Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday acted to draft a letter expressing concerns about how COVID-19 rules and regulations are established for border counties. The board 7-0 approved a letter to be drafted by board chair James Lorenson, to be submitted to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The concerns of Gogebic County to be expressed are how the pandemic rules do not consider the unique nature of the western-most point of the Upper Peninsula with shared borders to Iron a...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — A member of the Mercer School Board has resigned for personal reasons, according to a letter presented to the board at Monday’s school board meeting. The school board 4-0 approved the resignation announcement of board member Jeff Nehring. Nehring, who was not present, is a recently retired dentist, who was reelected to a three year term on the school board in the April 7, 2020, election following an earlier appointment to the board. In a letter from Nehring to School Board President...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — Members of the Wakefield City Council voted Monday evening to approve the start of an engineering study in relation to a pending sewer upgrade at the Eddy Park Campground on Sunday Lake. The Escanaba office of C2AE will conduct the study, for which its project engineer, Darren Pionk, presented a $7,000 estimate. City Manager Robert Brown, Jr. said that costs of materials are not yet factored in, and he added that the city also will contribute in-house labor expense. He added that the grand t...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of Sir Robin H. Bracey-Gibbon of Ironwood on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021, at the age of 86. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Irene; children, Brooke and Zavi; and grandson, Ty. A private service will be held at the family's request. The family wishes to send special thanks to all our friends for their care and compassion. The family has chosen McKevitt-Patrick Funeral Home of Ironwood to honor Robin's legacy... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Feb. 26 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. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org.... Full story
