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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer city council voted 3-2 to accept the Medical Marijuana Police Power Ordinance no. 356 and 3-2 to accept the Zoning Amendment Ordinance no. 357 Monday. The three voting for acceptance were Kathy Whitburn, John Frello, and Al Gaiss. Rob Coleman and Linda Nelson recorded votes against the two ordinances. Frello voiced an opinion during the second reading that he was surprised at the lack of comments during public comment as he...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — Hurley School District residents will likely see a small increase in the tax levy for 2017-18, according to district administrator Chris Patritto. He offered a budget update to the school board at Monday’s regular monthly meeting. With the district’s annual meeting coming up next month, Patritto said the levy will increase by about $28,000, to $9.56 per $1,000 of valuation, depending on how the final state equalized valuation figures shake out. Patritto said the district will receive aroun...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Red Devils will be hitting the links in spring for another year, as the Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education authorized the team for the upcoming season Monday, as well as approving the possibility of a co-op team with students from the Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco districts. The board had approved the team to compete last year, but re-approval was needed as the motion stated it was to be on a one-year trial basis. While the board’s motion didn’t specifically address the i...
Tuesday, Sept. 19 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, 9-10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-932-4200. Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Blood... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Beverly Ann Hermle, 77, of Ironwood, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. The former Beverly Ann Doepke was born on a large family farm near Wilton, N.D., to Oscar and Myrtle Doepke on March 29, 1940. She was the ninth of 12 children. She graduated from Washburn, N.D., High School in 1958 and attended Vennard College in University Park, Iowa. It is there she met her first husband, Wayne E. Schneider, and they married in August 1960. In 1987, she graduated from Indian Hills Co... Full story