Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The annual city spring cleanup event is being planned to work within the current pandemic guidelines, according to reports at the Ironwood City Commission meeting Monday. Commissioner Kim Corcoran inquired as to whether the city’s spring cleanup would occur this year. The annual event was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic. City Manager Scott Erickson said a one-day event with the high school Army JROTC program providing the labor would not be possible. The city is working to cre...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MARENISCO — Members of the Marenisco Township Board of Trustees voted Monday evening to approve an ordinance allowing recreational marijuana enterprise within the limited area of the former Ojibway Correctional Facility. The unanimous vote, with all members present, included related action that will change zoning in that locale from Commercial 1 to Commercial 2. The vote followed a public hearing that drew fewer than 20 people to the community room of the Marenisco Township Hall, and inspired inquiries bu...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Given that the township would likely be found responsible if the issue were contested, the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees voted Monday to pay the plumbing bill for a Jackson Road residence after sewage backed up into the property’s basement. The $262 bill came after the property owners called a plumber about the sewage backup and it was ultimately determined that the issue was with the township sewer line rather than the pipes the homeowner is responsible for. “I think we s...
DULUTH, Minn. - Yvonne "Sookie" Morzenti, 73, of Montreal, Wisconsin, passed away on March 16, 2021, at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. She was born on Oct. 20, 1947, the daughter of Emil "Walter" and Eleanor (Lipske) Peltonen. She attended local schools and graduated from the J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley, Wisconsin, in 1967. Sookie met Gary Morzenti at the bank where she worked in 1979, and they were married on Sept. 11, 1982. She was a devoted mother and caregiver.... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, March 24 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. 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,... Full story
