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  • Enbridge holds open house for Line 5 route

    Feb 22, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - Enbridge, Inc. held an open house Thursday to discuss the proposed route for the Line 5 Wisconsin Segment Relocation Project. Enbridge, a multinational energy transportation company based in Calgary, submitted permit applications for a roughly 40-mile petroleum and liquid natural gas pipeline that would be constructed from existing Line 5 pipeline near the Ashland Municipal Airport to another section of existing Line 5 near Gurney. The new...

  • Mercer to look at boat landing

    Feb 22, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — The Mercer Board of Supervisors on Thursday agreed to check the status of an area boat landing in the spring. The board 5-0 approved a request from the Lake of the Falls Association to inspect the landing in the spring after the water levels are back to normal. The association said the landing is in need of update and repair. Jim Hannemann, a board member of Lake of the Falls Association, said the boat landing is considered township property. It was approved by the town board at the...

  • Roundabout public meeting scheduled

    Feb 22, 2020

    RHINELANDER, Wis. — Staff of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation regional office will hold a public meeting in Hurley on two projects affecting U.S. 51 and U.S. 2. The meeting is Thursday, Feb. 27 from 5 to 6:30 p.m., at the Iron County Courthouse, 300 Taconite Street in Hurley. The public is encouraged to attend. The proposed U.S. 2 rehabilitation project includes removing the existing overhead structure at the Hurley intersection of U.S. 2 and U.S. 51 and replacing it with a roundabout. WisDOT staff will discuss the project and r...

  • Downtown Ironwood

    Feb 22, 2020

  • Community calendar

    Feb 22, 2020

    Saturday, Feb. 22 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Feb. 23 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, Feb. 24 Iron County Food P...

  • Donald 'Muttie' John Mattson

    Feb 22, 2020

    DULUTH, Minn. - Donald "Muttie" John Mattson, 66, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, after a battle with Parkinson's, with his loving family by his side at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth. He was born Sept. 24, 1953, in Ironwood, Michigan, to Eino and Delores (Baross) Mattson. Donald lived in Iron Belt, Wisconsin, and worked for Wayne Nasi Construction for many years. He loved spending time with his family, hunting and doing anything that involved the outdoors. He was an outgoing family man,...