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Articles from the December 2, 2016 edition


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  • Clinton gains 11 votes in Iron County recount

    Dec 2, 2016

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - Republican Donald Trump lost nine votes and Democrat Hillary Clinton gained two in Thursday's recount of Presidential votes in Iron County. The county board of canvass certified a vote total of 2,081 for Trump and 1,275 for Clinton, or an 11-vote swing from election night totals. The recount wrapped up at 3:34 p.m. in the county courthouse at Hurley, as the town of Sherman was the last municipality to be counted. Iron County may have been one o...

  • Snowmobile riders await white stuff

    Dec 2, 2016

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] Officially, the date has come and gone in Michigan for the snowmobile trails to open for local riders and visitors. Wisconsin's official date is Dec. 15, so there is still time for the snow to accumulate by opening day. In the Lake Gogebic area, a new trail groomer has been received. Only two were purchased by the state and they received one of them. Almost 1,000 man hours were put into brushing the trails for the first time in three years. The Sno...

  • Bessemer man arraigned on child abuse charge

    Dec 2, 2016

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A Bessemer man was arraigned on one count of second-degree child abuse in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Steven Joseph Gerszewski, 46, pleaded not guilty to the charge in a short arraignment hearing. The charge, which carries a potential maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, stems from an Oct. 22 incident when Gerszewski allegedly head-butted a child and pushed the child’s head toward a wall, according to court documents. Gerzewski is also facing a habitual offender-second off...

  • Community Calendar

    Dec 2, 2016

    Friday, Dec. 2 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. 22nd annual Jack Frost Parade of Lights, 6 p.m., downtown Ironwood. 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. 3...