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Articles from the December 8, 2017 edition


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  • Road commission plans move to Ironwood's industrial park

    Dec 8, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday will discuss a notice of intent of the Gogebic County Road Commission to purchase about 13 acres in the industrial park for construction of a new main facility. A letter to the city commission says all of the operations of the road commission, including offices for the administrative staff, would be located in the move from Bessemer to Ironwood. The letter of intent says the road commission would pay $2,000 an acre for the property, which would be l...

  • Bessemer marijuana facilites repeal passed 4-0

    Dec 8, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - Bessemer ordinances 356 and 357, allowing marijuana facilities in the industrial park, were repealed by the city council on a 4-0 vote Thursday evening. The auditorium in city hall was packed with more than 40 people in attendance. When Mayor Adam Zak opened the floor for public comment, people respectfully stated their positions, either for or against the marijuana proposal and by 7:30 p.m., public comment wound down and the session was...

  • Storm takes out HIT lighting

    Dec 8, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Monday's lightning storm across the Gogebic Range did more than knock out the Daily Globe's press and interrupt power to around 3,200 Upper Peninsula Power Company customers. Bruce Greenhill, managing director of the Historic Ironwood Theatre, discovered the theater's lighting system took a jolt. He went to hang Christmas decorations for the Ironwood band concert scheduled for today and the lights would not come on. Andy Makey and Tyler...

  • Community calendar

    Dec 8, 2017

    Friday, Dec. 8 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Christmas Open House, Iron County Historical Museum, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 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. Coffee and Coloring, 2 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. Ironwood Area Schools Band Concert, 7 p.m., Ironwood Theater. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United... Full story

  • Patricia 'Pat' Ann (Fredrickson) Neau

    Dec 8, 2017

    MILWAUKEE — Patricia “Pat” Ann (Fredrickson) Neau, 69, of Omro, Wis., died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee. She was born Feb. 4, 1948, in Ironwood, Mich., to the late Conrad and Eleanor (Kasieta) Fredrickson. On March 18, 1966, Pat married Clifton D. Neau and they made their home in Kenosha until 1990, at which time they moved to Omro. Pat’s work career included working at Kmart, Candle Corp., working in the restaurant business, including owning and operating Cliff’s Café in Omro. On Jan. 1, 2017, she... Full story