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Articles from the April 23, 2018 edition


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  • Community calendar

    Apr 23, 2018

    Monday, April 23 Tai Chi, 9 a.m., Mercer Community Center. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Chess Club, 4 p.m. Grades 3 and up. Carnegie Library, Ironwood. Overeaters Anonymous, 5 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station,...

  • Friends of Iron Belle raise money for trail safety

    Apr 23, 2018

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Supporters of the Iron Belle Trail gathered at the Elk and Hound Restaurant Saturday night for a dinner to raise for the trail. "(It went) better then we thought. We weren't sure what we were going to get, you know it was our first one. It was a shot in the dark as to what was going to happen," said Sam Davey, one of the fundraiser's organizers. "But we're quite pleased with the turnout." Along with a sloppy joe dinner, there was a 50/50...

  • DAP exhibit photos honored Saturday

    Apr 23, 2018

    IRONWOOD - A photograph of a footbridge was judged Best of Show Saturday in the Downtown Arts Place contest in Ironwood. The photo by Christopher Burnett, of Marquette, won $500 for first place. The "Through the Eye of Camera, Upper Peninsula" photo exhibit in the concourse of the Ironwood Theatre will be on display through May 31. Peter Skoro, an instructor at Northland College in Ashland, judged the event. He teaches digital photography and graphic design. Bill Savage's photo of a native...

  • Samantha Lee (Singleton) Merrill

    Apr 23, 2018

    WATFORD CITY, N.D. – Samantha Lee (Singleton) Merrill, 27, of Watford City, formerly of Wakefield, Mich., passed away unexpectedly Monday, April 16, 2018, at her home. Sami was born on July 8, 1990, in Ashland, Wis. On April 26, 2009, she was united in marriage to her loving and devoted husband, Matthew Merrill. They made their home in Watford City and were blessed with three children. Samantha was a small business owner, talented artist, skilled bow hunter and organic gardener, but most of all,...

  • Mary Ann Marczak

    Apr 23, 2018

    BEAVER, Pa. - Mary Ann Marczak, 86, formerly of Ironwood, Mich., died on April 14, 2018, comforted by her loving family. The last four years were spent living with her daughter and son-in-law, with three grandchildren and great-grandchildren close by. Mary was born on June 9, 1931, in Ironwood (Jessieville), Mich., daughter of John and Anna Perkovich. She graduated from Luther L. Wright High School and then worked as a secretary at Newport School. On May 20, 1950, she married Stanley S....

  • Community forest sought for Wildcat Falls parcel

    Apr 23, 2018

    WATERSMEET — Northwoods Alliance Inc. is seeking to protect Wildcat Falls near Watersmeet. Wildcat Falls is a remote waterfalls about nine miles from Watersmeet. It is one of several features on a 160-acre property Northwoods Alliance is seeking to protect into perpetuity, said Casey Clark, a conservation coordinator with Northwoods Alliance. The property had been part of the Ottawa National Forest until 2016, but was traded away in a controversial land swap. The controversy lagged for several years with legal litigation following U.S. F...