Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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To the Editor: I support the letter to the editor published Dec. 13, 2014, from Joe Allen; unlike Nancy Warren, who stated in her letter (of Dec. 18, 2014), that 40 years of trapping and hunting does not qualify Joe as an expert in predator/prey relationships. I don’t feel that he would want to be considered an expert anyway. But the information and opinions of Joe and others like him that have spent more time in the outdoors than many of the people that make the “scientific” decisions about our wildlife should not be discounted. Since our f...
MARQUETTE - While headlines over the past two weeks point out 2014 was the warmest year on record in terms of global temperatures, Upper Peninsula communities posted some of their coldest readings in the past 110 years. A northwest flow of air and numerous cold air masses from Canada "were frequent visitors to the upper Great Lakes," said Kevin Crupi, of the National Weather Service's Marquette office. He released a 2014 summary of readings from weather stations across the U.P. Ironwood's averag...
HURLEY - The Iron County Mining Impact Committee heard an update on funding sources for a mining impact analysis Thursday evening. Jason Laumann, of the Northwest Regional Planning Commission, talked about changes in funding after an anonymous donor pulled out. According to committee chair Leslie Kolesar, the donor withdrew a $50,000 donation to the analysis, believing the county wasn't moving fast enough with the project. "He wanted to see the county step up and put some skin in the game, but...
BESSEMER - As of about 10 a.m. Thursday, at least 22 individuals had made appointments to donate blood at the A.D. Johnston High School's American Red Cross Blood Drive. "A lot more have come through for walk-ins," said student volunteer Anna Wacker. Wacker, Tianna Carlisle and Megan Korhonen were manning the registration table and providing snacks and juice to those donating. The goal for the drive was to reach at least 30 donations. If the goal was met, one senior student would receive a $250...
