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Articles from the February 11, 2022 edition


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  • Gogebic County seeks legal counsel for ARPA funds

    Feb 11, 2022

    By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] BESSEMER — Troy Cumings from the Grand Rapids-based corporate law firm Warner Norcross & Judd appeared at the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners meeting on Wednesday via Zoom regarding American Rescue Plan Act monies. Cumings said the firm has provided legal counsel on ARPA to several clients in the Upper Peninsula including Marquette, Menomonie, Baraga and Ontonagon counties and was interested in working with Gogebic County as well. Warner Norcross & Judd have been helping the counties find e...

  • Hurley decides not to apply for CDB grant

    Feb 11, 2022

    By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley City Council decided not to apply for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant program this year at their meeting on Tuesday. The city was considering applying for a CDBG this year for work on 2nd Avenue. At their last meeting in January, Jeff Seamandel from the consulting firm MSA Professional Services informed the council that this will be the last year that they can apply for the CDBG program in its current form. In 2023, the cit...

  • Snowmobiling

    Feb 11, 2022

  • Community Calendar

    Feb 11, 2022

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Feb. 11 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Saturday, Feb.... Full story

  • Clara Mae Lynn

    Feb 11, 2022

    IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Clara Mae Lynn, 88, a longtime resident of Ironwood Township, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, at Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff, Wisconsin. Clara Mae was born on Sept. 30, 1933, in Bessemer, the daughter of Einar and Mabel (Johnson) Brown. She attended Ramsay School and graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer, in 1951. Clara Mae worked as a legal secretary and then as a deputy county clerk for Gogebic County. On March 20, 1965,... Full story

  • Katherine A. Dabb

    Feb 11, 2022

    IRONWOOD, Mich. — Katherine A. Dabb, 61, of Ironwood, passed away at her home on Feb. 3, 2022. Visitation for Katherine will take place on Friday, Feb. 18, from 11 a.m. to the time of her memorial service at 1 p.m. at the McKevitt-Patrick Funeral Home at 305 N. Lowell St. in Ironwood. A full obituary to follow. The family has chosen McKevitt-Patrick Funeral Home to honor Katherine’s legacy of life. You can leave a condolence or a tribute at mckevittpatrickfuneralhome.com.... Full story