Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY — On Monday night, the Iron County Land and Zoning Committee will host a public hearing on draft ordinance pertaining to mining in the county, specifically the proposed iron mine in Upson. The 6 p.m. hearing will be at the Iron County Memorial Building. The Gogebic Taconite mining company has found a number of provisions that cause a "real problem" in the draft ordinance, if not corrected. "The initial draft has a number of provisions that would make it impossible to mine here," G-Tac spokesman Bob Seitz said. "It is an initial draft, s...
BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners reluctantly agreed to sign an interlocal agreement with the Western Upper Peninsula Alliance Wednesday for workforce development and training programs. Board members have frequently expressed dissatisfaction that the Michigan Works program in the county has been reduced to a single employee, but they felt they had no choice but to sign the agreement. The new WUP alliance, beginning July 1, also includes Baraga, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties. The agreement replaces the W...
IRONWOOD — Local youth in the Ironwood Carnegie Library's summer drama camp have been working together since early last week to prepare for a performance Friday at 5:30 p.m. in the Ironwood Memorial Building auditorium. The kids, aged 11 and up, are from Ironwood and Bessemer. Under the direction of Mary Hansen, the youth will perform, “The Golden Rooster,” “The Bremen Town Musicians,” and “Henny Penny.” “I'm very, very proud of these kids,” Hansen said. “Some of them have never been on stage...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a historic day for gay rights, the Supreme Court gave the nation's legally married gay couples equal federal footing with all other married Americans on Wednesday and also cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in California. In deciding its first cases on the issue, the high court did not issue the sweeping declaration sought by gay rights advocates that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry anywhere in the country. But in two rulings, both by bare 5-4 m...
