Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Comprehensive Planning/Land and Zoning Committee is recommending the county board extend the moratorium on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Iron County for another year after the committee decided more study was needed. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, sometimes referred to as Confined Animal Feeding Operations, are farms with over 1,000 animal units, according to County Zoning Administrator Thomas Bergman. The type of animal being farmed determines the e...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Range residents were enjoying a last blast of spring-like weather on Tuesday, before predictions of a storm that could drop more than a foot of snow. The temperature in Ironwood was 53 degrees at 1 p.m. Tuesday. A half-inch of rain was forecast for later in the day, to be followed by from 9 to 15 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. The thermometer was expected to fall and temperatures were predicted to remain...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission awarded a $99,167 bid Monday for a Carnegie Library facade improvement project. Angelo Luppino Inc., of Iron Belt, Wis., submitted the low bid among three received by the city. City manager Scott Erickson said 60 percent of the project will be financed by a grant, with the library covering the rest. Tuckpointing, chimney work, replacing the front door, railing and improving the retaining wall are included in bid specifications. The commission also awarded a D...
Wednesday, March 16 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, 9-10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-932-4200. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Ewen-Trout Cre... Full story
KIMBALL, Wis. - Lisa Paulette (Henning) Waldros, of Kimball, tragically lost her life March 12 in a fire. She was a wife, mother, grandmother, sister, daughter and dearest friend. Lisa was born June 8, 1963, in Wakefield, Mich., to Michael and Lynda Henning. She grew up in Kimball and graduated from J. E. Murphy High School in Hurley, class of 1981. Growing up, Lisa lived for all things horses, as anyone who knew her understood. She and her siblings spent more time in the barn and on horse back... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - John G. "Gibby" Palojarvi, 82, a lifelong Ironwood Township resident, died early Tuesday morning, March 15, 2016, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood, with his family by his side. He was born Jan. 5, 1934, in Ironwood Township, son of the late Toivo and Selma (Tassava) Palojarvi, and attended Roosevelt School. He worked in the woods and on the family farm prior to serving in the U.S. Army in Germany during the Korean War. Following his discharge as a corporal in 1955,... Full story
ROCKFORD, Ill. - Barbara "Babs" (Marander) Booker, 87, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 11, 2016, surrounded by her family at Alden Debes Nursing Home in Rockford after a short illness. She was born Feb. 2, 1929, in Ironwood, Mich., the daughter of Herman Marander and Marie (Kleimola) (Marander) Brottlund. She graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1947. Soon after she moved to Evanston. Later moving to Rockford, where she worked for many years at the Register Star newspaper as a... Full story
