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Articles from the March 18, 2014 edition


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  • Wakefield-Marenisco hires head track coach

    Miranda Anderson|Mar 18, 2014

    WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield-Marensico school board hired physical education teacher Lauren Korpi as head track coach for all high school and junior high students at its meeting Monday evening. Superintendent Cathy Shamion added that she will post a request for an assistant track coach. Shamion also held a presentation on the results of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program. Students in grades 3-9 took the MEAP tests last October. "MEAP was originally designed to measure gaps in curriculum,"...

  • Ironwood discusses contract renewals, pink slips

    Cortney Ofstad|Mar 18, 2014

    IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Area School Board of Education held a busy meeting Monday at Luther L. Wright School. The board discussed a variety of topics including the possibility of moving students in grades pre-kindergarten to 12 into one building, Safe Routes to School, consideration of contract renewals with elementary and middle/high school principals and giving out pink slips to faculty. One building Superintendent Tim Kolesar presented the idea of having all students in one building for...

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  • Holiday spirit

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  • Healthy roast bird can help welcome spring

    Mar 18, 2014

    Our spring feasts - often centered around Passover and Easter - typically call for a center-of-the-plate star like brisket or lamb. Of course they're delicious, but both can seriously ramp up the fat and calories in a meal that tends to put the groan into groaning board even before the main course is served. So how about roasted chicken instead? Wait a minute, you say. If you eat the bird with its skin on, you might as well be eating lamb. And yet there's no way to cook a chicken properly...