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Articles from the September 8, 2017 edition


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  • Bessemer man gets 10 years in drug case

    Sep 8, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - A Bessemer man was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison Thursday in Gogebic County Circuit Court on drug and weapon charges. Ryan Anton Blake, 25, was sentenced to between 10 and 30 years for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. He was also sentenced to between 28 months and 90 months - or two years, four months and seven years, six months - for being a felon in possession of a firearm. "Mr. Blake is 25 years old and...

  • Wakefield receives Highland Copper update

    Sep 8, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP — Tim Lynott, of Highland Copper, briefed Wakefield Township regarding progress to open the Copperwood mine in the township. The ecological mitigation from the damage caused by the early thaw is complete, according to John Cox, supervisor. Lynott wanted to know if the township was prepared to work on County 519 and the increased traffic the mine will bring to the road. Cox said the township received a grant to rebuild County 519 six years ago, but did not use it because of the d...

  • High winds scatter boats in Apostle Islands area

    Sep 8, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] A little more than a year after a storm destroyed the Saxon Harbor marina, Lake Superior turned ugly again this week. High waves and winds on Sunday carried into Monday and Tuesday and left several boats grounded and one partially sunk in the Apostle Islands area. Capt. Tucker Culberson, of TowBoat U.S. Bayfield, said no one was injured, but he was setting of on a 25-mile jaunt Wednesday to retrieve one of the seven boats that were marooned following six- to eight-foot waves. Some of the boats had...

  • Sewer Work

    Sep 8, 2017

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  • Community calendar

    Sep 8, 2017

    Friday, Sept. 8 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. 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, Sept. 9 Community... Full story