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Articles from the June 28, 2016 edition


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  • Bessemer Begins

    Jun 28, 2016

  • Carnegie program teaches about birds

    Tom Stankard|Jun 28, 2016

    IRONWOOD - Children flocked to Ironwood Carnegie Library Monday afternoon to learn about challenges birds face while migrating. "What makes a bird unique?" asked naturalist Licia Johnson from the North Lakeland Discovery Center. A child said birds can lay eggs. With that, Johnson showed them different bird eggs. The size of the egg depends on the size of the bird. Bigger birds lay bigger eggs. Birds can fly, another child said. Johnson said birds can fly because they're covered in feathers and...

  • New owners hope to open Hurley Inn by fall

    Richard Jenkins|Jun 28, 2016

    HURLEY — Owners of the recently purchased Hurley Inn are working to reopen the property as a motel this fall. Hurley Mayor Joe Pinardi said he has been in contact with one of the owners, Paul Bertelson, and the initial plan is to have 50 rooms open. Pinardi said the building’s bar and restaurant would potentially open at a later date. “Right now, the city of Hurley has enough restaurants and bars, and (it’s) in dire need of a motel,” Pinardi said, conveying what Bertelson told him regarding the time-line to open. “And I agree.” Th...

  • Community Calendar

    Jun 28, 2016

    Tuesday, June 28 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Hurley High School Tennis Courts. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Teens Only: Henna Tattoos and Rejuvinate Yourself, 4 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Grades 6-12. 906-932-0203. Pat O’Donnell Civic Center Board, 5...

  • Shirley M. Hockenbrock

    Jun 28, 2016

    DULUTH, Minn. — Shirley Hockenbrock, 73, of Hurley, Wis., died Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Duluth. Shirley was born on Feb. 4, 1943, to Otto and Mabel (Zandi) Sorvala. She married David Hockenbrock on Feb. 21, 1970, at First Presbyterian Church in Hurley by Reverend James Walker. Shirley was an instrumental member of First Presbyterian Church in Hurley. Shirley was also very active participant at the Iron County Fair, where she enjoyed entering her many talents into the fair exhibits, including her canned goods, baked...

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