Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - More questions were raised than ideas presented during a reclamation-themed meeting of the Iron County Mining Impact Committee Thursday. About 20 people attended. The overall purpose was to discuss community-submitted ideas regarding reclamation of Iron County land on the proposed iron mine site near Upson. First, the committee discussed ideas submitted to county clerk's office, then opened up the meeting to public comment, specifically regarding reclamation. Public comment is normally...
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - The standing ovation began even before Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers entered the Parliament chamber in his black robe, carrying the golden ceremonial mace on his right shoulder. For more than two minutes, the lawmakers applauded and pounded their desks Thursday for the white-haired former Mountie, hailed as a hero for shooting the gunman who had stormed Canada's seat of power just a day earlier. At first expressionless and motionless, the 58-year-old Vickers eventually...
NEGAUNEE - Michigan State Police from the Negaunee post on Thursday were continuing to search for a 69-year-old Christmas resident who disappeared on Tuesday. John Michael Hongisto is 5-8, weighs 190 pounds and has blue eyes and gray hair. He was last seen at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon, driving his 2001 Ford pickup truck, red with a white box capper. It's not known in which direction he headed, police said. Police said he is an avid outdoorsman. Anyone who may have seen Hongisto should call the MSP...