IRONWOOD, MI - Monday, June 15, 2009 - Two families of geese were recently spotted on a local lake.

BESSEMER, MI - Monday, June 15, 2009 - Ever wonder what happens to all the road kill they find in the area? It winds up in the County road kill pile.

IRONWOOD, MI - Monday, June 15, 2009 - Spray painted grafitti on the ore car at Hiawatha Park was recently reported to the City.

IRONWOOD, MI - Monday, June 15, 2009 - City Parks maintenance workers quickly removed the graffiti from the ore car.

IRONWOOD, MI - Monday, June 15, 2009 - Vandals also defaced the Hiawatha plaque.

IRONWOOD, MI - Monday, June 15, 2009 - Once again, City workers did a good job repairing the plaque. Now, the City needs to work on some "preventive maintenance." There is no excuse for such senseless vandalism to continue. Perhaps it would make sense for the City to invest some of their "security" grant money on monitoring equipment for our City parks.

IRONWOOD, MI - Monday, June 15, 2009 - There have been several recent complaints about the City's solid waste removal contractor.

IRONWOOD, MI - Monday, June 15, 2009 - It appears that problems may be isolated to certain areas of town. The pile of waste in the picture above includes a computer monitor and more bags than the company is required to remove.

IRONWOOD, MI - Monday, June 15, 2009 - Later in the afternoon, every bit of the debris was completely cleaned up.

IRONWOOD, MI - Monday, June 15, 2009 - In the photo above, garbage bags were torn and loose garbage had fallen out of the bags onto the ground. Once again, there were more bags that the company is required to remove.

IRONWOOD, MI - Monday, June 15, 2009 - Later that afternoon, every bit of debris was removed.

IRONWOOD, MI - Monday, June 15, 2009 - Our photographer was quick to point out that, in each case, the amount of garbage put out exceeded the limit that the contractor is required to remove according to his contract.

IRONWOOD, MI - Monday, June 15, 2009 - He was also quick to point out that property owners might have spotted him taking the pictures, and could have cleaned up the mess themselves. One way or another, any problems people are having with the new garbage contractor need to be addressed.

IRONWOOD, MI - Monday, June 04, 2009 - This doe was spotted grazing at Riverside Cemetery. When our photographer approached the animal, she didn't appear to be frightened in the least. She just kept feeding on the clover in the field.

IRONWOOD, MI - Monday, June 15, 2009 - Progress on the Gogebic Range Bank expansion continues. Both houses behind the existing bank building have been removed, and every bid of construction debris has been cleared from the site.