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  • Candlelight snowshoe planned

    Feb 29, 2020

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Members of the Split Rock Trail Association welcome local residents to participate in a candlelight snowshoe walk on March 8 at 7 p.m. in Wakefield. People wishing to participate in the "Under the Super Moon" snowshoe event should report to the SRTA trail access site by turning north at the caution light on Putnam Street in Wakefield, and then traveling eight-tenths of a mile to the access site on the left of the road. A related social event,...

  • Judge rules township insurance lawsuit can proceed

    Feb 29, 2020

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — The litigation filed by several local governmental entities seeking to force their insurance companies to cover the tax money lost in former township treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso's embezzlement will continue after a judge ruled there wasn't enough evidence for a summary disposition last week in Gogebic County Circuit Court. Ontonagon County District Judge Janis Burgess, who is hearing the case, ruled against granting the plaintiffs' request for summary disposition as she found there w...

  • Conservation district works on transition after Finley's death

    Feb 29, 2020

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — The search for a new administrator of the Gogebic Conservation District is expected to get underway in the near future, following the death of Jim Finley earlier this month. “He did a huge job for us, and will be difficult to replace,” said James Wojcik, the chair of the conservation district. Finley died Feb. 13 of complications from COPD at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital, according to his obituary. Wojcik said the district is finalizing the job description for the administrator posit...

  • Feeding time

    Feb 29, 2020

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  • Community Calendar

    Feb 29, 2020

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Feb. 29 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Night Meal Free Supper, 5-6 p.m., Apostolic Lutheran Church, Aurora Street, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, March 1 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting,... Full story