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By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HANCOCK — The cumulative COVID-19 case rate for Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties has dropped for the fourth week in a row, according to an update from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department on Friday. The COVID-19 case rate per 100,000 population is 276.2 in Baraga County, 208.5 in Gogebic, 150 in Houghton, 182 in Keweenaw and 206.4 in Ontonagon, for a total of 185.2 cases per 100,000 population in the western U.P. As of last week, the cumulative case rate for the f...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The city of Bessemer chose an alternative thickness of sewer pipe for the city’s water and sewer project as a result of an increase in price for the product. The city council voted on Monday to use SDR35 pipe instead of the SDR26 pipe the city had previously selected. “Force Majeure declarations remain in effect for raw materials, specifically PVC resin, resulting in allocations and limits on new orders, with older orders of pipe having been cancelled or not ordered/ taken delivery of altog...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, March 19 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. Sunday, March 20 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, Wakefield, 706 P... Full story