Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - The city of Ironwood passed a truck route ordinance in October requiring trucks exceeding a gross vehicle weight of more than 30,000 pounds to use required truck routes and/or the shortest distance to the route. Andrew DiGiorgio, Ironwood Public Safety Department director, said the ordinance was designed to keep big trucks off McLeod Avenue and Ayer Street. But he said that doesn't mean vehicles with heavier loads can't use those streets....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MARQUETTE — A May 10 grand jury indictment charges four defendants with a number of drug crimes related to a marijuana ring which federal prosecutors alleged the four were operating in Michigan’s Gogebic, Ontonagon, Marquette and Iron counties. The indictment contains 10 felony counts against defendants Spencer Troy Ward, Sharon Marie Peltola, Robert Harley Stapleton and Craig Robert Asikainen in various combinations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Maarten Vermaat made clear the indictment is only an ear...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - All Saints Catholic Academy hosted an open house Thursday evening to ceremoniously cut the ribbon and officially open the school's new infant and toddler room. Before cutting the ribbon, area residents toured the school. Several people said they were pleased. Reverend Robb Jurkovich said a prayer and then Emily Lightfoot, lead teacher, Nicole Hissa, pre-school teacher, Don Stanley, of Ironwood and William Ribich, of Ironwood, cut the...
Friday, May 20 Northwoods Manufacturing Open House, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Hurley K-12 School. Council on Library and Network Development, 9:30 a.m., Mercer Public Library. Gogebic Conservation District, 10 a.m., Natural Resource Center, Bessemer. 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. Scrabble at the Mercer Library, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public...
BESSEMER, Mich. - On May 18, 2016, at 9:53 a.m., Peter James Palm, of Green Bay, Wis., passed away at his residence on Creek Side Trail at Big Powderhorn Mountain, Bessemer, at the age of 62 years old, surrounded by his family and close friends. Peter was born on Dec. 29, 1953, to James and Glorianne Palm. His siblings are William Palm (Carol), of Hudson, Wis., and Patrick Palm, of Denver, Colo. Peter married Cindy Miskovich, of Wakefield, on May 30, 1991. Their children are John Palm (Kendra...