Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY — The Hurley K-12 School was put on lock down Thursday afternoon due to a “perceived threat heard elsewhere in the community,” said Administrator Chris Patritto. “We did it under an abundance of precaution,” he told the Daily Globe later. A Code Yellow was declared at 1:45 and lifted at 2:20, according to text messages received by parents with children in the school. Patritto said someone in the community heard what they thought was a threat and called the school. “We called the police and put the school on lock down. The police dete...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Roughly 300 junior and senior high school students from Hurley, Gogebic and Ontonagon counties attended Career and Campus Exploration Day held at the Gogebic Community College on Thursday. The Ironwood Chamber of Commerce, Michigan Works!, Michigan Rehabilitation Services and GCC organized the day to allow students the opportunity to talk to area businesses and tour the campus. Director of admissions, marketing and community relations, Kim...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — The Mercer Town Board held an information session Thursday to provide residents with the facts about a proposed ballot measure in the spring election. Town voters will be asked April 2 to decide whether to approve a .5 percent Premier Resort Area Tax on certain goods and services in the town. “We’d like people to have the facts. Be armed when you go to vote,” town chairman John Sendra told the audience. If passed, the measure is expected to generate roughly $200,000 to $250,00...
Friday, Feb. 22 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. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, 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
