Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Ironwood Township Board approved the text amendment to ordinance 50, related to sand and gravel pits, Monday, with hopes of changing a portion of the document later. Board members expressed concern about hours of operation of pits. Under the ordinance, hours of operation are 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturdays. Many residents complained about the hours during previous public hearings, and the board discussed possibly limiting hours o...
MARENSICO - The Friends of the Marenisco library held a book signing featuring former resident Barbara Bolton at the Marenisco Township Hall Sunday afternoon. Bolton signed copies of her first novel, "Raina's Witness," fictional novel about the truths of human trafficking. "I lived here for a good part of my life," she said, "A lot of my friends are here and they invited me to do the signing. I'm very grateful." After the book signing, Bolton read an excerpt from her novel and a list of...
To the Editor: Just because it doesn’t come from the Bessemer superintendent’s office doesn’t mean its propaganda. Superintendent Dave Radovich has been stating from the beginning that Bessemer student count has not been going down, but actually increasing. Well, here are some facts he doesn’t share with you. Here are the enrollment numbers for Bessemer Area Schools for the 2013-2014 school year. Please take note that these are audited numbers. This means that these are the numbers that their funding is based on. Bessemer: Fall 2013: 447.97....
To the Editor: The letter from Jenna Pedrin dated June 5 is an excellent example of fear mongering at its worst. She claims that hydraulic fracturing “could” endanger Michigan’s water supply. She fails to note that Michigan has never had a single case of water contamination due to hydraulic fracturing, and we have been doing this for more than 40 years. If her claims were true, with more than 60,000 wells already hydraulically fractured, there should be plenty of evidence to point to as examples of the danger posed by this process. Unfor...
HURLEY, Wis. - Frances A. "Fran" Loreti, 93, of Hurley, died Saturday, May 31, 2014, at home. Fran was born in Ironwood, Mich., on Jan. 2, 1921, to Frank and Philomene (Broccone) Champagne. She graduated from St. Ambrose High School in 1939 and worked at the Curry-Sullivan Agency (real estate and insurance) from 1941-1947. After many years as a stay-at-home mom, she returned to work for Astronautics of America, Hurley, in 1973 and retired in 1986. She married Alessio C. "Al" Loreti on April 9,...
ASHLAND, Wis. - Randall "Randy" J. Robinson, 63, of Ashland, passed away on Saturday, June 7, 2014, at his residence. He was born March 4, 1951, in Ironwood, Mich., the son of Robby and Janet (Sunie) Robinson. Randy graduated from Hurley High School in 1969. He served four years in the U.S. Navy, stationed in Italy, and was honorably discharged in 1974. He married Tina Secor in 1977 in Phoenix before moving back to northern Wisconsin. Randy worked at Chicago Iron and Supplies Inc. in Ashland...
