News Staff IMPROVED AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR WATERSMEET ON HOLD A contract with an ambulance company in Land O’ Lake intended to help provide faster ambulance response is on hold. The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners met midweek, and minutes from the ambulance committee said the Gogebic Iron Medical Control Authority indicated issues, including the fact that the … Read more
BESSEMER TOWNSHIP APPROVES ANNUAL BUDGET The Bessemer Township Board approved the annual budget, despite some questions from residents about an increase to the deputy treasurer’s wage and the necessity of the Deputy position. Melissa Prisbe will be taking over some of the treasurer’s duties as the new accessor, and it’s not yet clear what her … Read more
FORMER IPSD DIRECTOR SENTENCED The former Director of the Ironwood Public Safety Department was sentenced to seven days of community service and must pay a $600 fine after being found guilty of attempted eavesdropping when he used a recording device to document a conversation between two other IPSD staffers. Gregory Dean Klecker’s sentence was part … Read more
CITY COMMISSION BEGINS PLANNING FOR SPRING CLEANUP 2021 At a meeting of the City Commission earlier this week, the board discussed the possibility of having the spring cleanup as usual this year. Last year’s event was cancelled due to the pandemic. City Manager Scott Erickson said the usual one day event with high school Army … Read more
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP PAYS THE PLUMBER’S BILL The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees had decided to pay the plumbing bill for a residence on Jackson Road after the basement was flooded with sewage. The property owners had called a plumber after the backup and the bill came to $262. There was discussion during the meeting whether … Read more
2021 Ski Season Drawing to an End, Local Hills Closed Over the Weekend The 2021 ski season is drawing to a close as some of the local hills that were still open finished up and closed down this past weekend. Big Powder Mountain and Iron Mountain also closed over the weekend. Mt. Zion and Whitecap … Read more
Lightning Strike Cause Equipment Failure, Power Outages Across the Area An equipment failure at a local substation caused by a lightning strike is what caused the loss of power in much of Gogebic County and northeast Iron County yesterday. Approximately 10,633 customers lost service in Hurley, Mercer, Ironwood, Bessemer, Wakefield and Ramsey. Crews were quickly … Read more
Union Station Food Bank Distributes Food Boxes To Those In Need The Union Station Food program distributed boxes of food for those in need, including those hit hard by COVID-19. Volunteers travel all around Ironwood and even visit surrounding towns to collect donated food, and then spend Saturday mornings assembling food boxes. Those in need … Read more
Local Schools Hosting American Red Cross Blood Drives to Earn Scholarship Dollars. Four area schools will host blood drives over the coming weeks. The American Red Cross offers schools a scholarship program that gets their students engaged to volunteer, contact donors, try to recruit their fellow students, and credits students for units they collect throughout … Read more
The Gogebic Range Water Authority Awaits Wakefield’s Decision on Assuming Control of the Indian Head Water System. The board of the Gogebic Range Water Authority was presented with the details of the Indianhead Water System last week, as Wakefield prepares for a decision on whether the city will assume control of the system. The presentation … Read more