Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - Charly Loper, city manager, brought forth a recommendation under new business that the council seek the assistance of a professional mediator. The mediation is designed to assist the council in working together and in getting along better. The council supported the appeal by Loper 4-1, with Al Gaiss opposing the measure. The council voted to approve Change Order number 3 regarding the Water and Wastewater system improvements plan to...
MERCER, Wis. - A construction project to repave a portion of U.S. 51 in southern Iron County is underway, with workers preparing the site Monday. The project will resurface a section of highway between Moose Lake Road and South End Road, along with replace a culvert and add centerline rumble strips, according to a Wisconsin Department of Transportation news release. The highway will remain open during the $1.4 million project, according to the release, although there will likely be lane...
HURLEY — No charges will be filed in the July crash that took the life of a 90-year-old Mercer man. John Moorhouse, 90, was attempting to cross U.S. 51 on a utility vehicle on July 24 near Old Pioneer Road. He pulled in front of a vehicle driven by Tom Maulson, of Lac du Flambeau, former tribal council chairman and a Vilas County Board member. Moorhouse was crossing the highway from an all-terrain vehicle trail. Maulson, who was northbound on the highway in a 2016 Ford Fusion, tried to avoid the accident and swerved, deputies said, but the t...
Tuesday, Aug. 8 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Tiny Tot Story Hour, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Bessemer American Legion Post 27, 5 p.m., American Legion, Bessemer. Ironwood American Legion Post 5, 5:30 p.m.... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Elsie M. Sipponen, 97, of Ironwood Township, died peacefully Saturday afternoon, Aug. 5, 2017, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood, with her loving family by her side. The former Elsie Jalonen was born Feb. 10, 1920, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Hjalmer and Fanny (Lantela) Jalonen, attended River Branch School in Kimball, Wis., and graduated from Hurley High School, Hurley, Wis., in 1937. She was united in marriage to Toivo J.... Full story
CLEVELAND, Wis. — Lillian Stella Mattson, formerly of Bruce Crossing, Mich., passed away Aug. 1, 2017, at home in Cleveland. She was born Nov. 7, 1934, in Bruce Crossing, to Raymond and Helen (Holmes) Jacobson. She is survived by her children, Howard (Judy) Mattson of Flagler Beach, Fla.; Wayne Mattson of Bruce Crossing, Rene Mattson of Cleveland, and Dana Mattson of Cleveland; grandchildren, Michael Mattson, John (Jessica) Mattson, Katrina (Don) Cronkright, Cory (Jessica) Mattson, Melissa (Jesse) Savola and Taryn Mattson; as well as n... Full story
