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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] KALAMAZOO — A man authorities accused of growing and selling marijuana in the Upper Peninsula was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday. Spencer Troy Ward was sentenced to 151 months in prison and five years of supervised release after his prison sentence ends for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana plants and marijuana. Online court documents show Ward pleaded guilty to the charge in April. An indictment against Ward said the operation involved m...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — William Johnson, of Ontonagon, scored a significant first victory in his lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on the basis of the right of foster parents to have guns in their homes. Johnson claimed the department denied his right to become a foster parent to his grandson because he has guns in his home. Johnson said the department had specifically rejected his application on that basis. The victory in the first skirmish came Wednesday when Michigan Attorney G...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] The Northern Zone deer-gun kill in Wisconsin increased 11.7 percent this year, although the rest of the state was down, according to the Department of Natural Resources. Overall statewide; preliminary registration figures show 195,738 deer were harvested for the season that ended Sunday, compared to 197,262 in 2016. For the second straight year, the largest change in the buck harvest occurred in the Northern Forest Zone after three consecutive mild winters and limited or no antlerless tags in the...
Thursday, Nov. 30 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Mini Grant Workshop, 10 a.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Awkward Stage Drama Club, 3:45 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Open Community Dinner, 5-6 p.m., Wakefield Methodist Church, Putnam Ave., Wakefield, 906-667-0230. Author visit with...
BESSEMER TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Marian C. Reini, 88, formerly a long-time resident of Anvil Location, Bessemer Township, passed away peacefully Monday evening, Nov. 27, 2017. Marian was born on Sept. 12, 1929, at a mining company hospital in Ironwood, a daughter of Julius L. and Lena M. (Favero) Rigotti. She graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer. Marian lived in Anvil for more than 50 years and worked at the Universal Machine Company, Ramsay School and A.D. Johnston High School. She...