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Articles from the January 24, 2020 edition


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  • Kids learn to ski at Mt. Zion

    Jan 24, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Area elementary students will soon join siblings and parents and sometimes grandparents in saying they learned to ski on the mild slopes of the conveniently located Mt. Zion. Gogebic Community College has operated a ski instruction program for elementary students ever since the school took over operation of the hill in 1968, said Jim Vander Spoel, director of the Ski Area Management Program and Mt. Zion Operations. Youth ski programs p...

  • Ironwood chamber recognizes community figures at annual banquet

    Jan 24, 2020

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The members of the Ironwood Chamber of Commerce gathered at the Aurora Club Tuesday to celebrate the contributions a chosen few make to the community at the chamber's annual awards banquet. "The 2020 Ironwood Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet was an outstanding success, both in terms of the number of chamber members that came - we had over 120 - as well for the true worthiness of the award winners," said chamber director Michael Meyer....

  • Ontonagon County Sheriff's Deparment heat inadequate

    Jan 24, 2020

    BY JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon County Board of Commissioners Tuesday learned that boilers at the Ontonagon County Sheriff Department do not meet the requirement to provide the heat necessary for the building. One boiler is down, Jeff Miller of Automated Comfort Controls told the board. He said the 35-year-old boiler is outdated and inefficient and there are some parts no longer made. The second boiler is also in bad shape. After a discussion, the board decided to accept the quote of $64,449 for two boilers that w...

  • Community calendar

    Jan 24, 2020

    Friday, Jan. 24 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. 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. 25 Union...