The question at the Iron County Road Commission garage in Iron River is: Which will end first--winter or the county’s road salt supply? It’s going to be close.
IRON RIVER—Hopes of updating the Road Commission’s fleet at a sale of used vehicles came to a screeching halt during its meeting April 9.
There’s just one teensy little complication: How can we pay for it?

CRYSTAL FALLS—At its regular April 9 meeting, the Iron County Board of Commissioners voted to hire Don Peterson of Renewable Resource Solutions LLC as a forestry consultant.

IRON RIVER—Staffing of Iron River’s police department may be reduced to help city officials balance the budget.

CRYSTAL FALLS—Iron County Sheriff’s deputies located the body of a missing Appleton, Wis., man in rural Mastodon Township on April 9.

Spring will eventually come to the George Young Recreational Complex and its 18-hole championship course. But late last week, it sure looked like mid winter around the clubhouse.
IRON COUNTY—Where is spring?

CRYSTAL FALLS—Last Aug. 7. Forest Park voters approved a $995,000 bond measure to raise money for school improvements. The proposal received 52.4 percent support from the voters.

STAMBAUGH TWP.—The Sunrise Avenue resident who has been raising at least two horses in a residential zone will soon have to find other accommodations for the livestock.

STAMBAUGH TWP.—A storage building in Stambaugh Township was destroyed in a structure fire on March 29.

Michigan Army National Guard Specialist Jason Cronkright was reunited with wife Melissa, daughter Madison and Jason Jr. March 28 at the Kingsford High School gym, when members of the 1432nd Engineering Company returned home. The unit was deployed to Afghanistan for 10 months as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, disposing of improvised explosive devices and performing road clearing operations. Currently, more than 700 Michigan National Guard soldiers and airmen remain deployed worldwide. 

CRYSTAL FALLS—The Forest Park school forest will be getting some new life this spring.
At its March 25 monthly meeting, the Forest Park School Board approved a tree planting project in the school forest, located in the Panola Plains area.