Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — As the fight to keep the Ojibway prison in Marenisco from closing continues, the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday passed a resolution urging the facility remain open. The prison is scheduled for closure Dec. 1 and many of the inmates have already been transferred to other facilities. County board members continued to contend they had the rug pulled out from under them when the closure was announced before they had a chance to meet with officials downstate. Joe Bonovetz, o...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - As Hurley City Council members considered thinning trees at Riccelli Park at Tuesday's meeting, a resident of that neighborhood urged them not to cut down too many. Mike Sejbl, who is Hurley's fire chief, said clear-cutting "would definitely change that whole neighborhood." Earlier Tuesday, at a parks and recreation committee meeting, council members discussed cutting down as many as 100 evergreen trees, mostly on the south side of the...
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IRONWOOD — The Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, along with the MSP Wakefield Post, announced the arrest of Jason Elliott Irvine, 47, of Ironwood, following an investigation into his online activity. A search warrant was executed on Irvine’s residence on Sept. 6. Digital evidence was located revealing Irvine had engaged in criminal sexual conduct first-degree with a minor child. Irvine was charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct and was arraigned on Friday. Bond was set at $10...
Thursday, Sept. 13 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Avenue 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. Red Hat Society Northwoods Divas, noon, El Dorado, Hurley. Reservations or cancellations to 906-667-0116. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor... Full story
