Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD — Although the 17 inches of snow that had fallen in Ironwood from Tuesday to Thursday added depth to a snowy March, the total for the month is not close to setting a record. Another 4 inches fell at the Gogebic-Iron Wastewater Treatment Plant for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Thursday, bringing the total for March to 31.8 inches, with more than a week remaining until April. The record snowfall for March in Ironwood over the past 100 years is a whopping 57.2 inches recorded in 2002, a...
IRONWOOD — Local leaders spoke in support of a bill that would allow off-road vehicles to cross certain bridges and access state highways through a videoconference Thursday at Gogebic Community College. State Sen. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, set up videoconference locations across the Upper Peninsula to allow citizens to weigh in on Senate Bill 50 during a meeting of the Senate Natural Resources, Environment and Great Lakes Committee. Casperson introduced the bill with hopes that the l...
IRONWOOD — The Michigan Department of Transportation and city of Ironwood have scheduled a Thursday, March 28, public meeting to discuss U.S. 2 (Cloverland Drive) corridor construction plans for 2014. The meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. in the Ironwood Memorial Building auditorium. It will include a brief presentation, followed by an opportunity for residents and business owners to ask questions or speak one-on-one with MDOT or city officials. “While this planned U.S. 2 corridor work will result in major improvements in the city of Ironwood, it...
HURLEY, Wis. — Bernard J. “Doc” Kovales, 86, of Hurley, died Saturday, March 16, 2013, in Hurley. He was born Oct. 20, 1926, in Ironwood, Mich., son of the late Edward and Anna (Vida) Kovales, attended A.L. Norrie and St. Ambrose Grade School, and graduated from St. Ambrose High School in 1944. He then worked in area mines before entering the U.S. Army on Feb. 3, 1953, serving in Co. B, 998th Engineer Battalion, in Korea, and was honorably discharged as a corporal on Jan 24, 1955. Follo... Full story
To the editor: Iron County voted against recalling Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. How’s that working out for you? John Sommers Ramsay... Full story
