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Articles from the August 24, 2018 edition


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  • GCC holds orientation

    Aug 24, 2018

    By JEAN NORDINE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Orientations for freshmen and transfer students at Gogebic Community College were held Wednesday and Thursday. The sessions provide students with opportunities to explore their goals and students are required to participate in specified orientation activities. More than 200 students participated in orientation over the two days, where they learned about the college and its resources and gained an understanding of GCC's policies, regulations...

  • Iron County recognized as 'telecommuter forward community'

    Aug 24, 2018

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - Wisconsin State Broadband Director Angie Dickison visited Hurley Thursday to recognize Iron County as a "telecommuter forward community." The telecommuter-forward designation is the latest chapter in the state's effort to expand high-speed internet access throughout the state, Dickison said. "This provides communities another tool in their economic development tool kit; in terms of collaborating with other communities, collaborating with bu...

  • Oneida County moves up in employment rates

    Aug 24, 2018

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Many Wisconsin counties, including a few in the north, dipped under 3 percent unemployment for July, according to the latest figures from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. Oneida County stood at 2.9 percent for July, compared to 3.4 percent in June, and it improved from 40th to 26th in the state. Iron County worsened from 5.1 percent in June to 5.2 percent in July and ranked 71st among the state’s 72 counties, trailed only by Menominee County at 7.7 percent. Price County improved f...

  • Community calendar

    Aug 24, 2018

    Friday, Aug. 24 Coffee with a Cop, 8 a.m., Contrast Coffee, Ironwood. Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m. Community Rally Against Ojibway Correctional Facilty’s Closure, 4-6 p.m., U.S. 2 across from movie theater in Ironwood. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. E...

  • Sharon Lee Schmidt

    Aug 24, 2018

    PARK FALLS, Wis. - Sharon Lee (Nyman) Schmidt, 75, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, at Park Manor Nursing Home in Park Falls. Sharon was born on April 19, 1943, in Muskegon, Michigan, and lived her early life in Bessemer, Mich., where she graduated from A.D. Johnston High School. Sharon was united in marriage with her husband, Richard, on Oct. 21, 1972, where they resided in Winchester, beginning their family before moving to Mercer. Sharon is survived...