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Articles from the July 14, 2018 edition


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  • Fallen soldier welcomed home

    Jul 14, 2018

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Ironwood area residents gathered Friday evening to pay tribute to a war hero they never knew. The Patriot Guard caravan escorted the remains of Pearl Harbor victim Navy Fireman Second Class Lowell Valley to Ontonagon, where he will be buried today. Around 50 people, many of them veterans, had gathered at the Michigan Tourism Information Center on U.S. 2 in Ironwood by 9 p.m., as darkness was setting in. Former Iron County Veterans Service...

  • Blood donation helps raise money for scholarship fund

    Jul 14, 2018

    By JEAN NORDINE [email protected] HURLEY - The Hurley School held a blood drive Friday in the library of the school. The school participates in a scholarship program with the Red Cross. The scholarship goes to a graduating senior and the scholarship amount depends on how many pints of blood are collected during the year. The school hosts blood drives three or four times a year, with the next one in September. Friday's was the first blood drive to count in the total for the...

  • Wakefield Township continues to support mining effort

    Jul 14, 2018

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP — The Wakefield Township board of trustees on Tuesday expressed its continued support for Highland Copper’s effort to develop a mine in the township. Wakefield Township Supervisor John Cox said the support will extend to the upcoming Michigan Department of Environmental Quality public hearing regarding several permits for the company’s Copperwood Project in northern Ironwood and Wakefield townships. “All five of our board members will be there and we’ll be standing together....

  • Community calendar

    Jul 14, 2018

    Saturday, July 14 Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, July 15 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, B...