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Articles from the November 17, 2017 edition


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  • Community Calendar

    Nov 17, 2017

    Friday, Nov. 17 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Gogebic Conservation District, 10 a.m., Natural Resources Center, Bessemer. 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. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org....

  • Hurley Copper Street project plans outlined

    Nov 17, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — Old Man Winter delivered an early blow that has knocked out the Copper Street infrastructure project until spring. The two feet of heavy snow that Hurley received in the past two weeks has shut down the work by Ross Peterson Construction, of Hurley. That leaves a mess for Copper Street residents to contend with this winter. MSA Professional Services, the city’s engineering company for the project, offered a written update from project manager Jeff Seamandel on Tuesday. The company has com...

  • Zak voted Bessemer mayor, new city council sworn in

    Nov 17, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - After the swearing in of the new city council Thursday in Bessemer, Gogebic County Sheriff's Department deputy Adam Zak was elected mayor 5-0 and Allen Archie was elected mayor pro tempore. With that bit of housecleaning done, the new council began discussing rules of conduct that will dictate how meetings are conducted for the next two years. Zak was the top vote-getter in the recent election. During the final month of the last council's...

  • Area businesses to host open house for Christmas crafters

    Nov 17, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Becky Schwartz, owner of Creative Spirits in Ironwood, said there are creative people who make gifts and greeting cards for people during this holiday season and others. She is ramping up in preparation of customers' demands for festive seasonal designs and creations. Creative Spirits and the Dancing Raven Art Works studio are co-hosting an open house this weekend to kick off the season of creativity. Schwartz said Creative Spirits' doors...

  • Randy L. Carr

    Nov 17, 2017

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - Randy L. Carr, 66, of Harding Avenue, Ironwood, died peacefully early Thursday morning, Nov. 16, 2017, in his home, surrounded by his loving family, following a courageous battle with colon cancer. He was born Feb. 16, 1951, in Stockton, Calif., son of Helen (Estola) and the late Weldon Carr. He grew up in Ann Arbor and graduated from Ann Arbor High School in 1969. He then resided in California and later in Texas, where he worked as a sheet metal fabricator in oil fields....