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
Public Comment Sought on Environmental Assessment for Shooting Range in Ontonagon County. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public comment on a draft environmental assessment for a proposed indoor public shooting range in Ontonagon County. The shooting range and meeting facility would be built … Read more
http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WUPM-031821_STUART-Simonich%20Retires.mp3 Long Time Hurley School Board Announces He Won’t Run for Another Term Long time Hurley School Board member Joe Simonich announced recently that he will not run for a tenth term in April. Simonich has served on the board for the past 27 years and was said to have helped the district accomplish great … Read more
Wakefield-Marenisco Board of Ed. Approves Athletic Contracts with Bessemer School District The Wakefield-Marenisco Board of Education met earlier in the week and voted to authorize four separate athletic contracts with the Bessemer Area School District. The five year contracts for Gogebic Miners football, baseball, softball and crosscountry address how coaches will be hired, including a … Read more