Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Marenisco offers free picnic at Lake Gogebic County Park

­By P.J. GLISSON

[email protected]

MARENISCO - The final day of 4th of July activities in Marenisco included a well-received picnic lunch in the pavilion of Lake Gogebic County Park on Friday.

The relaxed crowd enjoyed a free picnic lunch, including brats grilled by Marenisco Township trustee Dave Hagen, whose wife, Sally, was nearby.

"It's nice today," said Hagen of the day's balmy weather. "Good brats, too."

Afterward, kids played wiffle ball on the neighboring lawn under the direction of Karsten Gaardner of Marenisco, who also pitched.

"The great majority of the people here are reside...