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Articles from the November 27, 2017 edition


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  • 4-H members hold fundraiser at Gurney Community Center

    Nov 27, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] GURNEY - On a Saturday morning as the crisp air returned to Northern Wisconsin, nine members of the 4-H comprised of youngsters from Gurney, Saxon, and Hurley brought pies and BBQ to the Gurney Community Center for a pie social. Beyond the food, Santa Claus arrived via firetruck instead of a sleigh to give each Saxon and Gurney kid their own present. Horsepower is capable of bringing Santa through when there is no fog. The Gurney Golden Gopher 4-H...

  • Neighbor to Neighbor supplies needed items at no charge

    Nov 27, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - About five years ago, according to Dan Schwanke, his wife, Kitty, had an idea to open a second-hand store where people could donate their gently used clothing, kitchen, or household goods and pass them on to another person or family in need. Schwanke said, "If you need something, come and get it." The hours for the Neighbor to Neighbor Free Store are Saturdays from 10-2 p.m., but Schwanke said they open the store for people outside of...

  • Author with local ties to speak at Ironwood Carnegie Library

    Nov 27, 2017

    IRONWOOD — Motivational Speaker and Author Allison Liddle will discuss her new book, Life Under Construction: Designing a Life You Love on Thursday evening at 6 p.m. at the Ironwood Carnegie Library. The public is invited to attend. Liddle’s non-fiction book uses her own life-under-construction story to offer insight into achieving personal and professional dreams and goals. An entrepreneur, Liddle began her first business at age twenty three and has gone on to found a national, award winning financial planning firm featured in many nat...

  • Community calendar

    Nov 27, 2017

    Monday, Nov. 27 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Finnish Women’s Auxiliary, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Iron County Mobile Food Pantry, noon – 1:30 p.m., Iron County Recycling/Iron County Forestry Parking Lot, 606-607 3rd Avenue North, Hurley. 715-561-2695. Chess Club, 4 p.m., Grades 4 and up, Ironwood Carnegie Library. Overeaters Anonymous, 5 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p... Full story

  • Susan Lynn 'Susy' Lammer

    Nov 27, 2017

    ASHLAND, Wis. - Susan Lynn "Susy" Lammer, 63, of Hurley, Wis., went to her heavenly home after a courageous battle with cancer on Monday morning, Nov. 13, 2017, at Ashland Health & Rehabilitation Center in Ashland. She was born in Chicago, Ill., on April 26, 1954, to the late Martin A. and Henrietta M. (Hepp) Lammer. They moved to the Hurley area in the 1960s and settled in Gile. After her parents' deaths, Susy moved into the Maple Leaf Group Home and then eventually got her own apartment in... Full story