Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Fire ceremony, music scheduled for Friday

By RALPH ANSAMI

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Ironwood — The Ironwood City Commission will host an awards and recognition ceremony Friday to honor first responders who assisted during and after the fire in downtown Ironwood on Feb. 21.

The event will be at 4:30 p.m. outdoors at the intersection of Aurora and Lowell Streets. In case of inclement weather, it will be moved to the Memorial Building at 213 S. Marquette St.

There will be limited seating available for seniors and disabled individuals. Attendees are asked to bring lawn chairs, if possible.

Killed in the apartment fire on Aurora Street in February were Mark Arnold Verrette, 57; Patrick James Somerville, 51, and Levi Dean Watkins, 27.

The public is invited to stay after the ceremony for the city’s “First Friday” event that begins at 5:30 p.m. downtown.

There will be music Friday night at both the Pocket Park and Art Park, Ironwood Community Development Director Tom Bergman said after Tuesday’s city commission meeting.

Bergman said offering music at both sites will hopefully help to get people circulating through the downtown area.

Bergman told city commissioners a grant that has been received will be used to provide music at the First Fridays through September.

Later in the summer, farmers markets will return to Depot Park.