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Articles from the December 1, 2017 edition


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  • Mt. Zion sno cross delayed

    Dec 1, 2017

  • New emergency alert system available for download in Gogebic County

    Dec 1, 2017

    Gogebic County public safety officials announced Rave Alert is available to all residents of the county. Rave Alert is a free service allowing individuals to sign up for notifications sent from local and state authorities, keeping residents and travelers informed on potentially hazardous situations involving weather, traffic and other possible emergencies. James Loeper, county emergency management director, said, “Rave Alert enables authorities to notify the community in real time. This service allows for critical communication with the public...

  • Resident wellness, safety increased thanks to health foundation donation

    Dec 1, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Range Health Foundation Program Director Andrea Newby said the organization has donated $8,000 to the Gogebic County Search and Rescue "to ensure the safety and wellness of our residents." Newby said the GRHF was "excited to fund the grant proposal." The grant is for equipment to help further outfit the local SAR team. Jon Brown, GCSAR chairman, set out the new equipment on a table and went article by article, demonstrating how it...

  • Street sealing costs come in under budget

    Dec 1, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — With the city of Ironwood conducting a street repair program over the past several years, most of the streets have been resurfaced and that’s a benefit in many ways. City manager Scott Erickson noted this week that the summer crack sealing costs came in under budget because the streets are in such good shape, meaning there’s money left over for more sealing next year. Streets north of U.S. 2 were crack-sealed, as planned, and because the project was so much under budget, some streets south...

  • Community calendar

    Dec 1, 2017

    Friday, Dec. 1 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. 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. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, Dec. 2 Community...