Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] GURNEY, Wis. - Xcel Energy crews were struggling Thursday morning to repair downed lines from the ice storm that began Tuesday night throughout the Gogebic Range. An Xcel worker from Hayward said four or five separate crews were working on the power lines in the Gurney-Saxon area, from Sears Road to the Frontier Bar along U.S. 2. By 6 p.m., power had been restored to Gurney residents. It was a dangerous clean-up effort with pine trees snapping as the li...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - A group of area seniors gathered at Gogebic Community College Thursday for the final day of the Iron County Aging Unit's Stroll for a Goal walking challenge. Participants met twice a week over the nine-week challenge to walk laps around GCC's indoor track. A total of 16 participants accrued a cumulative 332 miles, according to Mark Marczak, who oversaw the program. Thursday's walking time was cut a bit short, as the group gathered for cak...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — For the first time in four years, the state equalized valuation for Gogebic County has increased. The 2017 valuation of $665,029,752 accepted by the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday is up 1.0796 percent over the $657,927,007 of 2016. The following are the valuations of the municipalities approved on Wednesday: Bessemer — $31,318,292, 4.71 percent of county total: Ironwood — $108,852,130, 16.37 percent; Wakefield — $27,669,715, 4.16 percent; Bessemer Township — $46,458,9...
Friday, April 28 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, April 29 Community Pickleball Paddlers,... Full story
