Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Comprehensive Planning/Land and Zoning Committee passed its last conditional use permit for a tourist rooming house at their meeting on Tuesday. Under the county’s new land use ordinance, property owners must now apply for a TRH administrative permit through the zoning department. The last CUP for a tourist rooming house went to a site on Lipp Lane in the town of Mercer. When he presented the amended ordinance to the county board in May, Assistant Zoning Administrator Ger...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MARENISCO TOWNSHIP — A retired bridge on Copps Mine Road might see new life if the Marenisco Board of Trustees can manage to relocate it. That was the word from Bruce Mahler, township supervisor, on Wednesday. “There’s a steel bridge that spans the Presque Isle River, and the Gogebic County Road Commission is going to be taking that bridge out,” said Mahler by phone. He noted that, although the bridge is closed and no longer safe to use, it still has historical value. According to Mahler, the State Histor...
MERCER, Wis. - Mary Irene "Missy" Klopatek (nee Slazas), of Mercer, passed away July 18, 2022, after a 17-year battle with cancer. Her final days were spent at home enjoying her deck and beautiful view, surrounded by family and visiting with friends. Missy was born May 20, 1962, in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, to Stanley and Judith Slazas. She married the love of her life, Scott Klopatek, on May 1, 2002. The pride and joy of her life were her two children, Drake Hunter and April Dawn. Missy's...
BESSEMER, Mich. - Kathryn F. Rundell, 95, of Bessemer, passed away peacefully Tuesday, June 28, 2022, with her children by her side. Kathryn was born on Sept. 28, 1926, in Bessemer, to Lawrence L. and Lillian I. Martin. She was the eldest of their six children. She attended local schools and graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer in 1945. On Oct. 16, 1948, Kathryn married Robert A. Rundell. They made their home in Bessemer. Kathryn was a longtime member of Sharon Lutheran Church...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, July 22 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, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Government Pat...