Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Local tribes receive drug, alcohol grants

ODANAH, Wis. — The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians will receive a $710,599 Justice Systems and Alcohol and Substance Abuse grant.

Scott C. Blader, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, joined the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday in announcing more than $113 million in grants to improve public safety, serve victims of crime, combat violence against women, and support youth programs in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians will receive a $286,900 Public Safety and Community Policing gr...