Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County District Attorney Matt Tingstad is no longer responsible for prosecuting former Hurley fire chief Darrell Petrusha after a judge removed Tingstad from the case, citing a totality of circumstances that “gave the appearance of impropriety.” “The defendant has the constitutional right to be prosecuted by a conflict-free prosecutor,” Taylor County Judge Ann Knox-Bauer wrote in a ruling last month. “Further, the public has the right to a prosecutor who is viewed to be free from a...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — An equipment failure in Ironwood led to a power outage over much of the region miday Monday. An Xcel Energy map showed there were 26 outages in the area affecting 8,574 customers from Saxon and Gurney in Iron County, Wisconsin in the west, to Berglund in Ontonagon County to the east, and much of the Upper Peninsula communities to the south. “We had equipment failure in our Ironwood substation,” said Christine Ouellette, senior media relations representative with Xcel Energy’s Michiga...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MARENISCO - An open house for Santa and area children was a big success on Saturday at the Marenisco Town Hall. The one-hour event drew a steady stream of visitors to greet the seasonal icon with precautions in place in respect to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the festively decorated hall, tables were placed several feet apart from each other, so that family members could visit separately during the event. Kids took turns approaching Santa but did not sit in h...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Dec. 15 Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. 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,...
