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Articles from the June 7, 2018 edition


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  • Wisconsin's wolf numbers show 2.2 percent decrease

    Jun 7, 2018

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Wisconsin’s wolf population remains nearly three times higher than the Department of Natural Resources’ goal. The DNR said Tuesday data suggests the wolf population may have begun to stabilize, however. Data collected by more than 100 volunteer trackers and DNR staff members during the 2017-18 winter reveal a minimum count of 844 to 925 wolves, a 2.2 percent decrease from the previous count. The number of packs increased from 232 to 238, however. Scott Walter, WDNR large carnivore ecologist, said the...

  • Potato River Falls

    Jun 7, 2018

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  • Ironwood man pleads to drug charges

    Jun 7, 2018

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — An Ironwood man pleaded guilty to felony drug charges in two cases in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Ira Asher Wilson-Johnson pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver marijuana in one case and possession with intent to deliver cocaine in a second case at Tuesday’s hearing. The marijuana charges carries a potential maximum sentence of four years in prison, while the cocaine charge carries a potential maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The pleas came as part of an...

  • Hearing waived in Iron child sex case

    Jun 7, 2018

    HURLEY — A Milwaukee man who faces felony charges in connection with an alleged sexual assault last summer at a summer camp waived a preliminary hearing and had his bond conditions modified Tuesday in Iron County Court. Daniel Aguirre, 19, is charged with first-degree child sexual assault-contact with a child under 13 and exposing a child to harmful material. On Tuesday, a $50,000 signature and $500 cash bond was amended to with additional condition of no contact with children under 18, except at school or work or in the presence of another a...

  • Newborn

    Jun 7, 2018

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  • Community Calendar

    Jun 7, 2018

    Thursday, June 7 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m., Bessemer V.F.W. Post 3673, 605 W. Lead St., Bessemer; 1-2 p.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-667-0283. Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood.... Full story