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Articles from the December 14, 2015 edition


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  • Body of Iron Belt man found

    Dec 14, 2015

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRON BELT, Wis. — The multi-day search for Iron Belt resident Alan Kangas, 68, ended Sunday with the discovery of his body at approximately 3 p.m. According to a Saturday press release from the Iron County Sheriff’s Department, Kangas was reported missing Friday at approximately 1:49 p.m. and a search began involving multiple agencies. Numerous K-9 units and 80 community members aided in the search. Iron County Sheriff Tony Furyk said in a statement Kangas was found in a wooded area in Iron Bel...

  • Mercer hosts annual holiday festivities

    Dec 14, 2015

    By KELSEY HANSEN [email protected] MERCER - It was the fourth year of the Candy Cane Parade and festivities on Saturday in Mercer. The day consisted of a bakeing contest in the morning, a parade and float contest in the afternoon and treats, hot cocoa and 50/50 raffle after the parade. The baking contest started the day's festivities, which took place in the Mercer Sno-Goers barn in the morning. Participants had three categories they could enter: cookies, bars and candy. Everyone had the...

  • The Grinch visits Carnegie Library for story hour

    Dec 14, 2015

    By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - Rather than plotting how to steal Christmas, the Grinch visited children at Ironwood Carnegie Library on Saturday for a holiday story hour. With cold weather outside, approximately 10 children came to the public library to watch Lynne Wiercinski, read the popular Christmas book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Before she started reading, the Grinch, Jake Suzik, of Bessemer, stopped by to hand out candy canes for the boys and girls. With th...

  • Community Calendar

    Dec 14, 2015

    Monday, Dec. 14 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, mothers, infants, and children, 9 a.m.-noon, 100 Mill St., Bessemer. 906-667-0283. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Holiday Story Time, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. National Finnish American Festival Board, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Finnish Language Class Christmas Party, 4 p.m., Little...

  • Leslie M. Blair

    Dec 14, 2015

    BRUCE CROSSING, Mich. — Leslie M. Blair, 72 of Bruce Crossing passed away on December 11, 2015 at home. Les was born in Rimersburg, Pennsylvania to Wylie Reed and Louella Grace Hindman Blair on March 8, 1943. He went to school at Redbank High School in New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He married Roberta Ann Hazen on June 17, 1967 in Reno, Nevada. He took college courses in computer science and technology. He worked as a military contracted computer technician for Lockheed-Martin for over 30 years. He was a veteran and served in the Air Force. He e...