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Articles from the December 29, 2015 edition


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  • Ironwood Carnegie Library hosts winter nature program

    Dec 29, 2015

    By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - With winter-like weather finally upon us, naturalist Licia Johnson, of the North Lakeland Discovery Center, taught area children about snowflakes at Ironwood Carnegie Library Monday afternoon. To begin her winter nature program, Johnson asked the children gathered around her what snowflakes are and how the flakes are formed. "Snowflakes are formed when rain falls and it gets cold enough for it to be ice," said Jayla Finco, 5, of Ironwood.... Full story

  • Varied thrush, wintering hawk turn up in Gogebic Range

    Dec 29, 2015

    By JERRY EDDE for the Daily Globe "We were heading south on Lake Road when my wife shouted, 'That looked like a turkey! No, really, I think that was a turkey. Stop and go back." I quickly checked the rear-view mirror for following traffic and the little SUV slid to a stop with the anti-locking braking system pumping furiously. A quick turnaround and I was soon looking at a front porch that was sort of an elevated deck. "No," I said, "That wasn't a turkey. It was seven turkeys and it looks like... Full story

  • Snowmobiler jailed after Sunday crash

    Dec 29, 2015

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — A 28-year-old Illinois man was incarcerated in the Gogebic County Jail at Bessemer Sunday after crashing a snowmobile in Ironwood. According to Ironwood Public Safety Department reports, Denis Walsh, of Maple Park, was arrested for operating while intoxicated (third offense), driving while his operator’s license was suspended and refusing to take an alcohol breath test. Bond was set at $25,000 in Gogebic County District Court, subject to posting 10 percent to be released. According to office... Full story

  • Community Calendar

    Dec 29, 2015

    Tuesday, Dec. 29 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Tacconelli’s. Government Finance, Budgeting and Auditing Committee, 3:30 p.m., courthouse, Bessemer. Gogebic County Board, 5 p.m., county courthouse, Bessemer. Wednesday, Dec. 30 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, I... Full story