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Articles from the September 6, 2017 edition


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  • Class Is Now In Session

    Sep 6, 2017

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  • Suspected drug death leads to Ironwood man's arrest

    Sep 6, 2017

    IRONWOOD — An Ironwood man is facing a drug charge, following the death of an Ironwood woman that police suspect is related to illegal controlled substances. Bo Menara, 36, was charged with delivering less than 50 grams of a mixture containing morphine in the wake of Angela Lynn Mylly’s death Friday. The charge carries a potential maximum penalty of 20 years and/or a $25,000 fine. The Ironwood Public Safety Department and Beacon Ambulance responded to a report of an unresponsive Ironwood resident, who was not breathing, at 6:24 a.m. Fri...

  • Cool August brought rain

    Sep 6, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Precipitation in Ironwood in August was nearly twice the long-term average during an unusually cool month, according to National Weather Service figures. While Ironwood ended the month with 5.62 inches of rain at the official weather station, the Gogebic-Iron Wastewater Treatment Plant off U.S 2, other locations across the Gogebic Range received considerably more precipitation. The average rainfall for Ironwood, dating back 116 years, is...

  • Bike racks to be constructed in Bessemer pending grant approval

    Sep 6, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer city council said, “aye” unanimously to the branding committee’s marketing design for the city, Doug Kikkebusch’s design for 12 bicycle racks to station around town, and for the city to dispose of some recently discovered revolvers and badges from the old Bessemer police force that has been disbanded since the 1980s. The new Bessemer brand is being unveiled for the entire town Sept. 28 in a formal presentation accompanied by live music, a Business After Five gathering...

  • Community calendar

    Sep 6, 2017

    Wednesday, Sept. 6 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency Nutrition Council, 10:30 a.m., Mill Street Garden, Bessemer. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families, noon-2:30 p.m. EST, fire hall, Bruce Crossing; 2-4:30 p.m. EST, 429 River St., Ontonagon. 906-667-0283. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley...