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Articles from the October 16, 2021 edition


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  • Western U.P. sees more than 250 new COVID-19 cases

    Oct 16, 2021

    By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HOUGHTON — The Western Upper Peninsula has seen its highest seven-day case count since the Western U.P. Health Department resumed its weekly updates on Aug. 26, according to a release from the health department on Thursday. There were 273 new COVID-19 cases across the five-county area between Oct. 6 and 13. This includes 38 new cases in Baraga, 86 new cases in Gogebic, 127 cases in Houghton, 10 new cases in Keweenaw and 12 in Ontonagon. The seven-day case count has been steadily increasing every w...

  • Iron County broadband question will move to vote

    Oct 16, 2021

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Commissioners will consider joining other rural Wisconsin counties in taking out an approximately $8 million bond that would allow a privately-owned company to provide communication towers and fiber optic lines for rural broadband. Following a public hearing on Wednesday, the board scheduled the matter for the Oct. 26 meeting, where three-fourths of the 15-member board must support to approve the bond. The board 14-0 supported a tentative approval at the p...

  • Road Work Ends

    Oct 16, 2021

  • Community Calendar

    Oct 16, 2021

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Oct. 16 Paavo Nurmi Marathon Idea Session, 8-9 a.m., Cary Road Park, Hurley. Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Oct. 17... Full story