Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors decided 5-7 against a resolution declaring the county a Second Amendment sanctuary at its Tuesday meeting. The resolution should have been a discussion item but was added as an action item on the agenda, said board chair Joseph Pinardi. A discussion would have been preferable to consider possible revisions that might have made the resolution more acceptable, he said. Pinardi said he was a gun owner but didn’t see the need for the resolution. He, alo...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - The city of Bessemer paid homage to area veterans with its annual Tree of Honor ceremony on Wednesday evening. Each year, the Fourth of July committee holds the event to pay tribute to area veterans by having their names read during the ceremony and placed on a plaque by the Tree of Honor, a spruce tree, which is located in a small park on Sophie Street. The tree was lit up with small red, white and blue lights during the ceremony. The...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Jeffery Wade Gleason passed away peacefully at his home in Ann Arbor, at the age of 50. Jeff was born in Traverse City, on July 26, 1970, son of Gary and Jane Gleason. Jeff graduated from the A.D. Johnston High School in 1988. He served in the U.S. Army from 1990 to 1993, where he served in the front lines of Operation Desert Storm, receiving an Army Commendation Medal. Jeff truly enjoyed the outdoors and could always be found hunting, fishing, looking for Leland Blue Stone an... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, July 2 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Ramsay Fourth of July: Street dance, 6 p.m., fireworks at dusk. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church... Full story