Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — A project to light some trail areas of Miners Memorial Heritage Park may need to wait a year unless other sources of funding are identified. Tom Kangas, a member of the Ironwood Parks and Recreation Committee, previously recommended that work continue to try and install around 1.9 miles of solar or standard electric lighting on the Aurora Loop at Miners Park. At the meeting on Monday, the discussion on the project led to questions that presented concerns on the ability to put a solid p...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - The Gogebic Community College Lindquist Student Center reopened on Monday. The center had been closed for public use since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020. The center offers a venue for the public to walk, lift weights, and use the gym. "We're getting the community back in," said Erik Guenard, vice president of business services at GCC. "The walking track has been the main source of what we're seeing for people visiting th...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A special prosecutor has been appointed in the criminal case against former Hurley Fire Chief Darrell Petrusha. Taylor County Judge Ann Knox-Bauer, who is hearing the case, has appointed Allen Brey to the position. Brey will receive $80 an hour, according to court documents, including travel time. “This deviation from the standard special prosecutor rate is necessary due to the difficulty in finding qualified and experienced people willing to take this special appointment where the distric...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Feb. 5 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. 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. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org.... Full story
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. - Jeffery Lawrence Foley of Sierra Vista, formerly of Ironwood, Michigan, died unexpectedly on Dec. 31, 2020, at Canyon Vista Medical Center. Jeffery was born in Oaklawn, Illinois, but spent his childhood growing up in Ironwood. Jeff graduated from Ironwood Catholic High School, then attended Gogebic Community College, and later entered the U.S. Army. At the time of his death, he worked for the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range Electronic Proving Ground as a program... Full story
