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  • Participants take annual plunge for Regional Hospice

    Mar 27, 2017

    By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Regional Hospice held its Annual Polar Plunge on Saturday afternoon in Wakefield. This is the 11th year of the event. Sunday Lake was still covered in snow and an estimated 16 inches of ice, but that didn't deter participants from coming out and jumping into the opening in the ice. Over 40 people dressed in all sorts of costumes took the plunge to support the cause. "I like to come out and support a good cause" said jumper Samantha...

  • Ontonagon Area Schools holds inaugural job fair

    Mar 27, 2017

    By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - Jim Bobula, Ontonagon Area School superintendant, called the first job fair held at the school Friday a "good success and a great start," in showing young people and the community that there are jobs available if you have the right skills. Junior and senior young people from the schools of the Gogebic Ontonagon Intermediate School District and the public attended the fair with 28 business venders explaining what they have to offer in the way of...

  • Sherman lakes chosen for walleye experiments

    Mar 27, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] SPRINGSTEAD — Two Iron County lakes have been selected for an experiment researchers hope will lead to stopping the decline of walleye populations across the state of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologist Zach Lawson said he was notified March 20 McDermott Lake and Sandy Beach Lake in the town of Sherman were selected for a five-year experiment conducted by the DNR, University of Wisconsin’s Center for Limnology and the Cooperative Fisheries Research Unit at...

  • Community calendar

    Mar 27, 2017

    Monday, March 27 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman staff availability, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Finnish Women’s Auxiliary, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Chess Club, 4 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Grades 3 and up. After School Story Time, 4 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org.... Full story

  • Julie Ahnen

    Mar 27, 2017

    RAMSAY, Mich. - Julie Ahnen, 91, a long-time resident of Ramsay, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, March 25, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. Julie was born on March 8, 1926, in Anvil, to parents John and Mary (Margetta) Babich, who immigrated from Yugoslavia. She attended A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer and graduated in 1943. Julie enrolled at Miss Brown's School of Business in Milwaukee and graduated in 1946. On June 18, 1955, Julie was united in marriage to Donald... Full story

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