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Articles from the April 24, 2020 edition


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  • Gogebic County increases 911 fee

    Apr 24, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — The county 911 fee was set at $2 by the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday. The commissioners 6-0 approved a recommendation from the county’s 911 Committee to increase the county’s 911 operating surcharge from $1.50 to $2 per month effective July 1. Commissioner George Peterson was not present. Heidi DeRosso, county emergency management and 911 coordinator, said the intention of the committee is to remain at $2 for the foreseeable future. The voter-approved fee incre...

  • Saari, Levra take oath to join Hurley School Board as newest members

    Apr 24, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - So that they can participate in their first Hurley School Board meeting as full members, two newly elected board members took the oath of office at the school on Wednesday. Newcomers Kathy Levra and Kathy Saari were elected to the school board in the April 7 spring election. The two will join fellow school board members Joseph Simonich, Leslie Kolesar and Andy Laurin at the next regular meeting on Monday. Saari said she is "thrilled" to be...

  • Minneapolis man arrested in Ironwood Township

    Apr 24, 2020

    IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Members of the Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team and Michigan State Police arrested a Minneapolis, Minnesota man Tuesday they say was involved with distributing illegal narcotics in Michigan and Wisconsin. Jay Saarela, 33, was arrested during a traffic stop in Ironwood Township that was part of an investigation that began earlier this month, according to a GIANT spokesman. The spokesman said officers also allegedly seized methamphetamine, heroin, prescription narcotics, a revolver and other weapons, and over $2,000 in U.S. c...

  • Irene Kanipes

    Apr 24, 2020

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - Irene Kanipes, 93, a lifelong resident of Ironwood passed away on April 15, 2020, at home in Ironwood with her family by her side. Irene was born on March 15, 1927, the 11th and youngest child of Frank and Sophia (Dombrowski) Lichaczewski. She grew up in Ironwood and attended local schools. After her father died in 1940, she moved to Chicago to work in a factory making wartime supplies. Upon returning to Ironwood, she worked a variety of jobs including taxi dispatcher, hotel...

  • Community Calendar

    Apr 24, 2020

    Friday, April 24 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. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, April 25 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11...