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Articles from the January 7, 2020 edition


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  • Bessemer council votes to purchase odor-detecting device

    Jan 7, 2020

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - With the exception of one dissenting vote from Mayor Adam Zak, members of the Bessemer City Council voted Monday evening to purchase an odor-detecting device as a means of addressing growing complaints about marijuana odor. The motion by Mayor Pro Tempore Terry Kryshak specified the purchase of the Nasal Ranger, along with related training for designated personnel. It also included the processing of a related ordinance, to be written by City...

  • Airport board recommends Boutique Air for EAS

    Jan 7, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — At a special meeting Monday the Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board recommended awarding a new airline the Essential Air Service (EAS) contract for the first time since 2014. “The airport board voted to ask the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide Boutique Airlines with air service for two years starting Aug. 1, 2020, with service to Minneapolis and Chicago,” said Joe Bonovetz, airport board chair and Gogebic County commissioner. “There are several things we’d have to nail down...

  • Lighten the Load

    Jan 7, 2020

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  • Wisconsin woman gets time served for Marenisco home invasion

    Jan 7, 2020

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A Wisconsin woman was sentenced to the time she already served in jail Thursday in Gogebic County Circuit Court for her role in a 2018 Marensico Township home invasion. Heather M. Worm, 37, of New London, was sentenced to 352 days in jail for receiving and concealing stolen property, receiving credit for the 352 days she already served behind bars prior to her sentencing. A second charge, conspiracy to commit first-degree home invasion, was dismissed as part of a plea agreement in the c...

  • Community calendar

    Jan 7, 2020

    Tuesday, Jan. 7 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Wakefield Seniors, noon, Wakefield Senior Center. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Bessemer School Board meeting, 5 p.m., A.D.... Full story

  • Don Stanley

    Jan 7, 2020

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - Don Stanley, 82, of Ironwood, passed away Sunday morning, Jan. 5, 2020. Don was born on May 28, 1937, in Iron River, a son of Edward and Florence (Sunn) Stanley. He attended Stambaugh Area High School and graduated in 1955. Don was an excellent student and an outstanding athlete in tennis, baseball, football and hockey. He was the U.P. tennis champion in 1954. Following graduation, Don enrolled at Northern Michigan University and earned a bachelor of arts degree, followed by a... Full story

  • Melvin James Davey Sr.

    Jan 7, 2020

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Melvin James Davey Sr., 77, of Memphis, passed away Jan. 4, 2020. Davey graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1960 and joined the U.S. Navy in 1961 and retired in 1981. He also retired from State Tech and FedEx. He was a member of the Millington Lodge 671 F. & A.M. which he was looking forward to receiving his 50-year membership pin this year; a 32' Master Mason with membership in the Memphis Scottish Rite and a member of the Al Chymia Temple Shrine. He was preceded in... Full story