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Articles from the January 20, 2018 edition


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  • Big Catch

    Jan 20, 2018

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  • DNR steps up snowmobile patrols

    Jan 20, 2018

    WOODRUFF, Wis. - More Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources conservation wardens will patrol northern Wisconsin trails this month following a rash of serious injury and fatal snowmobile accidents. There have been five fatal snowmobile accidents in Iron and Price Counties, including three last weekend. DNR Lt. Dave Walz, of Woodruff, said one death is too many in any snowmobile season. "Our goal is to educate and focus on the common cause of crashes, speed and alcohol. Stressing safety tips...

  • Black River Harbor closed until September

    Ian Minielly|Jan 20, 2018

    BESSEMER — Black River Harbor will be closed until September, according Tony Holland, a representative from the Ottawa National Forest, who spoke at the Gogebic Coservation District’s meeting Friday in Bessemer. Gogebic Conservation District Administrator Jim Finley said Snow Country Construction had received a permit for work at Black River Harbor. Holland said he expected the footbridge over the Black River to be accessible through the work. Finley said Enbridge had received five permits for pipeline work in the county, adding he did not exp...

  • Christine Ann 'Chris' Kirby

    Jan 20, 2018

    CARLSBAD, N.M. - Christine Ann "Chris" Kirby, 84, of Carlsbad, N.M., died peacefully Saturday morning, Jan. 13, 2018, at Landsun Homes nursing and assisted living center in Carlsbad. The former Christine Ann Rimkus was born March 30, 1933, with her twin sister, Rose, in her family home in Ironwood, Mich. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Leokadja (Koleski) Rimkus. She attended Ironwood schools and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School. She was married to Robert "Bob" Kirby on...

  • Community Calendar

    Jan 20, 2018

    Saturday, Jan. 20 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Jan. 21 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Yooperbeiner Ski Race Planning Committee, 6:30 p.m., Cold Iron Brewing, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran C...