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Articles from the August 23, 2018 edition


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  • Gogebic County Board hears Ojibway closing opposition

    Aug 23, 2018

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER - It appears the Ojibway Correctional Facility in Marenisco won't go down without a fight. Around 100 people, including many Ojibway employees and their families, appeared at a Gogebic County Board of Commissioners meeting Wednesday to discuss the planned Dec. 1 closing of the facility, even though it wasn't on the agenda. Joining them was Ed McBroom, the former state representative who is seeking the state Senate seat held by Tom Casperson,...

  • M-28 bridge project falls behind schedule

    Aug 23, 2018

    WAKEFIELD - The $3.9 million Michigan Department of Transportation project to remove and replace the M-28 bridge over Jackson Creek, east of Wakefield, is running behind schedule. The planned reopening of the bridge to traffic will be delayed by up to five weeks. The detour in place was set to be lifted Sept. 8, but the bridge is now expected to be reopened to traffic on Oct. 12. Eastbound and westbound M-28 remains closed at the bridge. Access is being maintained to businesses and residences...

  • Tentative trial date set in Bessemer abuse case

    Aug 23, 2018

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A Bessemer woman will have one more chance to take a plea deal and avoid a trial on child abuse charges after her final pre-trial hearing in Gogebic County Circuit Court was adjourned Wednesday. Kayla Marie Brown, 26, is charged with one count of first degree child abuse, two counts of second degree child abuse and one count of unlawful imprisonment. All four counts are felonies, with first degree child abuse carrying a potential maximum sentence of up to life in prison. With both s...

  • Community calendar

    Aug 23, 2018

    Thursday, Aug. 23 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Avenue tennis courts, if raining, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood. Sound Technician Training, 5:30 p.m., Historic Ironwood Theatre. Alcoholics...

  • Carol D. Heckman

    Aug 23, 2018

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - Carol D. Heckman, 78, a long-time resident of Ironwood, passed away peacefully Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 14, 2018. Carol was born on March 6, 1940, in Detroit, the daughter of Justin O. and Miriam Mildred (Freeland) Kinnaman. She attended Redford Union High School in Redford Township and graduated in 1958. On Nov. 11, 1963, Carol was united in marriage to the love of her life, Robert Herman Heckman Sr. in Detroit. She worked as a waitress at a number of race tracks in Detroit,...