Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Gogebic, Ontonagon get over $300,000 in trust fund grants

By RICHARD JENKINS

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LANSING — Gogebic and Ontonagon counties will receive a combined $310,300 for several projects as part of over $49 million in additional Michigan Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund grants Gov. Rick Snyder approved Monday.

The $310,300 will help fund one project in Gogebic County and two more in Ontonagon County. The projects’ total costs are estimated at $457,000. The remainder of the cost for the projects comes from local matching funds, according to a Senate Fiscal Agency analysis of the bill awarding the funds.

The Gogebic County projec...