Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — While a last-minute defense motion delayed her fate for a little over a week, former Ironwood Township Treasurer Jyl Renee Olson-DeRosso left Gogebic County Circuit Court in handcuffs Thursday to begin her sentence. Judge Michael Pope sentenced Olson-DeRosso, 48, to 38 months in prison for the most serious charge she faced — embezzlement by a public official. She was also sentenced on the other nine felony counts she faced — five counts of forgery, refusing to turn over records to the s...
IRONWOOD - April showers bring May flowers, and May flowers bring Kiwanis pancakes? Well, maybe not, but the Ironwood Kiwanis Club has been hosting a Pancake Day fundraiser in May since at least the early 1950s, according to member Sue Murphy. "No one around remembers before that," she said with a smile while sitting at a table selling tickets in the front hall of the Elk & Hound Thursday afternoon. "The Ironwood club dates back to 1925." The event - planned for 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. - was one of...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield City Council Thursday held its final work session regarding the 2018-'19 fiscal year budget. After the session, city manager Richard Brackney said budget numbers will not be firm until treasurer Sherry Ravelli fine-tunes department totals, based on final suggestions by council members. A public hearing is set for June 11 at 5:30 p.m., after which the council will vote on the budget. Included in the pending budget so far are as...
Friday, May 25 Coffee with a Cop, 8 a.m., Contrast Coffee. Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m.,... Full story
