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By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Final preparations for the Ironwood Snowmobile Olympus race will begin on Thursday at Gogebic County Fairgrounds. Race Director Tom Auvinen, said the event was originally scheduled to be held near the end of December, but warm weather caused the race to be postponed and rescheduled for this Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. "We plan to be out at the track Thursday evening to get the snow cleared off and to set up bales of hay on Friday," he sai...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer planning commission was scheduled to vote on two ordinances Monday evening, but resulted in tying a vote on one and tabling another. Members did, however, vote unanimously to pass on to the city council a capital improvement plan with their support. A related hearing on that matter opened and closed with no comment. Two additional public hearings were held on a recreational marijuana zoning ordinance and on an ordinance prohibiting...
LANSING — Fisherman will have to settle for keeping fewer perch when fishing in Michigan waters this spring, as the Michigan DNR has imposed new daily limits for yellow perch. Starting April 1, the possession limit has been reduced from 50 to 25 fish per day on most state waters. Locally, the exceptions include those fishing on Lake Gogebic in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties. Lake Gogebic has a limit of 25 fish per day, with no more than five of those fishing being 12 inches or longer. Lake Erie will still have a 50-fish limit. The reduction i...
Wednesday, Feb. 6 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Iron County Health Department Walk In Clinic, 8:30 a.m.—noon, health department. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Hurley Midget...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Robert Michael Mattila, 77, of Wakefield Township, passed away late Sunday evening, Feb. 3, 2019, at his home, surrounded by family. Robert was born on July 1, 1941, in Wakefield, a son of Uno Michael and Mida Hildegard (Johnson) Mattila. He attended Wakefield High School and graduated in 1959. On Aug. 24, 1963, Robert was united in marriage to the love of his life, Judith Faye "Judi" Nobert. In the early 1960s, he worked at Nordberg Manufacturing in Milwaukee. Robert returned...