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Articles from the February 27, 2020 edition


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  • Bessemer residents look for common ground on marijuana

    Feb 27, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer City Council held a forum to find common ground and possible solutions among marijuana growers and those who complain about the odor of unfiltered processing. "This gets us moving in the right direction together," said Terry Kryshak, council member and mayor pro temp. "We don't have to keep pointing fingers." Charly Loper, city manager, said the meeting was a good way for people with varying opinions and experiences with...

  • MEDC approves Downtown City Square project

    Feb 27, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced Tuesday that Ironwood's proposed Downtown City Square project to create recreational and community space from a vacant lot was officially approved. The Michigan Strategic Fund Board approved $1.47 million in Community Development Block Grant funds under the public facilities improvements category for the project. MEDC had tentatively approved the project for funding but the final...

  • County board sets salaries for elected officials

    Feb 27, 2020

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors set the salaries for the county’s three elected officials for the next four years Tuesday. The resolution approved Tuesday sets the salaries for the clerk, treasurer and register of deeds offices through the year 2024. Clerk Mike Saari said the figures included an increase to offset the raises other county employees got in 2017 and 2018, so the elected officials got the same increase as everyone else. “I took what every other employee received (in raise...

  • Community calendar

    Feb 27, 2020

    Thursday, Feb. 27 Pickleball, 9:30 a.m.-noon, All Saints Academy, Ironwood, use south entrance. Friends of the Ironwood Library, 9:30 a.m., Carnegie Library. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley. area74.org. Government Downtown...

  • Robert William 'Bob' Sibley

    Feb 27, 2020

    LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - Robert William "Bob" Sibley, 70, of Ishpeming, Michigan, entered eternal life unexpectedly Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in their winter rental home in Lake Havasu City. He was born on June 30, 1949, in Wakefield, Michigan, to Raymond and Katherine (Grivicich) Sibley as one of six children. After graduating from Wakefield High School, Bob joined the U.S. Army where he served as a clerk typist in the Vietnam War. After the Army, he worked for CCI Mine and took classes at...

  • Andrew Paul Traczyk

    Feb 27, 2020

    MADISON, Wis. - Andrew Paul Traczyk passed away peacefully Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, after a courageous battle with leukemia while surrounded by family and friends. Andy was born on May 29, 1989, in Waupaca, to his mother Debby Irene Benjamin and father Joseph Paul Traczyk. At an early age, Andy and his family moved to Hurley, where he attended Hurley K-12 School until his high school graduation in 2008. In 2006, Andy began working for his stepfather, Frank Lahti, as an auto technician at...