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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday will act on selling a piece of property to Gogebic County Community Mental Health for construction of a group home. The facility would be similar to one operated on Greenbush Street by GCCMH, according to city officials. GCCMH chose property owned by the city on Ayer Street, across from the baseball diamond. “The parcel would be carved out of a larger parcel owned by the city. The proposed parcel was appraised at $3,500,” Ironwood Community Devel...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] RAMSAY — The Gogebic Range Water Authority is moving forward with its project to replace a significant amount of water and sewer pipes in the city of Bessemer, taking several steps Thursday night to complete the requirements necessary to get the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development loan that is helping finance the work. “We’ve been getting a lot of paperwork now, because they want to close … before the end of March on this project,” authority administrator Jean Verbos said. The autho...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The firm of Makela, Pollack & Ahonen will continue to audit Iron County after the county board of supervisors’ finance committee approved a three-year contract extension with the firm Thursday. According to a letter from the firm, the auditing costs aren’t expected to exceed $42,000 for the 2016 fiscal year, $43,000 for 2017 and $44,000 for 2018. The costs could change if new auditing requirements or standards are passed in the future. Iron County Clerk Mike Saari praised the firm for i...
Friday, Feb. 10 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. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m., library. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, 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,... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Marko John Pavlovich, 86, of Ironwood, died peacefully early Wednesday morning, Feb. 8, 2017, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood, with his loving wife by his side. He was born Nov. 20, 1930, in Ironwood, son of Marko and Julia (Sertich) Pavlovich. He attended Newport School and graduated with the Class of 1948 from Luther L. Wright High School and upon graduation, went to work for Sears. Marko was called into the U.S. Army during the... Full story