Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Forestry and Parks Committee approved new rates for some of the county’s campgrounds and the Saxon Harbor marina Tuesday, partially in recognition of the improvements made in recent years. The county had been charging $22-a-night and $135-a-week for campsites at Lake of the Falls and Schomberg Park equipped with electricity. Those booking sites online also currently pay a $10 fee. “What we’re proposing is that we go up to $27-per-night at Lake of the Falls and Schombe...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The first-ever St. Urho's Day Beanbag Tournament will take place at Wakefield's VFW Post 9084 on Saturday. It will be held in conjunction with a 4 the Kids fundraiser based on a pulled pork meal with side dishes and desserts. According to Chad Carlson, a VFW member who organized the tournament, the whole idea started with "some people talking about having an event." "We're hoping we can get at least a good 300 to 400 people," said Carlson on...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Gogebic Community College hosted the annual Spring High School Quiz Bowl on Thursday on the Ironwood campus. Retired math teacher and coordinator for the event Carl Vaara said roughly 150 high school students from schools all over the Gogebic Range and northern Wisconsin came to compete in this year's tournament. "We have a total of 49 games that will be played today," he said. Vaara said he created the event about 20 years ago so kids...
Friday, March 15 Washington Elementary School Kindergarten registration, 8-11 a.m. and noon-2:30 p.m., Washington Elementary School, Bessemer. 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.... Full story
