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Articles from the February 9, 2017 edition


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  • Water line breaks in Bessemer

    Feb 9, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer Department of Public Works "knew something was up for a couple of days," according to department head Neal Nelson. DPW workers noticed a higher than normal flow of water coming through the water system, but they did not know where the problem was. Before the break became evident on Tuesday evening, a resident on the 100 block of East Gold Street called to inform a friend that she was hearing a strange sound coming from her...

  • Horticulture therapy summit planned in Iron County

    Feb 9, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — With a little less than a month until the event, planning continues for Iron County’s upcoming horticulture therapy summit. The summit is scheduled from March 1-3 and will be centered around the Iron County Memorial Building in Hurley. The event’s registration deadline is Feb. 20. For those who are unsure of what exactly horticulture therapy is, organizers explained it is a broad field of study regarding the use of plants and gardening to improve lives. “It’s using gardening to improve w...

  • Community Calendar

    Feb 9, 2017

    Thursday, Feb. 9 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Red Hat Lunch, noon, Sharon’s Coffee Company, Hurley. 906-667-0116 for reservations. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., The Inn Bed and B... Full story

  • Wakefield Township votes to leave Western Gateway Trail Authority

    IAN MINIELLY|Feb 9, 2017

    WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP - Wakefield Township Supervisor John Cox informed the Daily Globe the town board on Tuesday voted to leave the Western Gateway Trail Authority. He said the move was made because the township does not include any part of the trail. Cox said township officials brought up the fact there is no funding mechanism for trail maintenance and that is a sticking point made repeatedly. Township officials feel there is no reason for them to pay for Ironwood and Bessemer's trail, when they...