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Articles from the October 12, 2018 edition


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  • Jackson Creek project gets new target end date

    Oct 12, 2018

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] WAKEFIELD — While the date remains dependent on the weather, the Michigan Department of Transportation announced a new target for when the Jackson Creek Bridge project will be completed. The department announced Thursday the M-28 bridge east of Wakefield is expected to reopen on Oct. 27, weather permitting. The $3.9 million project to replace the bridge with a larger structure has encountered a variety of delays — including weather and construction delays, as well as a recent statewide labor dis...

  • NMU places idea kiosk in GCC student lounge

    Oct 12, 2018

    By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College student Savannah Westie, of Mass City, knows about hard work, having hauled hay at a friend's farm near her home for several years. Like with any job, the correct tools are needed, but she said she has never found the right gloves for the job. Enter Invent@NMU, an idea and business incubator based at Northern Michigan University. The Invent@NMU staff were at GCC Thursday afternoon pitching a new product of their...

  • Gogebic County voters face crucial ambulance question

    Oct 12, 2018

    Editor’s note: This is the first story in a three-part series explaining the ambulance millage request that will be on the Gogebic County ballot in the Nov. 6 election. By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — While Michigan’s November mid-term elections feature many races on the state and national level, a millage question is crucial to Gogebic County voters. Voters are being asked to approve one mill over the next three years for ambulance services. For the first year, the mill would raise $523,548 countywide. Without the millage...

  • Be Prepared to

    Oct 12, 2018

  • Community calendar

    Oct 12, 2018

    Friday, Oct. 12 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. “Create a Christmas Pocket Journal,” 2 p.m., Mercer Public Library. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Pea... Full story