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Township - October 23,2009 An afternoon
fire in Ironwood Township required the
services of both the Ironwood Township Vol.
Fire Department and the Ironwood City Vol
Fire Department. The City volunteers arrived
on the scene to relieve the IAPS firemen who
were first on the scene.
A water dam had to be errected on the
property located at E4621 North Star Road.
The Township tanker truck was used to keep
the water dam filled. The fire was confined
to the sauna and wood storage shed. The
large amount of fire wood at the scene
provided the fuel that fed the intense fire.
A bulldozer from an Ironwood construction
company had to be used to raze the
structure.
The property owned by Ron Johnson is
located just west of Vanderhagen road. Just
feet from the fire was a small utility
trailer with a sign that read "Warning" I
don't break for Liberals" Do you suppose Mr.
Johnson cared if the firefighters on the
scene were "Liberals" or "Right Wing
Extremist"? |
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Nimrods
Score Victory in Wakefield |
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| Wakefield October 20, 2009
The Wakefield Marenisco Cardinals took on
the Nimrods of Watersmeet last night in a
Jr. High School basketall matchup. The
matchup stopped after the first and only 6
Cardinal players entered the gymnasium.
Seventeen Nimrods stormed into the Wakefield
gymnasium like a golden tidal wave
descending on the arena. No matter how well
the Cardinals would play or not, would have
much of an outcome on this game. It was
obvious that twenty four fresh legs on the
sideline would be too much for the
Cardinals.
The results were predictable as was the
case last week when Hurley brought a
avalanche of black uniforms into
Bessemer.
Last night the kids from Wakefield hung
tough the first two quarters. But After the
buzzer rang to start the second half it
became another game. While Cardinals only
had one player to rotate, Watersmeet Coach
Bret Bessonen rote three and four players at
a time. While playing a conservative second
half, Bessonen's game plan was to wear down
the tiring Cardinal players, and he did just
that. At the end of the third quarter, the
Nimrods led the Cardinals 15-8. The final
score was 26-11.
Once again W/M coach Pete Yon called an
excellent game. The Cardinal girls played
well in the first half and then as expeded
faded in the second half. Summer Cutis
scored five of the W/M 11 points to lead the
team.
Two Nimrod players scored six points each
to lead the Nimrods, Michaela Burke Francis
Zelinski.
Officials for last night's game were
Loraine Massatti and Paul Harley. |
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Lions
Fall Cleanup |
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| Hurley - October 20, 2009 The Hurley
Lions Club hit the highway this weekend with
their fall 2009 clean up effort. Members of
the Club were out in force cleaning up
debris from Highway 51. Pictured are from
left, Bobby Traczyk, Del Penton, Barb
Dianich, Ginger and Doug Pulaski, Kelly
Klein and Gary Pelkola.
Photo and story submitted by Maggie
Callaham. |
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Bessemer
Considers Traffic Study |
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| Bessemer - October
20, 2009 Much of last night's meeting was
consumed by a discussion pertaining to
conroling the speed limit on U.S. 2. It was
thought that the current speed limit signage
along the highway is inadequate either by
placement or in number. The problem arises
in that if the city formally requests that
signs be either added or relocated a traffic
study would be instituted by the State
Police. The traffic control signage is under
the province of MDOT however, MDOT may not
act upon a request until the State Police
Study is completed. The plot really thickens
here as a study might result in a speed
limit being increased. If that were to occur
the signage question would be a mute point.
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| Sunday Lake - Geese taking a Saturday
swim before continuing their journey south.
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Ironwood
Man Arrested For
Home Invasion and Assault |
PRESS
RELEASE
from:
Robert Erspamer
Director of Public
Safety |
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Date: 10/19/09
A 19 yr old Ironwood man is in jail
following an incident in the City of
Ironwood on Thursday evening.
A Houk Street resident called 911 at
approx. 11:20 p.m. to report that two people
wearing ski masks entered his residence and
demanded money. An altercation took place
which resulted in the resident being
assaulted with a knife before the assailants
left the scene on foot. The victim was taken
to Grand View Hospital by friends and was
later transferred to a hospital in Woodruff,
WI.
An investigation was conducted by the
Ironwood Public Safety Department with some
assistance by the Hurley Police Department.
At approx. 5 a.m. on Friday morning, IPSD
officers arrested the suspect who was then
lodged at the Gogebic County Jail.
On Friday, the suspect was charged with
one count of Home Invasion-1st
degree and one count of Assault With A
Dangerous Weapon, both felonies. Bond was
set at $5000 cash.
Additional arrests are pending in the
case.
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DNR
Completes Bergland Ramp Project |
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| Bergland -October 19,
2009 The DNR has called it a wrap on the
new boat ramps and parking facility it
constructed this past summer. Construction
of this project was completed in just three
months. The facility will now accommodate
many more boats, car and trailers than the
previous parking lot. The parking facility
will now accommodate 35 vehicles with
trailers. In addition, the project will
included a 36 foot wide by 70 foot long boat
ramp and a 5 foot by 30 foot courtesy pier.
The DNR represwentative was uncertain as
to the future of the old ramp. However, the
roadway into the area will be revamped next
year.
The new parking area includes an ADA
compliant vault restrooms and handicap
parking facilites.
The DNR representative told us that the
Bergland launch facility handles a great
many boats during the fishing season. The
fisherman are bound to be pleased with the
ramps which can handle more than one boat at
a time.
The $200,000 project was funded through
the Michigan State Waterways Fund, a
restricted fund derived from boat
registration fees and a portion of the
Michigan marine fuel tax.
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Fall Book Sale |
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a Huge Success |
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| Ironwood - October
19, 2009 The
Friends of the Library held their Fall Book
Sale this past Saturday. The Sale was held
in the auditorium of Ironwood Memorial
Building. |
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| Upon entering the
lobby you were greeted by friendly young
adult volunteers who were giving away
the many books availableat no cost.
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up for the bargain priced books which
resulted in a very sucessfull day. A
volunteer worker told us that this sale
actually did better than the spring sale and
that one was also considered a success. |
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Pies
Sold Like "Hot Cakes" |
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| Hurley October 19,
2009 The Ironwood library wasn't the only
organization enjoying a successful sale this
past Saturday.
The Northwoods
Christian Academy was enjoying a very
successful pie sale. The deep dish Dutch
Apple Pies were selling like "Hot Cakes".
More than 500 delicious pies were sold.
Volunteers were very busy making sure
that all those orders were properly filled.
The Northwoods Christian Academy is located
in Hurley, next to the Iron County
Courthouse in the Range Community Bible
Church building). |
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Saturday
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| Hurley Takes Two From Speedgirls |
Bessemer October 17, 2009
The Hurley 7th ad 8th grade basketball teams won both championship
games in the Gogebic Range Tournament, taking two trophy's back across
the Montreal River. |
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| Pictured above is Midget Rebekah Harrington holding the Trophy she and
her eight grade teammates wo in the first game of the evening's double
header. The Eight grade Midget team defeated their Bessemer
counter-parts 35-25
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Garske
Wins Fire Wood Raffle |
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| Ironwood - October 16, 2009 The winner of
the Ironwood Volunteer Fire Department "Beat The
High Cost of Heating" raffle for four short
cords of seasoned hardwood is Mr. John Garske of
Ironwood!
The IVFD thanks everyone who very
generously bought raffle tickets for this
fundraiser. |
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