Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
ONTONAGON – The Ontonagon Township Board Tuesday approved its 2019-2020 budget which includes a major improvement to the Ontonagon Township Park.
The $549,126 budget includes funds to tear down the late Doug Filppula home, adjacent to the park and restoring those grounds to their natural state. The township purchased the house following the death of Filppula. The township has applied for a grant to help with the project but will plan for the removal of the house regardless.
Ontonagon Township Clerk Bill Chabot said the land will be seeded and a handicap access pad erected. “It will enab...