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Articles from the January 20, 2014 edition


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  • Smithsonian exhibit to visit Ironwood

    Cortney Ofstad|Jan 20, 2014

    IRONWOOD - It will be a while before the Smithsonian Institutes exhibit makes its way into Ironwood, but volunteers and project leaders are already planning ahead. More than a dozen citizens attended a meeting Friday to discuss the planning process to have the "Museum on Main Street - The Way We Worked" exhibit from the Smithsonian come to Ironwood. The exhibit is set to arrive in April, and will be on display at the Downtown Art Place from April 4 to May 31, 2015. Ironwood will be one of five...

  • Ontonagon library saying goodbye

    Jan Tucker|Jan 20, 2014

    ONTONAGON - The Ontonagon Township Library is looking for a new librarian. After more than seven years Eric Smith informed the Library Bard that he has accepted a position with the Mason County District Library at its main branch in Ludington. There have been many changes to the library in those seven years, and Smith said he is proud of the advances that he and library assistant Laura Lahaie have accomplished. He noted that groundwork for those advances were already laid by his predecessors....

  • Dance the night away

    Jan 20, 2014

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  • Wisconsin DNR board set to vote on deer proposal

    Jan 20, 2014

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin deer hunters have hauled their kills to roadside taverns or gas stations to be counted for decades, hanging around after the work is done to slug beers, swap stories and show off their trophies. Now, though, the tradition, camaraderie and spending in-person registration generates are in jeopardy. The Department of Natural Resources has proposed moving to online and telephone reporting as soon as this fall. Gov. Scott Walker's deer trustee, Texas researcher James...

  • Pennsylvania couple advertises home as 'slightly haunted'

    Jan 20, 2014

    DUNMORE, Pa. (AP) - Between the mysteriously banging doors, the odd noises coming from the basement, and the persistent feeling that someone is standing behind them, homeowners Gregory and Sandi Leeson are thoroughly creeped out by their 113-year-old Victorian. So when they put the house in northeastern Pennsylvania up for sale last month, they advertised it as "slightly haunted." Then things got REALLY weird. There were calls from ghost hunters. An open house attracted lots of curiosity...