The Ironwood City Commission did not act on the city planning commission’s recommendation to increase the number of available marijuana retail establishment licenses, saying the more appropriate time to revisit the question would be during the annual license review renewal process. Mayor Burchill validated the appeal of increasing licenses with the potential of increased revenue, … Read more
The Emberlight Festival is looking to make Ironwood a center for opera. Emberlight Festival’s artistic director Miles Mykkanen, presented a program of classical music this past Saturday and remarked that classical music should become a part of the school curriculum. Mykkanen admitted that classical music requires “a little bit of understanding and research,” but that … Read more
The Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board has scheduled a special meeting for the 22nd to hear proposals from three passenger airline companies who will present bids to be the next Essential Air Service carriers for the area. The airport qualifies for the EAS subsidy for a commercial operator to provide regular passenger service using a combination … Read more
In the past few weeks, members of the Marenisco Township Volunteer Fire Department completed several layers of MedEvac training thanks to flight staff who work in the local region. One of the most exciting aspects of the training is when a MedEvac crew landed a helicopter on the athletic field at the old K-12 school … Read more
At their meeting last week, the Ironwood Planning Commission recommended the city commission increase the number of marijuana licenses allowed under the city ordinance. The committee recommended that the number of available licenses in each of seven commercial categories from two to up to six. Commission member Mark Silver was not present and emailed his … Read more
Art in the Park will return to Miner’s Memorial Heritage Park today as part of the Emberlight Festival. In addition to the art installations in the park, there will be performance art and book club events in the coming weeks. The first performance will be “Miles on Mozart” at site 18 in the park with … Read more
The Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department worked mid week to burn what remained of a city owned house that had burned last winter. The house on Ahola Avenue was a total loss, the two residents of the home have resettled elsewhere. The controlled burn was started around five and was still burning around 7. Firefighters employed … Read more
Construction crews have started dismantling the U.S. 51 bridge to help make way for a new single lane roundabout. That includes removing the road deck from the north half of the bridge. All traffic will continue to be directed to the eastbound lanes until the north half of the bridge is taken down, which should … Read more
Members of the Wakefield Township board of trustees learned that shooting noise originating in Wakefield has resulted in a complaint from a Wakefield city resident on a neighboring property. The issue had been previously discussed at an earlier meeting of the Wakefield City council, where the city manager explained the matter is out of the … Read more
The board of the Gogebic County Fair met on Monday to go into final planning stages for the fair, which is only five weeks away. On the agenda was finding vendors for the event and getting the fairgrounds ready for the big event. The board also has to plan for traffic around the fair, which … Read more