Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Temperatures that reached into the 50s across the Gogebic Range on Monday, combined with strong west and southerly winds, evaporated the little snow cover that remained. The spring-like weather closed most area snowmobile trails. The warm temperatures had turned the trails into slush and mud over the weekend. With no snow in the immediate forecast, trails were in very poor shape or closed on Tuesday. The Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce said all Iron...
HURLEY — A student at the Hurley K-12 School had been “removed from school pending further investigation,” after the student allegedly threatened other students, the Iron County Sheriff’s Department and Hurley Police Department announced Tuesday. According to a joint press release, the two departments said they had been called to the school to investigate “verbal/written threats” that had been made by a student in a classroom. Due to the involvement of minors, Sheriff’s Department officials declined to provide additional information; but the re...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — Ontonagon County is the place to get the “most bang for the buck” in Michigan, according to study by Smart Asset, a financial technology company. In addition to property taxes, the study analyzed the quality of local schools and the local crime rate of every county to determine where people were seeing the most value. On a scale of 1 to 10, Ontonagon schools ranked 10. Officials at Smart Asset calculated the average mathematics and reading language arts proficiencies for all districts in the countr...
Wednesday, March 8 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Ironwood Community Blood Drive, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-932-5478 for appointments. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m.,...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Reino L. Mattson, 87, of Greenbush Street, Ironwood, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 5, 2017, at home with his family by his side. He was born Nov. 1, 1929, in Bruce Crossing, son of the late Albert and Sophie (Niskanen) Mattson. Reino attended Paynesville schools and worked on the family farm as a young man. He was employed as a miner at the White Pine Copper Mine for many years. He also worked for a short time in Detroit. In 1970, he was employed by MSHA (Mine Safety...
