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Articles from the March 27, 2019 edition


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  • Community calendar

    Mar 27, 2019

    Wednesday, Mar. 27 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Cuddlebugs story time, 9:30 a.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer... Full story

  • GCC discusses visit from Higher Learning Commission

    Mar 27, 2019

    By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Gogebic Community College Board of Trustees discussed the upcoming April 15 visit from the Higher Learning Commission during its meeting on Tuesday. John Lupino, chairman of the board, said he thinks the college is doing “well.” “We’re looking at some of the concerns that they (HEC) had last time and we’re addressing them to the best of our ability,” he said. One of the issues HEC raised during its last visit was that assessments were not conducted universally, which resulted in d...

  • Township board hears roof options

    Mar 27, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees heard several options for repairing the damage to the township gym’s roof Monday, but needed more information before it could act. The township building’s gym has been closed to the public since two of the roof support beams cracked under the apparent weight of the snow load March 11. The lack of damage to the building’s exterior walls and construction of temporary support structu...

  • Wakefield-Marenisco board reinstates Life Skills course

    Mar 27, 2019

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield-Marenisco Board of Education voted Monday evening to reinstate a Life Skills course as an elective for students in grades 10, 11 and 12, beginning in the next school year. According to superintendent Jason Gustafson, the course will be similar to a home economics course offered by the school years ago, but the approach will be modernized. “We thought focusing more on the financials would be most useful,” said Gustafson, regar...