News Staff The Gogebic County Board is looking for a firm to conduct a long-term feasibility study of rural service operations. Ambulance Committee chair James Lorenson said the study would be conducted by a consulting firm or the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region office. The study will aid the different governmental units in determining what … Read more
The Bessemer Recreation Committee took a tour of the site of the city’s new Iron Belle trailhead, last week, which is to be located behind city hall. City manager Charly Loper and council member Terry Kryshak marked outlines on the grass where the planned pavilion and bike park should be. The city is still working … Read more
Refinancing a water and sewer bond intended to save the city of Hurley about $2.1 million was approved by the city council earlier in the week. The new interest rate for the bond is almost half of the four water and sewer bonds , and even with the bond insurance fee of $200,000, the city … Read more
A new field officer training agreement for the Department of Public Safety has been approved by the Ironwood City Commission. The agreement is effective through the end of April of next year and officers assigned to perform duties as field training officers will be compensated. IPSD Director Andrew DiGiorgio said that for the past six … Read more
The Ironwood City Commission has approved payments and bid requests for the city wells, building demolitions and new equipment for the department of public works. A final payment to Binz Brothers Drilling and Pumping service of Hurley for completion of the Well #203 Rehab project. An additional payment was approved for a change order connected … Read more
Students at Luther K. Wright High School celebrated homecoming on Friday with a parade through downtown Ironwood, a football game and the traditional homecoming dance. The parade was led by the school marching band and featured floats designed by the different classes, as well as the star of the parade, the float that carried the … Read more
The Bessemer School District has made the decision to cancel several events due to a surge in positive COVID-19 cases in the district, including three football games and scrimmages scheduled through this week. Superintendent Dan Niemi says some of the athletes on the Gogebic Miners co-op team with Wakefield-Marenisco have been affected by the outbreak. … Read more
This past Thursday, elementary students at Hurley K-12 school spent the afternoon getting an up-close look at fire department equipment and learned about fire safety as part of Fire Prevention Month and Fire Prevention Week. Firefighters from the Hurley Fire Department met with more than 200 students from pre-k through fifth grade. Kids learned about … Read more
The Apportionment Committee of Gogebic County has approved the new population-based voting map, which will go into effect at the beginning of 2022. The precincts are divided only to meet the population standard and are not altered to offer a partisan political advantage. The chairpersons of the county’s two major political parties were present as … Read more
Michigan’s Superintendent of public instruction Michael Rice visited Luther L. Wright K-12 school midweek as part of his tour of schools in the Western U.P. Ironwood Schools Superintendent Travis Powell and K-12 Principal Melissa Nigh lead him on a tour of the building and visited some classes while they were in session. Rice said he … Read more