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Articles from the July 13, 2017 edition


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  • Funds unavailable for Ontonagon harbor dredging

    Jul 13, 2017

    By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - A sand bar, which prevented a ship from unloading material at the Ontonagon dock June 4, has cost the Ontonagon Economic Development Corporation fees and neither the state or federal government seems eager to help the situation, EDC members learned Wednesday. The ship, the Michipicolen - loaded with materials for road construction jobs - was one of four ships expected to unload on the EDC Dock, but after four tries was unable to break through a...

  • Bessemer planning commission makes recommendations to city council

    Jul 13, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - A two hour planning commission meeting in the council's chambers in Bessemer resulted in the sending to city council three separate recommendations for the council to act on. The commission agreed to send the Bessemer Master Plan, Downtown Development Authority plan and the medical marijuana ordinances to council for action. Patrick Coleman, from North of 45, briefed the commission on the current standing of the Master Plan draft, which...

  • Holiday robbery suspect ruled competent

    Jul 13, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — An outside expert has found the suspect accused of robbing the Holiday Gas Station in Ironwood in December fit to stand trial. Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs told the Daily Globe the expert came fromRockford Ill. to examine Chadd Mathias Andert and reported “Mr. Andert does not meet the statutory criteria for an individual deemed legally insane.” This is the second psychological expert who has deemed Andert, 36, of Ironwood, capable of standing trial for the two felony count...

  • Community calendar

    Jul 13, 2017

    Thursday, July 13 Pickleball, 9 a.m. to noon, good weather, Hurley High School tennis courts, bad weather: 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 Luncheon, noon, Elk and Hound, Ironwood. Call 906-667-0116 for reservations. Iron County Extension Education Committee, 1 p.m., North Lakeland Discovery Center, Manitowish...

  • Francis Paul White

    Jul 13, 2017

    WARSAW, Mo. - Francis Paul White, 76, of Warsaw, passed away Monday, June 5, 2017, at his home in Warsaw. He was born Oct. 7, 1940, in Ironwood, Mich., the son of Floyd Anton and Mary (Vanderschaegen) White. He grew up in Ironwood and after graduation, moved with friends to California. Francis worked for a short time in the entertainment field and then at An-Jan Pet & Feed in San Jose, Calif., until retiring in 2003. He then moved to Warsaw to be with his long-time friends, the Fultons, which...