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Articles from the August 25, 2016 edition


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  • National Guard, IPSD host regional hazmat drill at college

    Tom Stankard|Aug 25, 2016

    IRONWOOD - National Guard Civil Support Teams were on hand to conduct hazardous materials training with local law enforcement and fire departments Wednesday at Gogebic Community College. At the scene, Ironwood Public Safety Department Lt. Michael Rimkus said the training was a weapons of mass destruction drill. Partaking in the drill were IPSD, the IPSD Hazmat Team, the 51st Civil Support Team from Battle Creek, the 54th Civil Support Team from Madison, Wis., the Gogebic-Iron Area Narcotics...

  • Engineers gather for Copper Peak planning session

    Richard Jenkins|Aug 25, 2016

    IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Experts from around the world gathered in Ironwood Township Wednesday for the first day of a two-day meeting focused on the design improvements necessary to prepare Copper Peak for the return of international competition. "Basically, we're at the very beginning design phase of the project and we've brought three international ski-jumping experts in," said Paul Anderson, a project manager with Coleman Engineering; the lead engineering firm on the Copper Peak upgrades. "We have...

  • Juice Newton to appear at Gogebic County Fair

    Tom Stankard|Aug 25, 2016

    IRONWOOD — Judith Kay Newton, better known as Juice, was part of the first wave of country singers raised on folk rock music and is excited to perform on stage Friday during the Gogebic County Fair. Over her career, Newton has been nominated for a Grammy five times for Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist, won an American Country Music Award for Best New Female Artist and won two Billboard Female Artist of the Year awards consecutively. The vocalist has several gold and platinum records to her name, including “Juice” and “Quiet Lies....

  • Community Calendar

    Aug 25, 2016

    Thursday, Aug. 25 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Hurley High School Tennis Courts. Cuddlebugs Story Time, 9:30 a.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., all welcome, The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages...

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