Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - All Sunday, investigators sifted through the rubble of a fire that destroyed the Bear Trap Inn in Saxon Saturday around 3:20 a.m. Two representatives of the state fire marshal's office arrived later Saturday and began to search through what was left of the tavern-restaurant building, which was a total loss. Lisa Waldros, of Kimball, had worked the Friday night bartending shift at the tavern and her car was parked in front of the tavern as...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Another year of field worked wrapped up Wednesday in the ongoing study of Iron County’s American marten population, with Hurley students exploring the area near Island Lake Road for fresh tracks. Marten, a member of the weasel family, are endangered in Wisconsin. Males weigh from just over one and a half pounds to almost three pounds and measure roughly 2 feet, while female marten weigh around one and a half pounds and are 18-22 inches lon...
By JUSTIN LIBERTOSKI [email protected] LAKE GOGEBIC — With the weather getting warmer as the calendar moves farther into March, ice fishing season is coming to a close. The late start to winter had a lasting effect on the conditions of the ice out on Lake Gogebic. Brian Berquist, recruitment chairmen for Walleyes For Tomorrow Lake Gogebic Chapter and a member of the Lake Gogebic Volunteer Fire Department Ice Rescue Team, said, “It took awhile to be able to get out there and test the ice this year.” Once the weather cooperated and the ice...
Monday, March 14 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, mothers, infants, and children, 9 a.m.-noon, 100 Mill St., Bessemer. 906-667-0283. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. National Finnish American Festival Board, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball. Preschool Story Time, 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Young Authors and Illustrators Group, 3:30-4:45 p.m.,...
