Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] MARENISCO - Marenisco Township officials made it official Monday, opening the new pavilion in Donald McKenzie Memorial Park with a cut of a ceremonial ribbon and some coffee and goodies for those who came to celebrate. While the structure was built this past summer using a $400,000 Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund Grant, Marenisco Police Chief Bruce Mahler said the township had been working on the project since 2005. Grant proposals were...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - If the residents who participated in a recent survey have their way, Ironwood Township won't be the site of any commercial medical marijuana facilities. That's what the township board of trustees heard Monday night as it got a breakdown of the survey's results. Darrin Kimbler, the vice chair of the township's planning commission, presented the results of the medical marijuana portion of the commission's larger land-use survey. He...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — Ironwood City Commissioners offered some input to new Ironwood Public Safety Department Director Greg Klecker after he reviewed 2017 crime statistics at Monday's regular meeting. Klecker said the department received 3,751 calls through 911 and for general service. He said 335 criminal or violation-type calls were responded to, or 9 percent of the total. A total of 91 percent of the calls involved civil complaints or those that didn't result in crimes. IPSD officers wrote 300 tickets and r...
Tuesday, Jan. 23 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. Kimball Homemakers, noon, Maplewood Steakhouse, 715-561-4828, Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Elk and Hound. Hurley Strong Women class, 4-5 p.m., Iron County Aging Unit, 1968 L.L. Wright and St. Ambrose Reunion planning c... Full story
BESSEMER, Mich. - Marvin Gumm, 77, of Bessemer, formerly of Racine, Wis., passed away peacefully early Friday morning, Jan. 19, 2018. Marvin was born on Feb. 12, 1940, in Laona, Wis., a son of Curtis and Carrie (Combs) Gumm. He worked as a metallurgist at a foundry in Racine. Marvin is survived by three children, Leticia, Tyrone and Tina and their families; a devoted brother, Earl, Bessemer, and two sisters; and several dear nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a daughter, Carrie, his... Full story
