News Staff ONTONAGON BOARD OF ED HEARS PRESENTATION ON VIRTUAL LAKES ACADEMY The Ontonagon Board of Ed heard a presentation from Jerry Pease of the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District on the Virtual Lakes Academy. If the district joined the academy, home schooled students would have access to instructors that might not be available with the current teacher … Read more
ONTONAGON MAY BE ABLE TO RECYCLE FOR THE FIRST TIME THANKS TO SCHOOL PROGRAM Ontonagon residents may soon have the opportunity to recycle for the first time. Ontonagon School Superintendent Jim Bobula told the Ontonagon Area Board of Education earlier in the week that the school district is working with a recycling group and will … Read more
FIRST PHASE OF SEWER AND WATER PROJECTS HAVE STARTED IN IRONWOOD The city of Ironwood has begun the first phase of sewer and water projects. Contractors started moving heavy equipment onto Lake Avenue on Saturday, as engineers and technicians surveyed and marked underground utilities. The largest project will replace 1,400 feet of water and sewer … Read more
WATER TESTING IN IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP COMPLETED, AWAITING RESULTS Results from residential water testing of 25 properties will take anywhere from two to four weeks. Private wells in the area of the Gogebic-Iron County airport in Ironwood Township were tested for PFAs. PFA’s are present in firefighting foam in wide use at airports and airstrips. A … Read more
HURLEY STUDENT BANDS ABLE TO PERFORM AFTER DONATON SPECIAL MASKS FOR INSTRUMENTS AND PLAYERS Live musical performances are possible once again for the Hurley Junior and Senior High School bands. The band received a donation of $2500 from the Hurley Education Foundation to purchase special masks that allow band members to play wind instruments along … Read more
SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS THE OK TO HANG STUDENT BANNERS AGAIN THIS YEAR The Bessemer Area School District will be able to hang Senior banners on light poles around the city again this year if the district wants to. There are 39 students and only 32 light poles, so some creativity will be needed. Superintendent Dan … Read more
HURLEY TO IMPROVE RICCELLI AND PENA PARKS Hurley will build a full basketball court at Riccelli park, as well as one at Pena Park and will continue to research costs for playground equipment at both parks. Currently Riccelli has a half sized court right now, so two unused restrooms will be removed to make room. … Read more
BESSEMER AWARDS WATER AND SEWER CONTRACTS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES Two local contractors have been hired to work on water and sewer projects by the Bessemer City Council. Both contracts were awarded in a 3-0 vote with two council members absent. The project calls for reconstruction of the city water and sewer system, some of which … Read more
HURLEY CITY COUNCIL VOTES NOT TO HOLD MEMORIAL DAY PARADE THIS YEAR The Hurley City Council voted at the beginning of the week not to hold the Memorial Day Parade during the Weekend ATV/UTV Rally. The decision was made in the interest of following COVID-19 guidelines that still recommend against the gathering of large groups … Read more
MINER’S MEMORIAL HERITAGE PARK EXPANSION APPROVED BY IRONWOOD CITY COMMMISSION Miner’s Memorial Heritage Park will continue to expand thanks to a project recently approved by the Ironwood City Commission. A bid has been accepted to complete the mountain bike trail construction at the park. The project includes construction of a The second project will be … Read more