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Articles from the January 20, 2017 edition


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  • Community Calendar

    Jan 20, 2017

    Friday, Jan. 20 Gogebic Conservation District, 10 a.m., Natural Resource Center, Bessemer. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org....

  • Township water line project explained

    Jan 20, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Township residents had the opportunity Thursday evening to ask questions about the new water line that will be installed next summer by the city of Ironwood north of Sunset Road to the city’s pump station in the township. Township board member Steve Boyd and three township residents asked questions of Mike Foley, of Coleman Engineering, and city officials who attended the hearing at the township hall. Foley noted the city’s wells on Pump Station Road and at Spring Creek supply water...

  • Saxon Harbor

    Jan 20, 2017

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  • Washington family seeks info on former Colby Mine worker

    Jan 20, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer Historical Society met Thursday afternoon to discuss Bessemer historical business. The society noted State Rep. Scott Dianda, D-Calumet, sponsored a resolution to make January Finnish-American Heritage Month in Michigan. It passed the House on Jan. 12. The historical society is up to 135 members from all over, based on ties to Bessemer. A yearly single membership is $12 and a family membership is $18. In administrative news,...

  • Ballots set for Iron County spring elections

    Jan 20, 2017

    With the seemingly never-ending Presidential election cycle in the rear-view mirror, Iron County voters will again head to the polls in February and April for a number of races. There are no local races on the Feb. 21 ballot, however three candidates are running in the state superintendent of public instruction primary. Incumbent Tony Evers, of Madison; Lowell Holtz, of Beloit, and John Humphries, of Mount Horeb, are all running, with the top two finishers advancing to the general election. The April 4 election will feature candidates running...

  • Evelyn H. O'Berto

    Jan 20, 2017

    HURLEY, Wis. - Evelyn H. O'Berto, 80, of Iron Belt and Henderson, Nev., died peacefully Tuesday evening, Jan. 17, 2017, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, surrounded by her loving family. The former Evelyn H. Perhalla was born Feb. 6, 1936, in Ironwood, Mich., daughter of the late Andrew and Anna (Zokopian) Perhalla, attended Ironwood schools and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1953. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in education from Wisconsin State U...