Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER - There's about 7.1 acres of city-owned property to the north and west of Steiger's Field that's raising concerns among a few Bessemer citizens. A couple residents want to purchase the land for their own use, but others say it should be part of the city's park system because of its frequent use for snowshoeing. The City Council sent the issue to the Planning Commission for its recommendation, but the commission decided at its meeting on Wednesday to hold-off any decisions until its...
HURLEY - Local residents are encouraged to express what they find to be "fun" in Iron County with a float during the annual Iron County Heritage Festival parade. The parade will be July 26 through downtown Hurley, and this year's theme is "All Season Iron County Fun." "This theme is for us to see how creative people can be," Dorrene O'Donnell, executive director of the Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce, said. "What can you think of as fun in Iron County." The parade starts at 2 p.m., with line-up...
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) - The Humane Society of Southern Wisconsin and Rock County sheriff's officials hope a new program pairing jailed prisoners with stray dogs will benefit the animals and inmates. The program, called Canine Corrections Academy, requires Rock County jail inmates to train formerly unadoptable dogs, getting them ready to be adopted in six to eight weeks, according to the Janesville Gazette . "People deserve second chances. Animals deserve second chances," said Sheriff Robert...
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. - James E. Moon Sr., 74, of Ironwood, died unexpectedly Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at the VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain. Jim was born Sept. 14, 1939, in Ironwood, to the late V.A. and Frances (Borutta) Moon of Mercer, Wis. He attended Mercer schools, graduating in 1957. He worked for the Mercer Telephone Company, Wisconsin Conservation Department, and entered military service in February of 1960, retiring from the military in 1983. Other places of employment were White...
To the Editor: In review of our Michigan Department of Natural Resources game biologists, I am sorely dismayed at how they have managed our wildlife populations, especially deer and turkey populations. We have had two killer winters that took 50 percent of our deer and turkeys and a wolf population that is basically not managed but rivals most Canadian provinces per square mile. Meanwhile, our biologists continue not to make any adjustments in harvest quotas or shortening of season dates. The two buck per year has degraded the age class of our...