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  • US 2 water break tackled

    Cortney Ofstad and Ralph Ansami|Feb 4, 2014

    IRONWOOD - City of Ironwood public works employees on Monday were repairing a water line break near the Gogebic County Fairgrounds that was discovered over the weekend. Ironwood Public Safety Department officer John Colassaco was on patrol around midnight Sunday when he noticed a large amount of water and ice on the highway across from Curry Park. The report indicated it was a break in an area where many repair jobs have occurred in the past. According to Bob Tervonen, city utility manager, brea...

  • Montreal River level drops; M-28 closed in Wakefield

    Cortney Ofstad and Ralph Ansami|May 3, 2013

    HURLEY — The Silver Street bridge was reopened to traffic Thursday afternoon as the water level on the Montreal River dropped substantially during the day. With more than a foot of slushy snow falling on the Ironwood area, Iron County Emergency Management Director Stacy Ofstad said it was still a “wait and see game,” however. Lt. Mike Rimkus of the Ironwood Public Safety Department said the water had gone down quite a bit in the east branch of the river at the Silver Street bridge. A bridg...