Two eighth grade students at Luther L. Wright K-12 School are forming a Gay-Straight Alliance student group that will hold it’s first meeting on December 8th. The group will provid a safe space for LGBTQ students at Ironwood Area School. Reino Ranta and Olivia Salazar started the group since her school didn’t have a space … Read more
The Mercer board of supervisors held their regular meeting this past Thursday evening after a public budget hearing and a special town meeting of electors. During the meeting, the Rice Lake Association of Mercer received a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resours to remove curley leaf pondweed from the Lake to minimize downstream … Read more
A light dusting of snow helped make the mood this past Thursday night as the Jack Frost Tree was lit at Depot Park. Mike Meyer, executive director of the Ironwood Chamber of Commerce introduced the tree and this year’s Jack Frost celebration and then Mayor Kim Corcoran spoke about the challenges the community has faced … Read more
The Downtown Ironwood Development Authority is preparing to decorate the city for the holidays. In the few weeks, it will be beginning to look a lot like the holidays in Ironwood. The Department of Public Works will once again be putting lighted wreaths on the 79 light posts in the city after taking down the … Read more
November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness, National Family Caregiver, and National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. In honor of this, the Ironwood Carnegie Library has put together some “memory kits,” to help jog the memory of those who are affected by the disease. The kits are created to make social time spent together more enjoyable and … Read more
The City of Bessemer has sold just over seven acres of land to an attorney from Texas who has ties to U.P. Glen Peterson plans on building some one story rental villas with attached two garages to provide new rental housing. The council passed the sale with a vote of 3-0 with the Mayor and … Read more
Monitoring of wastewater in the western Upper Peninsula indicates the area could see another increase in COVID-19 according to the Western U.P. Health Department. The department, along with wastewater monitoring systems as part of a statewide effort to to contain the spread of COVID-19 have been testing local waste water. Routine testing has shown an … Read more
The Hurley/Ashland co-op hockey team has received a $500 grant per player by the Hurley School Board during its regular meeting on Monday. The district has been a part of the co-op for the last four years and every year participation has increased. The first year the team had five players from Hurley and now … Read more
The Hurley/Ashland co-op hockey team has received a $500 grant per player by the Hurley School Board during its regular meeting on Monday. The district has been a part of the co-op for the last four years and every year participation has increased. The first year the team had five players from Hurley and now … Read more
The 11 year old girl who survived the plane crash last week near Beaver Island is alive because of her father, Mike, who shielded her during the crash. Laney Purdue’s mother, Christina said in a statement that her daughter’s final memory of the accident was her Dad, who was famous for his bear hugs, squeezing … Read more