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Articles from the December 10, 2016 edition


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  • Aspirus tree lighting honors life's celebrations, those who have gone before

    Dec 10, 2016

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Aspirus Ironwood Hospital held a tree-lighting ceremony Tuesday for its "Celebration Tree," which is planted near the "Tree of Love." The "Celebration Tree" with its colorful lights, allows Aspirus to partner with members of the community to celebrate happy and special times. Births, weddings, graduations, and anniversaries are not things that just happen, they are major events in the lives of the people involved. Aspirus Ironwood gives...

  • $500,000 grant recommended for Iron Belle Trail in Porkies

    Dec 10, 2016

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] LANSING — A $500,000 grant recommendation for acquiring land for the Iron Belle Trail was announced Friday by Gov. Rick Snyder. Snyder said the Gogebic County acquisition of the Cottens property would involve 6 acres of land with frontage on Lake Superior to support the Iron Belle Trail and improve land management of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. The parcel is surrounded by the park on three sides, with Lake Superior located on the fourth side. The parcel has the potential to offer o...

  • GCC one of five schools in state with master level auto certification

    Dec 10, 2016

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College has been recertified at the Master Automotive Service Technology level from the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation through November 2021. GCC is the only post-secondary college in the Upper Peninsula certified at the master level and one of five in the state of Michigan. Master level certification is the most stringent and intensive level of certification offered. “Master level certification contains all the content of the other two levels of...

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    Dec 10, 2016

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  • Community Calendar

    Dec 10, 2016

    Saturday, Dec. 10 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Dec. 11 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, Dec. 12 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. National Finnish A...

  • Robert Victor Leppanen

    Dec 10, 2016

    WAUSAU, Wis. - Robert Victor Leppanen, 81, of Ironwood, Mich., passed away peacefully Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, at Wausau Aspirus Hospital in Wausau surrounded by loving family at his side. Robert was the father of three children, a grandfather to nine and a great-grandfather to five. Robert was a good man, very serious, hard-working and old-school. He wasn't a man of many words, but his word was as good as gold. He loved his family very much. He also had a great love for animals, especially his...

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