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  • Students clean up Gogebic Range for Earth Day

    Apr 22, 2017

    WAKEFIELD - Students across the Gogebic Range, including in Ironwood and Wakefield-Marenisco, wanted to get out and make a difference in their community for Earth Day on Friday. While Earth Day is today, school officials used the day before, with classes in session, to mark the occasion. In Ironwood, the district's second and sixth graders partnered up to walk the city's portion of the Iron Belle Trail, cleaning up garbage they found there. The trash included everything from cigarette butts and...

  • GCC students pull semi truck in fundraiser precursor

    Richard Jenkins|Apr 22, 2017

    IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College students and staff used a somewhat unconventional way to move one of the college's semi trucks Friday, pulling it with a rope, tug-of-war-style, in preparation for an upcoming fundraiser. "The pull we did today was a test. We wanted to see No. 1 could it be done, and No. 2 how many people would it take to pull the semi 20 feet," Janie Williams, an administrative assistant for the college's allied health program, said. "Now that we know that, what we'll try...

  • Rosalie A. King

    Apr 22, 2017

    IRON RIVER, Mich. - Rosalie A. King, 81, of Iron River, passed away Friday, April 21, 2017, at the Aspirus Iron River Hospital. She was born March 1, 1936, in Hurley, Wis., the daughter of the late John and Velia Grandelis. She graduated from the Hurley High School. Rosalie married Kenton King on Aug. 27, 1967, in Wakefield, and the couple celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary in 2008. Kenton preceded her in death on Oct. 27, 2008. Rosalie was both passionate and compassionate. She was a... Full story

  • Community Calendar

    Apr 22, 2017

    Saturday, April 22 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, April 23 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Finnish History Talk by Ernest Korpela, 2 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, April 24 Iron County Food Pantry, 9... Full story