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Articles from the September 22, 2017 edition


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  • SUNSET IN SAXON

    Sep 22, 2017

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  • Warm nights delay arrival of fall colors

    Sep 22, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] The arrival of fall colors is never easy to predict and this year has been no exception. Just when it appeared it might be an early fall color season, it seems as if the colors are in a holding pattern, as the bright reds and yellows haven’t appeared across the Gogebic Range. Rainfall and air temperatures are key factors during color season. Colleen Matula, a silviculturist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in Ashland, told Wisconsin Public Radio, “As a state, we’ve been encou...

  • Mercer man sentenced to prison

    Sep 22, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A Mercer, Wis., man was sentenced to four years in prison on drug and counterfeiting charges in Iron County Court Thursday. Anthony J. Hangartner, 27, was sentenced to four years in prison and three years of extended supervision to be served after his release from prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver — a Class E felony in Wisconsin. He was also sentenced to two years in prison and one year extended supervision for one count of forgery. In a related case, Han...

  • Former cop, author visits Ironwood Carnegie Library

    Sep 22, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Carnegie Library in Ironwood hosted first-time novelist Roger Hinterthuer Thursday afternoon. Hinterthuer's first book, "Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied," which he said is regular District Attorney speak, details his and others' work to solve a crime ring operated by the Outlaws, a 1 percenter biker gang. The 1 percenters claim their moniker as the bad 1 percent of bikers, compared to the good 99 percent who populate motorcycle...

  • Community calendar

    Sep 22, 2017

    Friday, Sept. 22 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. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, Sept. 23... Full story

  • Janet Marie Mussatti

    Sep 22, 2017

    OSKALOOSA, Iowa - Janet Marie Mussatti, 73, of Bessemer, Mich., passed away Sunday morning, Sept. 17, 2017, at the Mahaska Health Partnership Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Janet was born on Oct. 30, 1943, in Marenisco, Mich., a daughter of Leslie Edward and Pearl Marie (Hebert) Havenor. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in Marenisco in 1962. Following high school, Janet attended beauty school in Duluth, Minn. On a trip to visit her brother in Milwaukee, she met a friend of her... Full story

  • Jane C. Abelman

    Sep 22, 2017

    DULUTH, Minn. - Jane C. Abelman, 72, passed away Tuesday morning, Sept. 19, 2017, at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. Jane was the daughter of Joseph and Edna Abelman. She graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer and Northern Michigan University. A speech pathologist and teacher of special needs children, Jane was employed by the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District, Trade Winds Rehabilitation Center and the Northwest Indiana Special Education Co-op. Jan... Full story