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  • Mercer approves Shay Dam repair bid

    May 11, 2021

    MERCER — The town of Mercer Board of Supervisors approved a construction bid to repair Shay Dam at its regular meeting on Thursday. The board 5-0 approved $96,183 bid from Nasi Construction LLC, to affect age-related concrete repairs to the 84-year-old dam. The damages were discovered during an annual water level drawdown in 2019. The dam is about seven miles northeast of Mercer in the Turtle River outlet where it controls the flow from Fisher Lake to Spider Lake, creating a waterfall that has become a visitor attraction.  Dan Mortenson, a...

  • GCC graduate praises community college education

    May 11, 2021

    By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College commencement speaker Rylee Nicoletti, a member of the Class of 2021, talked about how she learned the value of a community college education as she spoke at the college’s 87th annual commencement ceremony held virtually Friday night. “When I was about to graduate high school I wanted a nose piercing, but I wasn’t 18; so of course, I needed my parents’ permission. It was a hard and definite ‘no,’” said the high honors graduate in applied science from...

  • Volunteers plant in Miners park

    May 11, 2021

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Volunteers with the Friends of the Miners Memorial Heritage Park in Ironwood got the jump on spring weather Thursday with a tree and shrub planting event. The group approved a $100 purchase of trees and shrubs from the Gogebic Conservation District, said Sharlene Shaffer, board member. The trees included yellow birch and white pine. The shrubs included thimbleberry, winterberry, sumak, lilac, ninebark along with roses. "Every year we kind...

  • David John Ramme Sr.

    May 11, 2021

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - David John Ramme Sr., 68, a prominent long-time businessman, passed away early Saturday morning, May 8, 2021, at his home in Ironwood. Dave was born on July 31, 1952, in Ironwood, a son of Floyd and Marion (Chouinard) Ramme. He graduated from high school, attended Gogebic Community College and received his bachelor's degree in business from Northland College. In 1981, Dave started Rammes Collision Center. He loved his business and was very proud of what he achieved. Throughout... Full story

  • Community Calendar

    May 11, 2021

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, May 11 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous,... Full story

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