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Articles from the December 19, 2017 edition


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  • Area ice not safe, deputies advise

    Dec 19, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - The Iron County Sheriff's Department warns snowmobile and all-terrain vehicle riders to stay off the ice, especially with temperatures hitting the low 30s on Monday. A few fishing tents were out on the dikes of the Gile Flowage Monday morning, but the fishermen were on foot, as the water was flowing from inlets on the shoreline. While most lakes have from 6 to 8 inches of ice cover, it's extremely variable. Because of rainfall a few weeks ago,...

  • Rules, attorneys, marijuana focus of Bessemer council - again

    Dec 19, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - Richard Duncanson is not going quietly as he raised the issue of the city not signing his paperwork to establish a new medical marijuana facility under the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act of 2016, which went into effect Dec. 15. Duncanson claims the ordinances the city council has voted to repeal are still in effect because they do not go into effect until seven days after the results have been published in the paper, which happe...

  • Township board approves turnout gear purchase

    Dec 19, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The township’s volunteer fire department is getting some new gear for Christmas after the township’s board of trustees approved the purchase of six sets of turnout gear Monday. Fire Chief Scott Carlson said there was enough in his equipment budget to purchase three sets of gear. “Six sets will cost approximately $14,000. I’ve got $6,500 in my equipment budget now,” he said, asking the board for permission to buy six sets and amend his budget to move money left over in various...

  • Community calendar

    Dec 19, 2017

    Tuesday, Dec. 19 Hurley Tuesday-Thursday Pre-Kindegarten Concert, 8:30 a.m. Hurley K-12 School. Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Blood Pressure Screening, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., with Regional Hospice... Full story