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Articles from the April 25, 2016 edition


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  • DOVE color run draws crowd

    Apr 25, 2016

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Runners and walkers from across the Gogebic Range gathered at Sunday Lake in Wakefield Saturday morning to participate in DOVE's first color run. The Domestic Violence Escape organization held a run/walk last year, said DOVE Director Jeanine Winkowski, but this was the first year the group added the powdered chalk thrown on runners - who often wear plain white shirts for the events - to make it a color run. "Hopefully we are going to do...

  • ORV safety class for kids held at GCC

    Apr 25, 2016

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Nineteen youngsters spent Saturday learning off-road vehicle safety at Gogebic Community College. The eight-hour class was taught by certified instructors Ross and Kim Kolesar, of Ironwood, members of the Western Upper Peninsula Trail Association. They were assisted by Gogebic County Sheriff's Department deputy Brandon Lyons. David Sim, marketing director for Aspirus Grand View Hospital, stopped by in the morning to drop off first aid safety...

  • Iron County's job numbers improve

    Apr 25, 2016

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Iron County’s employment numbers improved in March, but they were still the second worst in the state. The March Iron jobless rate of 9.7 percent was better than the 10.6 percent of February, according to the Department of Workforce Development. In March 2015, the Iron County jobless rate was 10.7 percent. Ashland County improved from 7.8 percent in February to 7.6 percent in March, according to the DWD. Vilas County moved from 9.3 percent to 8.6 percent and Oneida County went from 7.7 percent to 7...

  • Community Calendar

    Apr 25, 2016

    Monday, April 25 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. 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, Ontonagon. area74.org. Methamphetamine ETC, 8 p.m., support group, Woodland Church, Ironwood. 906-285-2813 or methetc.web.com. Little Finland Finnish language beginning class 3 p.m.,... Full story

  • Janice Rae Lahti

    Apr 25, 2016

    SCHOFIELD, Wis. - Janice Rae Lahti, 65, of Wausau, and a former longtime Ironwood Township, Mich. resident, died peacefully early Thursday morning, April 21, 2016, at Atrium Post Acute Care of Weston in Schofield, surrounded by her loving family, following a courageous, three-year battle with cancer. The former Janice Rae Manchester was born May 15, 1950, in Ironwood, Mich., daughter of the late Raymond and Rose (Magdziak) Manchester, attended A.L. Norrie Grade School and graduated from Luther... Full story