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Articles from the December 20, 2019 edition


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  • Airport board hears airline pitches

    Dec 20, 2019

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Officials from four commercial air service companies were in Ironwood Wednesday to compete for the next two-year contract serving Gogebic-Iron County Airport. Gogebic-Iron County Airport operates with Essential Air Service (EAS) funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The subsidies go to airlines that provide commercial passenger service to rural and small-community airports. The air services that outlined EAS service...

  • McBroom introduces bills to change prison closing process

    Dec 20, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] LANSING — State Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, recently introduced two bills designed to change how the Michigan Department of Corrections closes prisons, requiring the department to consider the potential economic fallout of the closures and holding a public hearing on the decisions. McBroom said the legislation came after the Senate Oversight Committee heard testimony earlier this year from the state’s Office of the Auditor General that the MDOC hadn’t retained sufficient documentation to support the...

  • Joy to the World

    Dec 20, 2019

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  • DNR funds two Ironwood projects

    Dec 20, 2019

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The city of Ironwood is awaiting final approval for funding of two projects that improve the Beltline Trail and Curry Park. The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund board recommended a $38,100 project to renovate campsites at Curry Park. The board also recommended $14,800 for acquisition of approximately 5 acres of railroad grade to extend the in-town Southern Beltline Trail route in Ironwood. The recommendations are now with the state legislature for review as part of the a...

  • Community calendar

    Dec 20, 2019

    Friday, Dec. 20 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, Dec. 21 Union...

  • Helvie B. (Kivi) Pelkola

    Dec 20, 2019

    KIMBALL, Wis. - Helvie B. (Kivi) Pelkola, 94, a lifelong resident of Kimball, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, at her residence in the town of Kimball. She was born Dec. 21, 1924, in the town of Kimball, the daughter of William and Ellen (Etula) Kivi and attended school in both Meadville and Hurley. On Sept. 20, 1941, she was united in marriage to Eugene "Pick" Pelkola, also of Kimball, by the Rev. Chester L. Harries. Helvie was a wonderful homemaker, happy at home and in her community...