News Staff In the past few weeks, members of the Marenisco Township Volunteer Fire Department completed several layers of MedEvac training thanks to flight staff who work in the local region. One of the most exciting aspects of the training is when a MedEvac crew landed a helicopter on the athletic field at the old K-12 school … Read more
At their meeting last week, the Ironwood Planning Commission recommended the city commission increase the number of marijuana licenses allowed under the city ordinance. The committee recommended that the number of available licenses in each of seven commercial categories from two to up to six. Commission member Mark Silver was not present and emailed his … Read more
Art in the Park will return to Miner’s Memorial Heritage Park today as part of the Emberlight Festival. In addition to the art installations in the park, there will be performance art and book club events in the coming weeks. The first performance will be “Miles on Mozart” at site 18 in the park with … Read more
The Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department worked mid week to burn what remained of a city owned house that had burned last winter. The house on Ahola Avenue was a total loss, the two residents of the home have resettled elsewhere. The controlled burn was started around five and was still burning around 7. Firefighters employed … Read more
Construction crews have started dismantling the U.S. 51 bridge to help make way for a new single lane roundabout. That includes removing the road deck from the north half of the bridge. All traffic will continue to be directed to the eastbound lanes until the north half of the bridge is taken down, which should … Read more
Members of the Wakefield Township board of trustees learned that shooting noise originating in Wakefield has resulted in a complaint from a Wakefield city resident on a neighboring property. The issue had been previously discussed at an earlier meeting of the Wakefield City council, where the city manager explained the matter is out of the … Read more
The board of the Gogebic County Fair met on Monday to go into final planning stages for the fair, which is only five weeks away. On the agenda was finding vendors for the event and getting the fairgrounds ready for the big event. The board also has to plan for traffic around the fair, which … Read more
The student craftpersons at the Northwoods Manufacturing program at Hurley K-12 have completed another project to be placed locally. The commons area of the Pat O’Donnell Civic Center will not only have bay windows overlooking Mount Zion, but there will also be a sign that says “Find Your North” with the Ironwood logo. The 200 … Read more
Fourth of July celebrations in Wakefield and Bessemer marked the return of being able to celebrate in person after the cancellation of practically all social events due to COVID-19 for the last 16 months. In Wakefield, a community picnic in Eddy park drew a crowd that filled the pavilion and spread throughout the park lawn … Read more
There was a good deal of haziness and the smell of smoke in the area yesterday, the Gogebic County Sheriff’s office posted on their Facebook page that it was believed the smoke originated from forest fires out west and in British Columbia. The Sheriff’s department was not aware of any local fires in the area. … Read more