Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Michigan’s two senators are looking for answers regarding whether any Great Lakes projects could be impacted by President Donald Trump’s effort to build a wall on the southern border. Citing a National Public Radio story that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been asked to identify projects that could be canceled or delayed to free up funding for a border barrier, Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters wrote a letter to R.D. James, the assistant secretary of the Army (Civil Works) on Monday. “We write...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors will decide whether to ban deer farms for the time being after the county’s planning and zoning committee recommended imposing a temporary moratorium on importation and raising of cervids in the county Tuesday. “Just to remind you, this doesn’t mean no deer farms ever. This is a one-year block on deer farms for us to figure out what we want to do,” zoning administrator Erika Roeder said in December. “It can be increased to two years at the the time of e...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — The board of education of the Bessemer School District voted Tuesday to accept a resolution that superintendent Dave Wineburner said will facilitate “a continuation of our current levy” if local citizens pass it in the next election. The unanimous vote at the special meeting was for a proposed 2.05 millage rate, which translates to $20.50 for every $10,000 of property on which a landowner is taxed. Wineburger told the Globe Wednesday that the state treasury now must approve what he descr...
Friday, Jan. 18 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. Government Gogebic...
REDLANDS, Calif. - Thomas Jeramy Kangas, aka Thom, Temo, Tommy, Uncle T, or TK, fought a 17-month battle with esophageal cancer where on Jan. 14, 2019, he passed peacefully with loved ones surrounding him. Thom was born Sept. 10, 1978, in Ironwood. He was the youngest of three children of Jim and Marie Kangas. On Sept. 21, 2013, he married the love of his life, Renee Martinez. They enjoyed spending time together celebrating the simple things in life with their fur-baby Izzy. Thom is survived by...