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Articles from the November 28, 2018 edition


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  • Community calendar

    Nov 28, 2018

    Wednesday, Nov. 28 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...

  • Ironwood commission to consider marijuana

    Nov 28, 2018

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission will consider marijuana matters again in two weeks after a Monday work session addressed the issue. The five commissioners and city department heads watched a Michigan Municipal League presentation on the marijuana laws and the effects of the recent election, but took no action, nor public comment. It will be an agenda item at the next city commission meeting, however. Recreational marijuana use was approved in Michigan in the mid-term election. Previously, o...

  • Ontonagon River to be featured on postage stamp

    Nov 28, 2018

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Northwoods residents will be able to send a little slice of home around the country next year, as the U.S. Postal Service recently announced the Ontonagon River will be featured on a forever stamp in 2019. The river is one of 12 featured in the Postal Service's Wild and Scenic Rivers series, according to a Postal Service spokesman. A stamp shows Tim Palmer's photo of what appears to be Kakabika Falls on the Cisco Branch of the river in Gogebic...

  • Bessemer's U.S. 2 lane hearing draws varied opinions

    Nov 28, 2018

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - Weather warnings did not deter numerous people from sharing firm and varied opinions during a Monday evening public hearing on proposed U.S. 2 lane changes in Bessemer. Bessemer city council members offered the hearing in the city hall auditorium in hopes of gathering as much input as possible before they vote on the matter in coming weeks. Council member Terry Kryshak, who started the session, said the city's initial concern had been to replace...