Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Schools has a new K-12 principal after the district’s board of education voted to hire Melissa Nigh Monday. Nigh was a principal in Mellen, Wis., from 2008-13, according to Ironwood superintendent Travis Powell, before joining the faculty at Northland College in Ashland. “Her main role there was helping train pre-service teachers. So in my former capacity as an elementary principal, I worked closely with Mrs. Nigh in a couple of different capacities,” Powell told th...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — Hurley School District administrator Chris Patritto said Monday the district will receive $85,000 more in state aid than he previously projected. That means taxpayers may be getting a break on the levy for the 2018-’19 school year. It’s possible the levy could decrease from $9.35 to $8.96 per $1,000 of assessed value, he said. The school board adopted a preliminary budget of about $7.2 million that includes around $2.5 million in state aid. The budget will be down by about $241,000. Years...
By JEAN NORDINE [email protected] BESSEMER — During Monday nights Bessemer City Council meeting the council agreed that Ordinance No. 366, Medical Marijuana as a home occupation, should include the prohibiting of future small scale growing operations from operating 1000 feet of parks, playgrounds, and/or churches. However the passing of the ordinance was tabled until further information can be obtain concerning EPA standards regarding such an occupation. In other business: —The council passed a resolution to support the Ojibway Cor...
Tuesday, July 17 Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, 9-10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-932-4200. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Meeting, 9:30 a.m., Gogebic County Courthouse Conference Room. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m.,...