Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] WHITE PINE - Construction on a copper mine in eastern Gogebic County that could lead to over 300 direct jobs could begin as early as 2018, Highland Copper president and CEO Denise Miville-Deschenes said Tuesday, with mining beginning in late 2020 and early 2021. Miville-Deschenes provided the update on Highland's Copperwood Project, located in northern Ironwood and Wakefield townships, at a press conference Tuesday in White Pine. The Copperwood...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The rebuilt campground at Saxon Harbor will be located on elevated land east of the harbor, after the Iron County Board of Supervisors voted 10-3 Tuesday to approve the new location. Board members Paul Mullard, Larry Youngs and Karl Krall voted against the measure; Jack Prospero abstained and Ken Saari wasn’t present. “We’ve got a chance to build a recreational area here. Not just a campground, but a recreational area,” Scott Erickson said in defense of the site, referring to the count...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — February temperatures were 7 degrees above normal in Ironwood, the ninth warmest in the past 116 years. Highs of 58 degrees on Feb. 17 and Feb. 19 pushed the monthly average temperature to 22.3 degrees, according to Kevin Crupi, of the National Weather Service office in Marquette. Pacific air flowed into the Ironwood area around mid-month, when some of the precipitation came down as rain. Snowfall for the month totaled 24.5 inches, or 3.7 inches below the long-term average. A 9.1-inch snowfa...
Wednesday, March 29 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Parent Academy, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Luther L. Wright K-12 School, Ironwood. Adult Children of Alcoholics, 7 p.m., Samaritan Counseling, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7... Full story
