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Articles from the March 15, 2017 edition


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  • Forestry committee recommends new Saxon Harbor campground site

    Mar 15, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - With the Federal Emergency Management Agency's approval to move the campground at Saxon Harbor, the Iron County Forestry and Parks Committee voted Tuesday to recommend the Iron County Board of Supervisors choose a new location east of the harbor. County Forestry and Parks Administrator Eric Peterson laid out two potential sites on the property for the campground. "Location one is approximately 3.3 acres and is directly east of the harbor...

  • Ironwood sweeps GCC Quiz Bowl

    Mar 15, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College played host to 24 teams from 12 high schools Tuesday for a Quiz Bowl competition, with Ironwood coming away with two victories. Teams from Ironwood, L'Anse, Phillips, Hurley, Houghton, Republic-Michigamme, Chassell, Hancock, Bessemer, Watersmeet, West Iron County and Wakefield-Marenisco squared off in two divisions over the span of 5.5 hours. On a warm Tuesday, revenge for Ironwood was best served cold. The team...

  • Ironwood water-sewer rate hike to pay for summer project

    Mar 15, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday approved sewer and water rate increases of around $5 a month to help pay for debt service for the summer phase 4 infrastructure project. Water rate increases of 5 percent and sewer hikes of 2.24 percent were approved by the three commissioners attending the meeting, with a 2 percent cost of living (inflationary) adjustment to both charges. The city commission had previously approved the annual inflationary increases in the rates. City manager Scott E...

  • Community calendar

    Mar 15, 2017

    Wednesday, March 15 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, 9-10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-932-4200. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Kimball Homemakers, 1:30 p.m., Town...

  • Imogene (Keskey) Gregory

    Mar 15, 2017

    CAMARILLO, Calif. - Imogene (Keskey) Gregory, 108, passed away on March 4, 2017, in Camarillo, where she had resided since 1980. Imogene was born on Jan. 21, 1909, in Kadoka, S.D., the daughter of Frank and Bertha Reidinger. As a child, she moved with her family to Tyndall, S.D. She graduated from Tyndall High School in 1925, and from Yankton College in South Dakota. She thereafter taught in South Dakota schools, where she met Theodore Keskey, a native of Wakefield, Mich. They were married in 19...