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Articles from the December 12, 2018 edition


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  • Bessemer entities share goals in united government meeting

    Dec 12, 2018

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer city hall auditorium featured several tables Monday evening during a combined meeting that joined members from five different governing bodies. Represented were the city council, planning commission, downtown development authority, parks and recreation commission, and an informal branding group. A representative of each entity provided an overview of objectives accomplished in 2018, after which members of each group discussed future...

  • Sno cross racing returns to GCC

    Dec 12, 2018

    IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday agreed to sell water at a discounted rate for this weekend’s sno cross snowmobile event at Mt. Zion on the campus of Gogebic Community College. Commissioners agreed to offer the same discounted water rate that is also granted for water used to make ice for the county fairgrounds track off Cloverland Drive. City manager Scott Erickson said the Fire on the Hill sno cross event at GCC returns Friday and Saturday. Practice begins at 11 a.m. Friday and ends at 4 p.m. On Saturday, there’s a $5 admis...

  • Hurley receives clean audit report for 2017

    Dec 12, 2018

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley City Council accepted a favorable audit report for 2017 at Tuesday’s regular monthly meeting. The audit by Wipfli LLP found “no unusual transactions,” council members learned. Some of the city’s grant money from projects will be carried into 2018 for audit purposes. The state retirement system is overfunded, the council was told, but that was because of favorable stock market investments that can vary from year to year. The council approved hiring Wipfli to complete the 2018 audit a...

  • Hurley Band Concert

    Dec 12, 2018

  • Community calendar

    Dec 12, 2018

    Wednesday, Dec. 12 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center....