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Articles from the August 2, 2016 edition


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  • Bessemer looks to take a bite out of blight

    Tom Stankard|Aug 2, 2016

    BESSEMER - The Bessemer City Council, Monday evening, adopted an amendment to the city's zoning ordinance to cut down on blight. According to information provided at the meeting, the city has cut 21 lawns this year and the property owners were billed July 8. To date, four property owners have payed their bills. Under the new zoning ordinance, the property owner has five days to comply upon receiving a notice from the city to remove the blight from their property. If the property owner does not...

  • Street Work

    Aug 2, 2016

  • MDEQ: July storm a 1,000-year event

    Ralph Ansami|Aug 2, 2016

    Since the July 11 storm ravaged the Gogebic Range and beyond, the debate has raged. Was it a 25-year storm, 50-year event or perhaps a 100-year occurrence? Last week, Linda Hansen,, of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s Water Resources Division, offered an answer. “Per our DEQ Hydrologic Studies Unit, these intensities and durations meet or exceed a 1,000-year storm event,” she said. “The Gogebic County Airport reported 9 inches of rain in six hours, while weather observers near Lake Superior recorded up to 11 inches of rain in...

  • Community Calendar

    Aug 2, 2016

    Tuesday, Aug. 2 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Disabled American Veterans, 6 p.m., American Legion Club Rooms, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Government City...