Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Waterfall watchers should enjoy a banner weekend after the 2 to 2.5 inches of rain fell across northern Wisconsin this week rivers are roaring. The weekly report of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources notes river levels have risen throughout the north. Potato River Falls offers some free waterfall watching, while people willing to pay a state park fee might visit Copper Falls State Park near Mellen. The numerous waterfalls near Black River Harbor are also a good destination for a drive. Altho...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic Conservation District initiated a garlic mustard eradication program this month in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service. The aim is to keep garlic mustard infestations in the Ironwood-Bessemer area from jumping into private, county and national forests, according to GCD Administrator Jim Finley. Originally brought to the U.S. from Europe as a food plant, garlic mustard can escape from gardens “and spread like wildfire,” Finley said. “The plant has the ability to change the so...
Saturday, April 30 Friends of the Iron Belle Clean-up Day, 10 a.m., Depot Park, Ironwood. 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. Ironwood Prom Grand March, 6:30 p.m., Memorial Building. Bessemer Prom Grand March, 8:30 p.m., A.D. Johnston High...
