Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — It appears the possible consolidation of the Ironwood and Bessemer school districts won’t be moving forward, at least for the time being. The committee Bessemer formed to examine the future of the district is expected to recommend against consolidation with Ironwood at the district’s next board meeting. “This Monday at our board meeting, the committee for the future of Bessemer schools — which is made up of parents in our area and business members ... as well as a few board members ...
Saturday, March 26 Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Free Supper, 5-6 p.m., Apostolic Lutheran Church, Aurora Street, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6-7 p.m., Church of Transfiguration, Ironwood. Open speaker meeting and potluck dinner. Sunday, March 27 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74....
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — Used drug collection containers across the Gogebic Range have worked so well that they have created a problem in storing all the pills and medications being turned in for disposal. The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday agreed to send letters to legislators pointing out the extent of the problem here and seeking some assistance. Commissioners instructed county clerk Gerry Pelissero to draw up a letter to be sent to legislators. Gogebic County Sheriff Pete Matonich told the b...
MARQUETTE — Raymond Valentino Bowser, 31, of Chicago, was sentenced to five years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced in a statement Friday. Bowser also received 12 years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell sentenced Bowser for distribution of heroin within 1,000 feet of a playground, a charge Bowser pleaded guilty to last December. Bowser was the subject of an Gogebic-Iron Area Narcotics Team investigation that included a Feb. 20, 2015, undercover heroin purchase from Bowser, according to M...
