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Articles from the October 3, 2019 edition


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  • DNR looks for feedback on Oman's Creek project

    Oct 3, 2019

    IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Department of Natural Resources is planning a meeting next week to gather public feedback on an effort to reduce sediment build up around the Oman's Creek boat launch at Little Girl's Point. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 10 at Gogebic Community College's Lindquist Center and will feature a short DNR presentation followed by a public comment period. Erosion, sediment build up and storm damage from wave action have long been issues at the boat launch,...

  • Wakefield Public Library seeks volunteers

    Oct 3, 2019

    By KIM E. STROM [email protected] WAKEFIELD — Local libraries can often be the center where people with things in common meet. Wakefield library director Joel Laessig is currently seeking applicant volunteers to lead various groups of interest in order to develop new clubs such as the book club. “I’d like to recapture what we had in the past for people to meet with things in common,” he said. “We don’t have a lot of that anymore.” Anyone with a hobby such as photography,...

  • Hurley police win DOT prize

    Oct 3, 2019

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. — By volunteering in a traffic safety exercise the city of Hurley Police Department has received a $4,000 award, according to Chief Chris Colassaco, at the city council’s Police, Fire and Licensing Committee meeting Wednesday. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation conducted a Click It or Ticket safety belt compliance check over Memorial Day weekend, he said. The effort wasn’t funded and Hurley participated on its own initiative, he said. “We were fortunate in that they...

  • Community calendar

    Oct 3, 2019

    Thursday, Oct. 3 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or 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. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Pere Menard Assembly 471, 6 p.m. business meeting, KC Hall, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley....

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