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Articles from the April 26, 2018 edition


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  • Gogebic County committee formed on ambulance costs

    Apr 26, 2018

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday agreed to set up a committee to resolve the ambulance service issue in the county, likely by the end of next month. After meeting as the finance committee with representatives of Beacon Ambulance and one of its owners, John Kutz, the county board agreed to set up the committee in an effort to retain service through the end of the year. It will be up to county board chair George Peterson, of Watersmeet, to determine the size of the c...

  • Big melt hits Gogebic Range

    Apr 26, 2018

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Even though the sun has melted much of the winter's snow across the Gogebic Range over the past few days, Ironwood is still in the running to set an all-time low average temperature for April. As of Wednesday morning, the average temperature for the month was 26.9 degrees, the lowest recorded in the past 117 years. That compares to the 117-year average of 38.1 degrees through April 25, according to the National Weather Service office in...

  • Wakefield City Council audience applauds Highland plans

    Apr 26, 2018

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - A presentation by Highland Copper Company, Inc. at Tuesday's Wakefield City Council meeting concluded with rousing applause from an audience of more than two dozen residents. Sylvain Collard, Highland's general manager, offered a slide show while explaining the company's Copperwood timeline in Wakefield Township aims for construction to begin later this year, followed by operation starting in 2021. "There is a lot of potential," said Collard...

  • Community calendar

    Apr 26, 2018

    Thursday, April 26 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Pokemon Group, 4 p.m., ages 8 and older, Carnegie Library, Ironwood. Book Discussion, 4 p.m., Great Michigan Read: “X: A Novel” by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon. Carnegie Library, Ironwood. Open Community Dinner, 5-6 p.m., Wakefield Met...