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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — There have been significant improvements with on-time arrivals and departures along with increased boardings according to comments from an official of Boutique Air Inc., the Essential Service Provider that started service on Aug. 1. Tom Warren, vice president of business development for Boutique Air, traveled from Colorado to provide a progress report on issues presented by the Gogebic-Iron County Airport Regular Board at its meeting on Monday. He first appeared before the board in F...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — Bessemer high school students will continue with in-person learning despite a recommendation from the Michigan Education Association on Friday to revert back to virtual learning for two weeks. “(Schools in the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District) came to the conclusion that because it is just highly recommended and not mandated, that we’re just going to continue in person,” said Dan Niemi, superintendent of Bessemer Area School District. Niemi said he believes the recomme...
by MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] PENCE, Wis. - The Penokee Rangers gathered Saturday morning for an important task, preparing trail markers for the summertime. The markers, which are fashioned out of ironwood, will mark the trail for summertime hikers, and are planned to last for a long while. Volunteers gathered at the Pence trailhead to work on stripping bark and smoothing down branches. "This is the first time they have met to do this as a group," according to chief of trails, C...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, April 13 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Pioneer Park Apartments tenants only, Ironwood, 9-10 a.m.; Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood, parking lot, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments, Ironwood Township, parking lot, 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Wildwood Apartments, Ironwood Township, community room, 12:30-12:45 p.m.... Full story