Michigan State Troopers from the Iron Mountain post responded to a fatal industrial accident on Tuesday afternoon at the hydroelectric dam on Lower Dam Road in Mastodon. Employees of Waterworks Marine of Lacrosse, Wisc. were moving a bulkhead into place by a crane, when the boom of the crane snapped off and struck a worker. … Read more
Ironwood is poised to have its revised zoning ordinance reviewed by various commissions and boards and then approved by the end of the year. Consultants are working on creating hyperlinks which will allow views to navigate through the ordinance effectively. Once that is complete, the Economic Development commission will review specific sections. The revision of … Read more
The Iron County Board of Commissioners yesterday approved a resolution required to consider a broadband initiative to be decided after a public hearing and special meeting in October. The resolution was to consider revenue bond financing in support of a proposal from Bugtussel Wireless, LLC. The public hearing to hear comments and answer questions was … Read more
During its regular meeting yesterday, the Gogebic Community College board accepted the resignation of Dave Erickson, the head of the maintenance and custodial department. Erickson has worked for GCC for the last 16-½ years and lead the department for the last four and a half years. Erik Guenard, vice president of business services said Erickson’s … Read more
After being cancelled last year due to the pandemic, the Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting Festival Italiano on Saturday. The festival begins at 10am, and will include a craft show, games for the kids and live music starting at noon. Vendors will be set up on Silver Street with booths open from … Read more
A week of complimentary lunches marked the beginning of the Fall semester at Gogebic Community College’s Ironwood campus last week. “Week One Eats” kicked off with a pizza lunch with GCC president George McNulty. Lunches continued through the week at the Courtside Cafe in the Lindquist Student Center. Vice President of Academic Affairs David Darrow … Read more
Houghton is giving credit to students attending Michigan Tech University for increasing the city’s population by about 9%. The city’s population rose to about 8400 between 2010 and 2020, according to fresh census figures.Students were encouraged to list Houghton as their home on census forms if they spent the majority of the year there. That … Read more
The unofficial end of summer is this weekend and the 65th annual Labor Day Festival returns in full force after being called last year due to COVID-19. The festival starts on Friday with a community picnic @ 5 at Marina Park, with free hot dogs, drinks and chips. The Maxwell Street sale opens at 10 … Read more
The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners voted on Thursday to approve a recommendation from the economic development and capital improvements committee to accept a $50,000 proposal from UP Engineers and Architects to evaluate county buildings. The board also approved up to an additional $15,000 in additional funding to provide in depth analysis of the county … Read more
The Michigan State Police post in Wakefield have asked for the public’s help in locating a missing 16 year old from Ontonagon Township. Kaden Pragacz was last seen Thursday evening walking about 3 miles east of his home on FireSteel Road. He was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and grey tennis shoes. Kaden … Read more