Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Construction crews broke ground Thursday to start the summer long project of building the Downtown City Square in Ironwood. Bordered by Aurora and Lowell streets and McLeod Avenue, the City Square is intended to be a year-round space to attract more people to the city and to the downtown, said Tom Bergman, director of community development for the city of Ironwood. It is also one part of the larger effort to create amenities that attract...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County health officials announced a third confirmed case of COVID-19 in the county Thursday. The department didn’t release any information regarding the person who tested positive, citing the patient’s privacy, but said the individual is in isolation. Health department officials are working with the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department to investigate who may have been in close contact with the person. “Based on (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidelines, a close c...
By TOM LAVENTURE tlaventure@yourdailyglobe MERCER, Wis. — After reports of progress and accomplishments were conveyed, the annual meeting of the town of Mercer Board of Supervisors on Tuesday reintroduced a tourist-driven tax idea to fund road paving and repair costs. The annual public meeting is scheduled for April but was delayed 60 days because of the COVID-19 shutdown order in place at the time. Around 25 electors were in attendance, including the five town board members, to discuss any issue raised in which the town has statutory a...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, June 26 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....
PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. - On Father's Day, June 21, 2020, Joseph "Joe" Reynold Rondeau (age 89), loving father of eleven children passed away peacefully in his home in Port Washington with his wife Ann and family by his side. Joe was born April 19, 1931 in Ironwood, Michigan to Clement and Beatrice (Johnson) Rondeau. As a young man he was passionate about sports; in high school he played halfback for the Red Devils and enjoyed pitching for the baseball and softball teams. After high school he...
