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Articles from the September 27, 2016 edition


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  • Commission honors lifesaving efforts

    Sep 27, 2016

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - "I cannot thank you enough," Kenneth Wegmeyer, of Ironwood, said Monday as the people who saved his life on Aug. 17 were honored. The Ironwood City Commission recognized the citizen volunteers, public safety officers and Beacon Ambulance attendants who revived Wegmeyer after he suffered a heart attack while riding his bike with the Superior Riders that evening. Wegmeyer was able to joke Monday that he really doesn't remember much of that...

  • Wakefield city increases fees for disconnection notices

    Sep 27, 2016

    By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Wakefield City Manager Richard Brackney asked the city council to consider increasing several fees at its meeting Monday. Brackney suggested the disconnection fee for city services be raised from $30 to $100 for the summer and $200 during the winter months as a means of offsetting the costs to disconnect services. According to Brackney, about 200 Notices to Disconnect were sent out this month, and he would like for the increase to...

  • Plea deal reached in drug, assault cases

    Sep 27, 2016

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A plea agreement was reached in the two cases against a man authorities say is a key figure in the Gogebic Range drug trade which will see him serve at least eight years in prison. In Gogebic County Circuit Court Friday, Adam Lee Stone, 36, of Ironwood, pleaded guilty to a total of four felonies — two in each of the cases against him. Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs said he pushed for the sentence due to Stone’s importance in the area’s illegal drug trade. “After processing these r...

  • Community Calendar

    Sep 27, 2016

    Tuesday, Sept. 27 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Survivors of Suicide, 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church basement, Ironwood. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Alcoh... Full story