Indoor mask use required at GCC this fall

IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College officials announced Friday that the college will require face masks to be worn indoors.

The decision follows the recommendation of both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Both organizations recently announced that masks should be worn indoors regardless of vaccination status.

“The expectation at GCC at this time is to wear masks indoors,” said GCC president George McNulty. “With the uptick in COVID-19 variants both locally and nationally, we felt that it was important to help...