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Articles from the December 23, 2021 edition


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  • Biology Zoom Room coming to GCC

    Dec 23, 2021

    By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College will soon have a fourth Zoom room. The board approved funding a biology Zoom room during its regular meeting on Tuesday night. "The addition of a Zoom room keeps a tested, common platform that is already in place on campus," said Steve Spets, director of Information Technology. According to college president George McNulty, the new Zoom room will not only update that area of the college, but it will "create a...

  • Ottawa National Forest to require permits for wood gathering

    Dec 23, 2021

    IRONWOOD — Effective Jan. 1, 2022, the Ottawa National Forest will resume permit requirements for personal-use firewood gathering, according to release from the U.S. Forest Service. Permits are available at district offices and cost $5 per ccf (100 cubic feet), with a minimum of 4 ccf — thus, the minimum fee for a permit is $20. The Ottawa Nation Forest has allowed for free personal-use firewood gathering since early 2020 to support households that rely on firewood for home heating and to limit the need for office visits during the COVID-19 pub...

  • Robert 'Bob' L. Lindsey

    Dec 23, 2021

    POWERS, Mich. - Robert "Bob" L. Lindsey, age 85, of Gladstone, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, at Pinecrest Medical Care Facility in Powers. Robert was born on July 14, 1936, in Hulbert, the son of Ernest and Elsie (Ferguson) Lindsey. Robert grew up in Ewen, and attended school at Ewen schools. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1956. Robert was honorably discharged from active duty in 1958. Robert was united in marriage to the former Barbara Wolfe on Aug. 23, 1958. He was a member of the...

  • Community Calendar

    Dec 23, 2021

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Dec. 23 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. 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. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church,...