Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - A Gile man accused of sexually assaulting a child is going to have to come up with $50,000 to get out of jail after Iron County Judge Patrick Madden set a cash bond in that amount at a hearing Wednesday. Phillip R. Laguna Jr., 68, is charged with two counts of 1st degree child sexual assault-contact with a child under the age of 13, felony intimidation of a victim and physical abuse of a child-intentionally causing physical harm. "Mr. Lagun...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board heard key presentations from Jim Loeper and Jim Lorenson Wednesday evening. Loeper, the county’s emergency management and 911 coordinator, updated the board on damage assessments from mid-June’s rain storms. He’s recorded $244,314 in damages to public property in the county and $100,000 to private property. This clearly puts the county over the $60,000 threshold to be part of the state’s disaster declaration. He said he planned to meet with Federal Emergency...
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MARQUETTE — The high levels of E.coli that have closed beaches and lakes throughout the Western Upper Peninsula has impacted another popular body of water, as the Upper Peninsula Power Company announced Wednesday it was closing the Bond Falls Reservoir. An UPPCO spokesman said the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department found high levels of E.coli and/or fecal coliform bacteria in surface water samples taken at the reservoir. “As a result, the WUPHD has closed the Bond Falls Reservoir to all recreational activities until further not...
Thursday, June 28 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Av. tennis courts, if raining, 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. area74.org. “Ten Magic Butterflies” Carnegie Story Time, 4 p.m., Miners Memorial Park Butterfly Garden. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith Center, Iro... Full story
