Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - The Iron County Highway Committee authorized an agreement with the state of Wisconsin that will allow repairs to the portion of County A in Saxon washed out during last week's storm to begin as soon as possible. "Looking at A and the urgency of getting down to the harbor, last Tuesday we started asking questions if we could run it through our emergency let so we could get it done and out the door, designed quicker," Nick Vos, with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's...
HURLEY — The Hurley School Board will likely look at a possible $200,000 tax levy increase in the fall, according to district administrator Chris Patritto. Patritto told school board members Monday that as it stands now, the district would lose about $100,000 in state aid for the 2016-’17 school year. The figures are preliminary and the board won’t act on adopting the 2017 tax levy until the annual meeting in the fall. In other business Monday, board members learned radio station WUPM-WHRY in Ironwood will broadcast all Hurley home and away spe...
Wednesday, July 20 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, 9-10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-932-4200. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Historical Soc... Full story
MINNETONKA, Minn. - Virginia "Ginny" Forslund, 76, of Minnetonka, passed away July 17, 2016, at Methodist Hospital after a four-month illness. She was preceded in death by parents, Leonard and Grace (Goodwin) Forslund. She is survived by sister, Carole, Minnetonka; daughter, Lisa (Jason) Scarlett; and grandchildren, Ethan and Emily. She is also survived by many special cousins and wonderful friends. Ginnny was born in Ironwood, Mich., where she attended elementary school, high school and junior... Full story
DULUTH, Minn. - Bernard C. "Bernie" Walquist, 84, of Ironwood, Mich., died Saturday evening, July 16, 2016, at Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on U.S. 2 in Kimball, Wis. earlier that evening. Bernie was born Dec. 9, 1931, in Ironwood, son of the late Conrad and Agnes (Erickson) Walquist. He was the second of three children and grew up working on the family farm. He attended Roosevelt School and Luther L. Wright High School.... Full story
