Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] BESSEMER TOWNSHIP - A half dozen Gogebic Community College forestry students and a few full and part time instructors gathered Tuesday morning to see what they could get out of one of the newest and hottest technology gizmos - a drone. In an outdoor lab setting, the plan was to use the drone's photographic capabilities to create an arial map of some property in southern Bessemer Township. Todd Gibbon, a civil engineer from Ashland, Wis., and a...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The lease agreement approved Monday by the Ironwood City Commission for students from the Sleight School is temporary while arrangements are being made to house the students in the Luther L. Wright School. Students from the Community Schools of Gogebic County Alternative Education Program are going to class in the Ironwood Memorial Building because of an electrical problem at the Sleight School. The city will be paid $525 per month for the 1,000 square feet by the Ironwood Area Schools D...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Among the items township voters will decide in the Nov. 6 election will be a ballot measure asking for the renewal of the township’s road millage. The measure on the back of the ballot asks voters to approve 1 mill from 2019-2023 dedicated solely to maintaining township roads. One mill translates to $1 for every $1,000 of taxable value. “(the millage) provides funds that are matched by the county for road projects. The great thing about this is it provides a floor of fundi...
Wednesday, Oct. 24 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. IMPACT...
FRANKLIN PARK, Ill. - William A. Vuorenmaa, 93, passed away surrounded by his family at his home on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. He was born March 23, 1925, in Ironwood, Mich., the devoted son of the late Erick and the late Selina (nee Kitula) Vuorenmaa. Bill was very proud of his Finnish heritage and spoke the language fluently. He attended Roosevelt School in Ironwood Township, helped his parents on the farm, and worked in the CCC camps. Bill was employed with the trailer factory in Ironwood; Cont...
