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Articles from the January 3, 2020 edition


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  • Elite riders to compete at Snowmobile Olympus

    Jan 3, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - More than 200 of the best snowmobile racers in North America will be in Ironwood this weekend to show just how fast the stock and modified machines can go around the ice-covered oval track at the Gogebic County Fair Grounds. The Ironwood Snowmobile Olympus will be held Jan. 4-5, 2020 at the fairgrounds racetrack, 648 West Cloverland Drive. The event is one of six annual competitions that are sanctioned by the United States Snowmobile...

  • Fire! Fire!

    Jan 3, 2020

  • Fe University explores British Isle history

    Jan 3, 2020

    MERCER, Wis. — As the United Kingdom faces Brexit — an exit from the European Union — Fe University’s next course offering will explore nearly three quarters of a millenium of history of the British Isles. “The Making — and Unmaking — of the United Kingdom: 1283-present” will be taught by historian Mary Magray on three consecutive Wednesday mornings from Jan. 29 to Feb. 12 at the Mercer Community Center. “The United Kingdom is much in the news today because of the ongoing political crisis caused by Brexit — its 2016 vote to leave the European...

  • Minocqua announces temporary snowmobile routes

    Jan 3, 2020

    MINOCQUA, Wis. — The town of Minocqua announced temporary snowmobile routes Monday to allow riders to avoid unsafe ice conditions on area lakes. The routes are designed to allow visitors staying within town limits to access the snowmobile trails. Visitors staying at the Aqua Aire Motel, AmericInn and Best Western Plus Concord Inn can reach the Bearskin Trail by using Torpy Park and Lakeshore Drive. Once on the trail, riders can either go south on the Bearskin Trail or north to Doctor Pink Drive to access the trails on 70 West. Visitors s...

  • Community calendar

    Jan 3, 2020

    Friday, Jan. 3 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: Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, 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, Jan. 4 Union Station Food... Full story

  • Margaret 'Joyce' Bastman

    Jan 3, 2020

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - Margaret "Joyce" Bastman, 85, of Ironwood, passed away on Jan. 1, 2020, at home. Margaret was born on Nov. 16, 1934, in Ironwood, daughter of Enoch and Alberta (Dixon) Marander. She was raised in Ramsay and Ironwood attended Bessemer and Ironwood schools and graduated from A. D. Johnson High School with the Class of 1954. She was previously married to Red Jackson. She then married Jack C. Bastman Sr. on May 16, 1959, at the First Presbyterian Church in Hurley, Wis., and he... Full story