Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County’s summer recreation season got underway Thursday as the county’s ATV/UTV trails opened at 7 a.m. Although the trails have dried enough from the spring thaw to allow them to open, according to the Iron County Forestry and Parks Department, spring riding conditions may still exist on many trails. Riders may encounter soft spots on the trail system, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page. “Please use caution when riding, especially on Trail 6 in the areas west of W... Full story
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Visitors to Black River Harbor will need to pay if they bring a vehicle to the harbor’s day-use area after Ottawa National Forest officials implemented a user fee for harbor visitors this week. As of Wednesday, visitors to the harbor will have to pay a daily fee of $5 per vehicle or purchase an annual pass sticker for $30. “The good thing about this money is that 85 percent of it is returned directly to the forest,” said Lisa Kl...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Friends of the Ironwood Carnegie Library is having its bi-annual book sale on Friday and Saturday at the Ironwood Memorial Building. Friends president Maria Peterson said Friday's sale, which runs from 2 to 6 p.m., is only open to members of the group. For the general public, Saturday's sale runs from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. "Members get first pick," Peterson said. Setting up tables for the sale started Wednesday night, she said, and...
Friday, May 17 “Demystifying Grant Proposals, Logic Models & Budgets,” 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Room T-112, Gogebic Community College. Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Docum... Full story
MERCER, Wis. - Deen A. Palmquist, 72, of Mercer, died unexpectedly on May 4, 2019. Deen was born in Wausau, on May 8, 1946 to Howard R. and Evelyn (Heiner) Palmquist. He attended schools in Wausau and graduated from Roosevelt Military Academy, Aledo, Ill. He graduated from the North Central School of Agriculture, University of Minnesota. He served in the Army Reserves in Hurley. Deen moved the J.C. Campbell Co. to Mercer and later started and operated Lux Forest Products, Inc. and Lux... Full story
ROBBINSDALE, Minn. - Ruth M. Barlow, 84, of Maple Grove, passed away May 12, 2019 at North Memorial Medical Center. Ruth was born Dec. 26, 1934 in Ironwood, Mich. She was preceded in death by parents Roy and Mary (Nechak) Penberthy; sisters Jeanne Cramblit (Penberthy), Carol Barlow (Penberthy) and brother Jim Penberthy. She is survived by daughter Donna Barlow of Maple Grove and sister Donna Erickson (Penberthy) of Ironwood, and many other relatives and friends that will miss her very much. A... Full story
