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Articles from the October 9, 2018 edition


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  • Jackson Creek bridge unlikely to be finished this month

    Oct 9, 2018

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] WAKEFIELD — Residents looking to travel east from Wakefield will have to continue taking the detour around Lake Gogebic if they want to use M-28, as the Jackson Creek bridge project isn’t expected to be finished this month. “While we can’t give a definite date for reopening to traffic, we are confident the project will be completed this construction season,” said Dan Weingarten, a Michigan Department of Transportation spokesman. “We will let the public know as soon as a solid timeline is establis...

  • Wolf Mountain

    Oct 9, 2018

  • Ironwood's gas plant cleanup share $170,000

    Oct 9, 2018

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The city of Ironwood must pay $170,000 as its share of the costs regarding the 2012 gasification plant clean-up project by the Environmental Protection Agency. The consent decree with the EPA for claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act relating to the gas plant site was approved Monday by the city commission on a 3-0 vote. Joe Cayer Jr. and Kim Corcoran were absent. Mayor Annette Burchell and City Clerk Karen Gullan were authorized to sign the a...

  • Dianda, Casperson help mark Ontonagon Day

    Oct 9, 2018

    ONTONAGON - Monday was celebrated as Ontonagon Day by the state in a proclamation presented to the Ontonagon Village Council Monday by state Rep. Scott Dianda, D-Calumet. Dianda said the proclamation, which was offered at the Capitol in Lansing by Dianda and state Sen. Tom Casperson, D-Escanaba, marks the 175th year of the village of Ontonagon. Dianda, read from the proclamation which noted the village was founded on May 2, 1842, at the mouth of the Ontonagon River by James K. Paul. He said the...

  • Community calendar

    Oct 9, 2018

    Tuesday, Oct. 9 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Avenue tennis courts, if raining, Ironwood Memorial Building. Tiny Tot Story Hour, “Things that Go”, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Tai Chi, 3 p.m., Bessemer city auditorium, 906-663-4045. Bessemer American Leg...

  • William Leroy Friedli

    Oct 9, 2018

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - William Leroy Friedli, 89, of Bruce Crossing, passed away Sept. 29, 2018, at home with family by his side. "Bill" was born on May 3, 1929, in Bergland, son of the late Christopher and Elsie (Blankenberg) Friedli. He graduated from Bergland High School. Bill served in the Korean War form 1950 to 1952. During this time he received numerous decorations, which included the expert marksmanship badge, combat infantryman badge and the Korean Service Medal, with two Battle Service...

  • Mildred Violet Miller

    Oct 9, 2018

    ROCKFORD, Ill. - Mildred Violet Miller, 104, went to be with the Lord Oct. 4, 2018, at Amberwood Nursing Home in Rockford. She was born in Ramsay, Mich., to John and Susan (Richardson) Harris on June 24, 1914. She graduated from Bessemer High School in Bessemer, Mich. She married Douglas Miller, and they resided in Ramsay, and later lived in Rockford for the last 50 years. This union was blessed with five children, Susan (David) Dray, Beverly (Roger) Ikola, Douglas (Betty) Miller, Dale (Nancy)...