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Articles from the May 21, 2015 edition


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  • Hurley students paint mural on Montreal River bridge

    Richard Jenkins|May 21, 2015

    HURLEY - The Hurley riverfront is getting more colorful as members of the Hurley High School art program, taught by Terry Davis, have started a mural on the base of the former railroad bridge that allows all-terrain vehicles to cross the Montreal River into Ironwood. Work began Tuesday and will resume today, two work days are also scheduled for next week before the mural is hopefully completed. The mural, which is funded with grant money obtained by the Iron County Health Department, is a... Full story

  • Linguistics professor provides insight into 'Yooper' accent trends

    Richard Jenkins|May 21, 2015

    IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Approximately 40 people gathered in one of the classrooms in the Solin Business Center of Gogebic Community College Wednesday to hear Wil Rankinen present a talk based on his doctoral dissertation, "The U.P. Dialect: A Story of Change." Rankinen - who is currently a visiting assistant professor at the linguistics department of the University of Rochester (N.Y.) - began by explaining that languages evolve and change over time, citing the evolution of English from the time of... Full story

  • Community Calendar

    May 21, 2015

    Thursday, May 21 Aging Unit of Iron County, board of director, 9 a.m., Hurley Senior Center. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, mothers, infants, children, 9:45-10 a.m. EST, Lake Gogebic Senior Center, Bergland; 10:20-10:35 a.m. EST, Porcupine Mountain Senior Center, White Pine; 11-11:45 a.m. EST, Holy Family Catholic Church parking lot, Ontonagon; 1:15-1:45 p.m. EST, Resource Center, Mass City; 2:15-2:45 p.m. EST, Stannard Township Ballpark, Bruce Crossing; 2:30-2:45 p.m., Watersmeet Town Hall... Full story

  • 4 GOISD schools earn bronze awards from US News and World Report

    Jan Tucker|May 21, 2015

    BERGLAND — Four of the six high schools in the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District have received bronze ratings from U.S. News and World Reports. Ironwood, Besssmer, Watersmeet and Ontonagon high schools received the awards for mathematics and reading in a national ranking with schools across the nation. Bessemer had the highest proficiency among GOISD schools in mathematics and reading. Bessemer’s proficiency in reading was measured through testing to be 60 percent. Ironwood and Watersmeet were both at 54 percent, and Ont... Full story

  • Raymond W. 'Ray' Mollard

    May 21, 2015

    ASHLAND, Wis. - Raymond W. "Ray" Mollard, 62, of Ashland, passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at the Golden Living Center Court Manor in Ashland. He was born July 18, 1953, in Ironwood, Mich., the son of William F. and Dorothy (Augustynowicz) Mollard. He graduated in 1971 from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. He attended Gogebic Community College in Ironwood and graduated with a bachelor's degree in history from Northland College in Ashland. On June 19, 1976, he married Catherine Yo... Full story