Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer Planning Commission met on Wednesday evening to discuss the Medical Marijuana Licensing Act and Bessemer's acceptance or rejection of support for additional marijuana-based businesses. At the prior meeting of the planning commission on Dec. 7, the commission requested a business representative appear before the commission and provide answers to questions regarding taxation and employment. David Schultis provided an email with a...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER - The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners appointed a road commission board member on a split vote at the county board's Wednesday reorganizational session. On a 4-2 vote, Dan Peterson was named to the road commission board, topping Kevin Haustein. New county board chair George Peterson, of Watersmeet, cast the deciding vote for Dan Peterson, who is no relation. Earlier in the meeting, the board agreed to continue the policy that the board...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] ERWIN TOWNSHIP — Sylvia Mussatti will continue to serve as Erwin Township’s treasurer for another four years after the Board of Trustees appointed her to fill the vacant position Wednesday. Mussatti was originally appointed to serve the remainder of former treasurer Renee Hill’s term in October. Hill abruptly resigned during the board’s Oct. 12 meeting following a disagreement over the type of permit she needed to build an accessory building on her property, sending a formal letter of resigna...
Thursday, Jan. 12 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Hurley High School Tennis Courts. 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, Ironwood. area74.org. Red Hat Society Northwoods Divas, noon, Manny’s, Ironwood. Contact Miriam at 906-667-0116 or Carol at 906-932-4953. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae. Grief Support Group, 2 p.... Full story
TAMPA, Fla. - James "Jim" Dorrington Van Doren Jr., LMSW, 65, died on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, from complications following open heart surgery. He was born on April 22, 1951, in Oak Park, Ill., to parents James and Margaret Van Doren. Jim was a mental health and addictions counselor whose advocacy for children and families spanned over 40 years serving the western Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin. He served the Ironwood area from 2006 to 2015. Jim married Georjean "GiGi" Polich Van Doren in... Full story
