Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County is approaching a total of 100 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 since the coronavirus was first detected in the county as the county health department announced new positives Thursday. As of Thursday, Iron County has had 98 residents test positive for COVID-19 since the health department announced the first case in the county in late March, with 77 of those cases now considered recovered. The county has had three of the cases require hospitalization, and the singl... Full story
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Gogebic-Iron County Airport reopened for a second time in a month to complete a summer-long runway project. The airport was set to reopen officially at 8 p.m. Thursday, according to Michael Harma, airport manager. The airport was closed from Aug. 13-20 so workers could cut drainage gaps across the new surface following a $5.19 million runway reconstruction project in June and July. The temporary runway lines were replaced this week with permanent lines after oils in the n...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - Officials with the Ottawa National Forest announced the reopening of Black River Harbor to swimmers on Tuesday after test results on the water by the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department came back as "clear and safe for body contact." The harbor and river had been closed to swimmers since Aug. 5, following a sewage discharge by the Bessemer Township waste water treatment plant's sewage lagoon. The lagoons had reached it's maximum...
RICHMOND, Texas - Louis James Yelich, 92, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020 at his home in Richmond, Texas. The funeral Mass celebrating Lou's live was held Monday, Aug. 17 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, in Houston. Mr. Yelich will be laid to rest in his hometown of Ironwood, Michigan at a later date. Contributions can be made in Lou's memory to Homes For Our Troops at hfotusa.org, Cal Farley's Boys Ranch at calfarley.org, or a charity of your choice. Visit... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Aug.21 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholic... Full story
