Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Appreciation event held for foster families

By BRYAN HELLIOS

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IRONWOOD - Families from Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon counties sent 63 paper lanterns hurtling skyward during an appreciation event for Great Lakes Recovery Center's foster care program at Depot Park Thursday.

Mandy Harris, the program's regional resource team specialist, said each lantern symbolizes a foster family in the tri-county region.

"It's through events like this that we can train, provide support and recruit foster families," she said.

Foster parent Michelle Niemi said she and her husband have two children of their own and are currently rai...