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  • FESTIVAL IRONWOOD

    Jul 22, 2017

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  • Ontonagon County Fair kicks off July 29

    Jul 22, 2017

    GREENLAND — The Ontonagon County Fair will be held this coming week in Greenland. While preliminary events are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, the fair will officially be open Saturday and Sunday, July 29 and 30. The fair board has scheduled events for young and old, from livestock exhibits to a mud challenge. A fair official said the county fair is for all ages, from toddlers to homemakers, cooks and athletes. Among the events are an antique engine and tractor show, many other exhibits and demonstrations, toddler games and kiddie train r...

  • Historical museum to take part in Iron County Heritage Festival

    Jul 22, 2017

    HURLEY - The Iron County Historical Museum will host a pair of events next week as part of the Iron County Heritage Festival, inviting the public to interact with county's past. On Wednesday, the museum will host historian Dale Caskey, who will give an interactive presentation entitled "Lumber Camp Lore: Meet Hans the Lumberjack Homesteader." The event, which promises to be "an entertaining look at one of Iron County's first industries," will begin at 6 p.m. in the museum's courtroom. Caskey...

  • Community Calendar

    Jul 22, 2017

    Saturday, July 22 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 9 a.m. to noon, Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, July 23 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, July 24 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Building Your World P...

  • Angie (Favero) Fabbri

    Jul 22, 2017

    BESSEMER, Mich. - Angie (Favero) Fabbri, 75, of Bessemer, passed away Wednesday afternoon, July 19, 2017, after a brief illness. Angie was born on Oct. 30, 1941, in Ironwood, a daughter of Peter Ernest and Mary A. (Sabor) Favero of Anvil Location. She attended Anvil and Ramsay schools and graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer in 1959. Angie was an honor thespian who took great pleasure writing poetry. She worked at Voss' Birchwood Lodge in Manitowish Waters, Wis., and Dairymen's...

  • Gerald W. Gustafson

    Jul 22, 2017

    IRONWOOD, Mich. — Gerald W. Gustafson, 85, of Ironwood, passed away peacefully Wednesday evening, July 19, 2017, after a brief illness. Gerry was born on Sept. 27, 1931, in Davis Location, Bessemer Township, a son of John P. and Mildred (Crowley) Gustafson. He attended Puritan School in Bessemer Township, Roosevelt School in Ironwood Township and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood in 1949. Gerry proudly served his country in the U.S. Army for two years, assigned to the 176th Missile Battalion as a specialist 2nd class at P...