Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By JAN TUCKER [email protected] WHITE PINE - Prairie Plant Systems, owners of SubTerra in White Pine, said it has completed its purchase of the Traxys Power Group Inc., which includes the White Pine Power Plant, White Pine Copper refinery and Upper Peninsula Power Marketing LLC. Brent Zettl, president and CEO of Prairie Plant Systems, will be president of all three groups, while Steve Walsh, president of TPG Power Holdings, the former owner of TPG, will be CEO of White Pine Electric and... Full story
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission decided Monday to again conduct a city deer hunt, but it will be scaled down from previous years. In approving a 2014 archery hunt, city commissioners rejected a recommendation from the parks and recreation committee that the hunt be suspended because of a lack of deer after a very harsh winter on the herd. The commission approved a hunt that will include issuing 50 permits, down from 100 in 2013. It will be the ninth year of a city hunt, City Manager Scott E... Full story
By RYAN JARVI [email protected] BESSEMER — Bessemer school officials held a public meeting Monday night to provide additional information regarding the issue of consolidation which has caused confusion and concerns throughout the community. More than 50 people attended the meeting held in the A.D. Johnston High School gymnasium that followed the school’s Board of Education meeting. “If there is a vote, or when there is a vote, we want people voting with information, voting with their head and not their hearts,” said Dave Radovic... Full story
Dear Editor, I want to put my two cents in in regards to our dear Robin Williams. I feel like I lost a friend, one who made me laugh, yet showed his serious side. I want to ask that no one uses the term “commit suicide” anymore. This term initially was used because suicide was considered a crime or grave sin, i.e. commit murder, commit adultery, commit a robbery. Most who die of suicide do not really want to die; they want to be free of pain. The brain is a complex organ, much more so than any other. Depression and bipolar disease are phy... Full story