Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - Vehicles were lined up about 12 deep along Ayer Street Saturday morning as sunshine greeted Ironwood's annual fall clean-up day. City residents got rid of trash of all sorts in the three-hour collection effort manned by city workers and numerous volunteers who were assisting Eagle Waste and Recycling. Eagle Waste is the city's new garbage collection servicer and City Manager Scott Erickson said the conversion to the new business has been working out well, with many compliments about... Full story
WAKEFIELD - Gogebic County Community Mental Health Authority is set to receive the rights and clean title to property in Wakefield it has used and occupied since 1995, following its final, Oct. 1 payment of bonds issued for the erection of its buildings and structures. "Community Mental Health will actually take ownership from the county because at the time the building was constructed, CMH couldn't own property," said Julie Hautala, CEO of the authority. "When we became an authority, we had tha... Full story
IRONWOOD - The Northern Lights Quilting Guild is hosting its biennial quilt show on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ironwood Memorial Building. The show features more than 100 quilts from guild members and other quilters from the area. There will be vendors, refreshments, a day raffle and special displays. The guild's raffle quilt, Friendship Vines, will be on display and tickets will be available for purchase. The winner of the quilt will be announced at the end of the... Full story
IRONWOOD - Keweenaw Land Association was recognized Friday afternoon for being a leader in forest management certification. In fact, Keweenaw was the first publicly-traded company in the country to be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council through KLA's participation with the Rainforest Alliance, a nonprofit organization. That was in 1994. While many states have addressed forest certification in the past few years, Keweenaw was far ahead of the curve 20 years ago. Brian Glodowski, manager o... Full story
To the editor, It’s telling that Republicans feel they must distort the facts about the Affordable Care Act, calling it “Obamacare” and making up stories of fictional “death panels” and “rationing boards.” It appears Republicans are afraid that if they stuck to just the facts everyone would be for it. That is everyone except the insurance companies, who spent millions in campaign contributions and TV ads to fight it. Now the Affordable Care Act requires insurance companies to spend at least 80 percent of premiums to actually pay medical claim... Full story
