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Articles from the November 24, 2015 edition


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  • Cleanup begins on Wishbones

    Nov 24, 2015

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Drivers traveling down Silver Street Monday might have noticed cleanup work had begun on the Wishbones property in downtown Hurley. Property owner Bill Murray said one of his primary focuses Monday was taking down portions of the roof so that workers could safely clean out the interior of the building. Murray purchased the property from Iron County for $3,000 earlier this month. According to information at the Nov. 10 county board m...

  • STATE TREE

    Nov 24, 2015

  • Xcel matters approved by city commissioners

    Nov 24, 2015

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission Monday approved agreements with Xcel Energy for the company’s South Range Road substation that will net the city $55,000. Commissioners approved a permit, road use agreement and general release relating to access to the substation off South Range Road. City manager Scott Erickson said when the site plan was approved for Xcel a few years back, the company agreed to be responsible for any road damages or repairs. Erickson said the $54,000 payment that was agr...

  • Community Calendar

    Nov 24, 2015

    Tuesday, Nov. 24 Gogebic-Ontonagon County Remonumentation Peer Review, 9 a.m., Natural Resource Center, Bessemer. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer (Wis.) Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Narco...

  • Frank L. 'Cloochi' Maffesanti

    Nov 24, 2015

    HURLEY, Wis. - Frank L. "Cloochi" Maffesanti, 95, of Pence, died Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, at Sky View Nursing Center in Hurley, with his family by his side. He was born Nov. 4, 1920, in Forsyth Township, Mich., son of the late Andrew and Johanna (Forchini) Maffesanti, and graduated from Lincoln High School in Hurley in 1938. He then was employed in foundry work in Milwaukee and was a tool and die understudy in Detroit. Returning to the area, he worked in local mines until they closed and was...

  • James 'Jim-Smickers' Harold Maki

    Nov 24, 2015

    EWEN, Mich. — James “Jim-Smickers” Harold Maki, 59, of Ewen, passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 20, 2015, at his home. Jim was born May 14, 1956, to Roy and Mary Helen (Golberg) Maki. From the time he was a young child, he worked alongside his father at The Maki Company and Gas Station, later purchasing the business with his brother, Bryan and dedicating each day to his work until he sold it to his son and daughter-in-law, Jake and Amy in 2004. You could always find Jim outside hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, four-wheeling or walking in the w...