News Staff Festival Ironwood kicked off at Depot Park on Thursday, with a tribute to A. Chris Berquist, one of the festival’s founding members who died last year from COVID-19. After the presentation of the colors and the national anthem, festival chairs Keith Johnson and Will Corcoran presented his widow, Sonia Bergquist, with a plaque in honor … Read more
Festival Ironwood continues with Kid’s Day today, with lots of activities planned, including The World’s Largest Duck Pick, giving kids a chance to capture a cute yellow duck and win a prize, as well as lots of food and drink under the blue and white striped big top tent at the Historic Ironwood Depot. Tomorrow … Read more
There will be two special meetings of the Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board at the airport terminal on Thursday to interview three Essential Air Service applicants. Denver Air Connection, Southern Airways Express and Air Choice One will each be given time to present their proposal for service to the area left vacant by the termination of … Read more
The city of Hurley is moving toward refinancing sewer bonds with a resolution to seek bids for an opportunity to save millions of dollars over the existing bond rates. The Hurley City Council earlier in the week unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the issuance and establishing for the sale of water and sewer system revenue … Read more
The Gogebic County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue team are now the proud owners of a 2021 Dodge Truck , and a new ARGO all season four wheel drive vehicle, which will allow team members to access areas that cannot be reached with standard vehicles. The purchase of both units were funded from the sale … Read more
Officials say Northwood Paving started milling and resurfacing a portion of US 2 and M-28 in Wakefield and remind drivers that they may encounter delays as flaggers work to move opposing traffic onto one available lane on each road. That particular intersection is tough to manage as there are four directions of traffic and flaggers … Read more
The Ironwood City Commission did not act on the city planning commission’s recommendation to increase the number of available marijuana retail establishment licenses, saying the more appropriate time to revisit the question would be during the annual license review renewal process. Mayor Burchill validated the appeal of increasing licenses with the potential of increased revenue, … Read more
The Emberlight Festival is looking to make Ironwood a center for opera. Emberlight Festival’s artistic director Miles Mykkanen, presented a program of classical music this past Saturday and remarked that classical music should become a part of the school curriculum. Mykkanen admitted that classical music requires “a little bit of understanding and research,” but that … Read more
The Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board has scheduled a special meeting for the 22nd to hear proposals from three passenger airline companies who will present bids to be the next Essential Air Service carriers for the area. The airport qualifies for the EAS subsidy for a commercial operator to provide regular passenger service using a combination … Read more
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