the prison, I'm optimistic," said superintendent Jason Gustafson, who conceded calmly, "Yes, it will have implications on this school."
Nevertheless, G...
