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Articles from the March 9, 2020 edition


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  • Michigan votes in Presidential Primary Tuesday

    Mar 9, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — Don’t forget that Tuesday is Presidential Primary Election Day in Michigan. All voting precincts in Gogebic County will have the same three ballots for each voter to choose from. Voters who choose either the Democratic ballot or Republican ballot will also have the 911 operational surcharge proposal question on each of them. Voters who do not wish to vote in the presidential primary have the option of choosing a separate 911 Operational surcharge proposal only ballot. “The Voter must...

  • Mercer woman qualifies as semifinalist in national quilting show

    Mar 9, 2020

    By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - Jane Zillmer from Mercer, is a semifinalist for the 2020 American Quilters Society's Quilt Week national show in Paducah, Kentucky, scheduled for April 22-25, at the Schroeder Expo and Carroll Convention Center. Zillmer has been chosen to display her quilt, Cathedral at Penn Quarter, along with 405 others in the 36th annual contest. Three quilting authorities will judge the show awarding first, second and third place prizes in 16...

  • GCC holds fundraiser for service-learning trip

    Mar 9, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER - With around $2,600 more to raise for a service-learning trip in May several staff and students of Gogebic Community College held a taco feed with raffles on Saturday. There is still room for around six more students or community members to participate in the third service learning program trip to Guatemala from May 15-24, 2020. There are around 14 members so far, said Janie Williams, the service learning trip coordinator at GCC. "I'm...

  • Community calendar

    Mar 9, 2020

    Monday, March 9 Men’s Bible study, 8 a.m., Bessemer Housing Community, community room, 906-667-0469. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Little Finland Board Meeting, 10 a.m., Kimball. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Aurora Club, 6 p.m. monthly membership, Aurora Club, Ironwood. Harbortown AA, 7... Full story