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Articles from the June 13, 2017 edition


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  • Represent

    Jun 13, 2017

  • State official presents report on township audit

    Jun 13, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Michigan Department of Treasury delivered its long-awaited report on the discrepancies with Ironwood Township’s 2015 audit to the township’s Board of Trustees Monday. The department’s investigation — which led to a criminal investigation into former treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso’s alleged embezzlement of township funds — included a total of 15 findings regarding the township’s water and sewer, trust and agency and tax collection funds. The state report shed some light into how...

  • Missing man found in woods near Upson

    Jun 13, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] UPSON, Wis. — A man clad only in his boxer shorts was hospitalized Sunday after he was found by a volunteer trail worker near Upson. Joe Kravetz, of Ironwood, a North Country Trail Heritage Chapter volunteer, was returning to his home from a trail work outing when he found the pantsless, confused man around 2 p.m. “I talked with the man briefly as they stopped to let the man use my cell phone. Evidently, what happened was the man lost his backpack and pants while trying to cross a river. The keys to...

  • Man vs. Nature

    Jun 13, 2017

  • Citizens of Wakefield request clarification of .44 percent tax increase

    Jun 13, 2017

    By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield City Council held a public hearing during their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday night. The hearing addressed the 2017-2018 budget as well as the .44 percent increase in property taxes. The council heard from members of the public, primarily regarding clarification of the tax increase. Paul Anderson of Coleman Engineering was present at the meeting to update the council on the Maria Lane Street Improvement project. There was a bid from Angelo Luppino, Inc. to c...

  • Community calendar

    Jun 13, 2017

    Tuesday, June 13 Pickleball, 9 a.m. to noon, good weather, Hurley High School tennis courts, bad weather: Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, 1-3 p.m., 100 Mill St.,...