November 3, 2014 by Maureen Matesuwic and Barbara With UPDATE: On February 27, 2015, GTac President Bill Williams announced that GTac would be closing their Hurley office and discontinuing their pursuit of iron ore mining in the Penokee Hills at this time. Williams blamed the EPA and the wetlands, which he claimed they did not […]
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Iron County Mining Impact Committee Chair Leslie Kolesar Misleads Public on Mine Tailings
October 31, 2013 by Barbara With Leslie Kolesar, chair of the Iron County Mining Impact Committee, recently claimed that tailings from the defunct Montreal iron mine near Hurley were deemed safe to use as fill in a Superfund Site in Ironwood, MI. Kolesar was corrected by Kathy Halbur, EPA specialist who confirmed that no such […]
Walker Blames Top Employer in Ashland County for Lack of Jobs
by Todd and Dotty Richmond [EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a open-source correction/continuation of a February 12, 2013, AP article written by Todd Richmond. While the AP may accept such a stenographic offering as even minimally adequate, Todd’s mother Dotty does not. Consequently, Dotty forced Todd to redo his homework assignment, this time getting the facts […]
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