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Articles from the March 22, 2019 edition


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  • Community calendar

    Mar 22, 2019

    Friday, March 22 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. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m. 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,... Full story

  • Wakefield postal worker commended

    Mar 22, 2019

    By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] WAKEFIELD - When Wakefield postal worker Sandy Olson smelled a "awful" smell while delivering a package, she knew something was not quite right. "I didn't really think anything about it until I got out of my vehicle," she said. The smell was so bad, she said it almost made her puke. Once she discovered the source of the odor was a gas leak, Olson said she pounded on the door. Receiving no response, she checked the garage to see if the homeowner's...

  • Sheila Miriam Bria

    Mar 22, 2019

    HASTINGS, Minn. - Sheila Miriam Bria, 77, of Hastings, passed away surrounded by family on Friday, March 15, 2019, following a short battle with cancer. She was born Nov. 16, 1941, in Ironwood, Mich., to the late Syme and Martin Tammelin. On July 8, 1961, she was united in marriage to Donald John Bria. Sheila graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer, Mich., in 1959. Following their marriage, Sheila and Donald lived in Milwaukee, for nine years before moving back home to Michigan and... Full story

  • Tech on Tap touches on Ottawa Forest highlights

    Mar 22, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - This month's Tech and Science on Tap program Thursday at Cold Iron Brewing featured some of the best the Ottawa National Forest has to offer as wildlife biologist Brian Bogaczyk talked about some of the many recreational opportunities available in the forest. At roughly 1 million acres, the national forest covers parts of Gogebic, Ontonagon Iron, Houghton, Baraga and Marquette counties. After briefly talking about the popular scenic area...

  • Marenisco Township voters may decide marijuana issue

    Mar 22, 2019

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MARENISCO — Marenisco Township voters may decide the fate of potential enterprises relating to recreational marijuana. That’s what Marenisco supervisor Richard Bouvette said in a Thursday phone call with the Globe. “Once we get the ordinance together, all we have to do is put it on the ballot,” said Bouvette. “The people will decide whether we have marijuana.” If the issue is determined via an election, Marenisco will be unique in being the only city or township in Gogebic County, so far, to take that r...

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