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Articles from the April 23, 2019 edition


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  • Judge tosses Mercer school board cases

    Apr 23, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County Judge Patrick Madden dismissed the charges against five current and former board members of the Mercer School Board Monday, finding they lacked the intent needed for the crimes they were charged with. “One of the clear obligations of this court is to not permit actions to go forward which do not meet the basic requirements of ‘mens rea’ and ‘actus rea,’ which is … you have to have a guilty mind and a guilty act to commit a crime,” Madden said, while ruling on one of the defe...

  • Floodwaters Surge

    Apr 23, 2019

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  • Downtown Ironwood mural depicts fading mining era

    Apr 23, 2019

    By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Sporting a tracksuit and a pair of tennis shoes, the elderly man spryly crossed the street by the intersection of Ayer and Lowell streets in downtown Ironwood. The man gazed up at the Pabst Mining Mural on Friday morning and said, "That's me up there - and there is my dad." At 93 years old, John Brottlund is only one of a handful of people currently living from the roughly 106 miners depicted. Local artist Dan Perotti said he promised a...

  • Bessemer council votes to study feasibility of potential hotel

    Apr 23, 2019

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — At a special Monday evening meeting, the Bessemer city council voted to fund a feasibility study for a potential new hotel in the city. According to city manager Charly Loper, the study will be paid with a $25,000 grant received from the Michigan Economic Development Commission. In previous meetings, council members had discussed their desire to seek a hotel and restaurant complex, but Loper said a preliminary outreach determined that the funds will not cover a study of that magnitude. H...

  • Community calendar

    Apr 23, 2019

    Tuesday, April 23 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Smokey Bear Celebration, 10 a.m., Mercer Library. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episc... Full story

  • Joann Marie (Tarnaski) Balduc

    Apr 23, 2019

    BESSEMER, Mich. - Joann Marie (Tarnaski) Balduc, 57, of Bessemer, passed away Sunday, April 21, 2019, at her home, after a 10-month courageous battle with cancer. Joann was born on July 13, 1961, in Wakefield. She attended A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer and graduated in 1979. She continued her education at Gogebic Community College. On Aug. 27, 2011, Joann married Ed Balduc at All Saints Lutheran Church in Wakefield. Her hobbies were skiing, camping with her husband and attending the... Full story