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  • Signed easement paves way for opening of Copper Peak trail system

    Mar 11, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Copper Peak Board of Directors approved an easement Wednesday with the Sisu Dirt Crew, opening up a recently constructed trail system on the hill to public use this season. While the trails are currently closed through spring melt to prevent damage, Dirt Crew secretary Paul Anderson said the easement allows the trails to open later this season for biking, hiking and other non-motorized activities. "As soon as they're dry,...

  • Local Girl Scouts part of a larger international mission

    Mar 11, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] More than 100 years ago, Juliette Gordon "Daisy" Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts, organized the first troop on March 12, 1912, in Savannah, Ga. The mission of the Girl Scouts has remained the same since then - "to build girls of courage, confidence, and character that make the world a better place." The Girls Scouts of the USA received its official charter from Congress on March 16, 1950. According to the Girl Scouts' website, the Girl Scouts...

  • City commission sets Monday hearing on playground grant

    Mar 11, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — A 5:25 p.m. Monday public hearing on a grant application for a playground will precede the regular Ironwood City Commission meeting. The purpose of the hearing is to receive comments on a Michigan Department of Natural Resources Recreational Passport grant application being submitted for the construction of a North Lowell Street Playground on the corner of North Lowell Street and East Midland Avenue. The application will then be acted on by the commission during its regular meeting. The comm...

  • Community calendar

    Mar 11, 2017

    Saturday, March 11 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, March 12 Story Time, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, March 13 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity d... Full story

  • James 'Jim' Edward Arasim

    Mar 11, 2017

    LONE PINE, Calif. - James "Jim" Edward Arasim, 85, of Big Pine, Calif., passed away Monday night, March 6, 2017, at Southern Inyo Hospital in Lone Pine. Jim was born Jan. 7, 1932, to the late Vincent William Arasim and Praxeda (Walkowski) Arasim in Ironwood, Mich. Upon graduation from high school, Jim enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War. After his discharge in 1955, he met Betty Ann Rondeau and they married in 1957 in Ironwood. Jim graduated from Michigan Technology University... Full story

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