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Articles from the May 25, 2019 edition


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  • Bessemer graduation raises mixed emotions

    P.J. Glisson|May 25, 2019

    BESSEMER - Friday evening was bittersweet as graduates of A.D. Johnston Junior and Senior High School celebrated both big wins and heavy losses in a week steeped in emotion. Co-valedictorians Devon Elias Byers and Andrew Isaac Aspinwall both received perfect 4.0 grade point averages and served on the student council, respectively, as president and treasurer. They both also addressed the crowd. "Finally, we won't have to worry about keeping our grades up," said Aspinwall, drawing laughs when he...

  • Wakefield-Marenisco grads ready to write new chapter

    Bryan Hellios|May 25, 2019

    WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield-Marenisco High School class of 2019 threw their graduation caps in the air friday, signifying an end to a chapter in their lives. Before the class celebrated their achievement, Jason Gustafson, superintendent of the district, gave the graduating class advice. "Before you act, listen; before you react, think; before you spend, earn; before you criticize, wait; before you quit, try," he said quoting William Arthur Ward. He told the class to listen to their hearts to...

  • Ontonagon graduation a time to look back, ahead

    Jan Tucker|May 25, 2019

    ONTONAGON - The graduation speaker for the 2019 Class at the Ontonagon Area High School, Keven Store, was in familiar terrain Friday night, noting that 30 years ago, to the day, he sat as a student and received his diploma from OAHS. Store is the Executive Director of the Portage Health Foundation, and oversees and administers all aspects of a $67 million dollar charitable foundation that serves the Keweenaw Peninsula. He has been recognized by the Michigan Health Council for his work in develop...

  • James Joseph Kucera

    May 25, 2019

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. - James Joseph Kucera, 85, died peacefully May 21, 2019, surrounded by his loving family in Wakefield. Born in Chicago, on March 31, 1934, he was raised and schooled in Ironwood. In his teens and early 20s, he worked at Johnson's Truck Farm in Ironwood and their second farm in Iron County, Wis., where perennial plants and vegetables were grown for the wholesale and retail markets. James entered military service with the U.S. Army during the Korean War and underwent basic trainin...

  • Emilie Sue Spencer

    May 25, 2019

    ASHLAND, Wis.– Sue Spencer, born Emilie Marie Spencer, 71, of Ashland, died on May 23, 2019. She was born on June 1, 1947, to Gerald and Emily Eifolla in Ironwood, Mich. She graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood in 1965 and married James D. Spencer of Wakefield, Mich., on May 25, 1968. In 1975, she settled in Bayfield and became an active member of Betheseda Lutheran Church. During this time she changed her middle name from Marie to Sue and that was her commonly known a...

  • Community Calendar

    May 25, 2019

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, May 25 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Community Night Meal Free Supper, 5-6 p.m., Apostolic Lutheran Church, Aurora Street, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood....