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Articles from the August 22, 2016 edition


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  • Marty's picnic fun not dampened by rain

    Isabelle Kleinschmidt|Aug 22, 2016

    BESSEMER - Despite the rain, the annual Marty's Goldenaires Drum and Bugle Corps' town picnic was held on Saturday afternoon at Bluff Valley Park. Picnic goers stayed dry beneath the tents while being treated to a number of festivities, including kids games, a bake sale and hourly raffles. Raffle prizes were donated by local businesses. Members of the corps were present serving up hamburgers, hotdogs, brats, chicken sandwiches and corn on the cob, as well as various refreshments for picnic...

  • Thunder roars through fairgrounds

    Tom Stankard|Aug 22, 2016

    SAXON,Wis. - Sounds of roaring engines echoed across Saxon during Rolling Thunder races Saturday at the Iron County Fairgrouds. As rain poured, snowmobiles, pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles, vans and off-roading vehicles flung mud high into the sky. Snowmobiles on snow is a common sight in the Northwoods, but snowmobiles on grass? That is a different story. Traveling at speeds of more than 70 miles per hour, racers sped across a grass drag strip riding retro snowmobiles. Wearing pink...

  • Community Calendar

    Aug 22, 2016

    Monday, Aug. 22 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Methamphetamine ETC, 8 p.m., support group, Woodland Church, Ironwood. 906-285-2813 or methetc.web.com. Government Gogebic County Road Commission, 5 p.m., road... Full story

  • Steven J. Leiphart

    Aug 22, 2016

    DULUTH, Minn. - Steven J. Leiphart, 79, of Ironwood, Mich., went peacefully home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus on Saturday morning, Aug. 20, 2016, at Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, with his loving family by his side. He was born April 9, 1937, in Munising, Mich., son of the late Janel and Jula (Zych) Leiphart, and graduated from high school in Newberry, Mich., in 1955. He then served stateside in the U.S. Army at Fort Polk, La., for two years. Following his... Full story

  • State of Michigan grant provides defibrillator to two counties

    Richard Jenkins|Aug 22, 2016

    The Gogebic-Ontonagon Medical Control Authority has received a grant from the state of Michigan that will allow six additional automated external defibrillators be placed at various locations throughout the two counties. The grant, provided by the Michigan Center for Rural Health through its Rural Automated External Defibrillator Grant Program, will allow the devices to be located at the Ironwood Public Safety Department building, Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Department, Watersmeet Fire and Rescue, Ironwood Area Schools, Ironwood Walmart and t...