Grand re-opening ceremonies were held this past Saturday for The Pat O’Donnell Civic Center. Presentation of the colors and a flag raising ceremony by JROTC cadets started the event. Jim Milden, a member of the civic center board and Ironwood City Commission spoke to the crowd about the historical significance of the center. Ironwood Mayor … Read more
Last week during a meeting of the Ontonagon village council, village manager William DuPont briefed the members on the village’s debt to the Michigan Employee Retirement Service. DuPont said the general fund didn’t have enough funds to continue to make full payments after making a September 20th payment of $60,802. Dupont continues to reach out … Read more
The Iron County Board last week reconsidered a decision to refuse paying for a tractor purchased without board approval. The board approved a $34.000 payment for a Kobata tractor with various attachments. The board had previously denied the purchase back in August when members expressed concern that the finance committee approved the purchase without full … Read more
According to the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department, the number of COVID-19 cases in Gogebic, Ontonagon, Houghton, Baraga and Keweenaw counties have increased since last week. From Sept. 22 to Wednesday, there were 26 new COVID-19 cases in Gogebic, nine new cases in Ontonagon, 29 new cases in Baraga County, 78 new cases in Houghton, … Read more
Fifth graders at the Hurley School have seen a project through to completion and have reaped the benefits of their harvest. The students planted vegetables before leaving on summer vacation and were led by FoodWise Educators with the Iron county Extension-University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of an agreement with the school to provide information about … Read more
There are four people whose names are in the running for Ironwood City Commission and one current member has decided not to seek another term. Mayor Annette Burchell will not be running for re-election. Burchell has served six years as mayor and served three full terms on the city commission as well. Current city commission … Read more
For the past few years there’s been a healthy competition between Ironwood and Marquette to see who can gather the most people for a downtown Plaidurday photo. Plaidurday is always the first Friday in October, so when Ironwood started celebrating First Fridays it made sense to combine the two events. Stormy Kromer is the First … Read more
The Bessemer Area School Board has decided that students at Washington Elementary will continue to wear masks until further notice. Superintendent Dan Niemi said the district is just being “cautious”. The decision followed conversations with other area superintendents and the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department. Niemi says he thinks the district is going above and … Read more
It looks like a larger and more efficient city compost site will be available for public use sometime in the Spring. The summer-long project is now in the homestretch with all the piping work completed. There is some storm sewer work on Bonnie Street and some paving on Pewabic Street to finish up.The next few … Read more
The Ironwood City Commission earlier in the week approved unanimously the agreement extension between Norrie Park and ABR, Inc. to allow continued winter use of the park in ABR’s cross country ski trail system. The approval was contingent on some much needed maintenance of the “A Loop” section of the park, which will require summertime … Read more