Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - The Ironwood City Commission is expected to hear a request to authorize the remaining funds generated by the "Bridge the Gap" campaign be used to extend the paved portion of the regional trail from the Montreal River to U.S. 51, according to Hurley Mayor Joe Pinardi. According to Pinardi, he and the University of Wisconsin Iron County Extension Office's Will Andresen met with city officials, including Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson, on Friday to discuss using the remaining...
ONTONAGON - Protecting large walleyes in the Ontonagon River is a concern of Ontonagon County sportsfishing organizations. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources held a public meeting Thursday to receive opinions of the men and women who fish the Ontonagon River. The impetus for the meeting came from letters sent to the DNR from the Ontonagon County Valley Sportsmen's Club and the Upper Peninsula SportsfishermEn's Club, both located in the county. J.R. Richardson, Ontonagon, of the...
HURLEY — Members of the Gogebic Range Broadband Committee met this week to discuss moving forward with applying for a grant through the state of Wisconsin to expand Internet access to residents in northern Iron County. The committee is working on an application for a state Broadband Expansion Grant that would help fund the expansion of broadband Internet to residents around Saxon, Anderson and the Gile Flowage, using existing towers in the region. One of the towers, on Radar Hill near Whitecap Mountains and the town of Anderson, is owned by t...
Saturday, Sept. 5 Festivale Italiano, all day, music, games, food, Silver Street, Hurley. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Sept. 6 Mercer Senior Center Labor Day Pancake Breakfast, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Mercer Senior Center, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Gogebic Range Trail Authority, 6 p.m., Pit Stop, Bessemer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, Sept. 7 Iron County Food P...
MERCER, Wis. — Marjorie Jean “Margie” Petzel, of Mercer, passed away peacefully on June 2, 2015. The former Marjorie Sutherland was born on March 19, 1934, in Morse, daughter of the late Turi and Pearl (Parrett) Sutherland. She attended grade school in Morse and graduated from Mercer High School in 1952. Margie worked at the Simpson Electric Company in Lac du Flambeau and various other electronic companies in Milwaukee and Chicago. She received recognition for her contribution to Operation Polaris in May 1960. After returning home to Merce...