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Articles from the April 6, 2018 edition


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  • Community calendar

    Apr 6, 2018

    Friday, April 6 Hurley School Blood Drive, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., elementary school gym, 715-561-4900, ext. 206 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. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30... Full story

  • Lorenson discusses retirement, life after GCC

    Apr 6, 2018

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — Outgoing Gogebic Community College President James Lorenson discussed his retirement Thursday, saying, “This was an unplanned career. I came to GCC as an opportunity to get back home and stayed 31 years.” The Lorenson family roots run deep in the area and Lorenson said he has no intention of leaving Ironwood. His parents and his wife’s family are here, they have children here and grandkids, only now he will have the time to spend with his family that he has not had as college preside...

  • Howard L. Halberg

    Apr 6, 2018

    MIDDLETOWN, Ohio - Howard Leslie Halberg, 68, passed away on March 28, 2018, at OSU Hospital in Columbus. Howie was born on March 4, 1950, to Ruth and Clarence Halberg, formerly of Wakefield. Howie is survived by his wife, Joanne (Lenatz); son, Alan (Katie, Evan, Henry, Logan), son, Steven, son, Kevin, daughter, Roni (Marty Meyer and Luci) and mother-in-law, Pauline Lenatz, as well as his siblings, Diane, Sandy, Jim, Dan, Roger, Julie, Linda and Randy. He was preceded in death by his parents,... Full story

  • Photography exhibit opening soon

    Apr 6, 2018

    IRONWOOD - The Downtown Art Place invites people to celebrate the Upper Peninsula at its photography exhibition. The exhibition opens on April 20. A reception and award ceremony, open to the public, is scheduled for April 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. Some of the photographers will be present and available to meet with the public. DAP officials are pleased with the "great response" received from photographers across the UP, as well as, the Lower Peninsula, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Tennessee....

  • Ice blows out at Saxon Harbor

    Apr 6, 2018

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] SAXON, Wis. — Slowly, but surely, there are a few signs that spring is arriving on Lake Superior. On Wednesday, the ice blew out of Saxon Harbor, ending a bang-up winter of ice fishing on the lake. It was mostly blue water out of the harbor as far as the eye could see, punctuated by numerous floating ice chunks, as of Thursday afternoon. During the height of the winter fishing season, it was not uncommon to see 30 or 40 trucks and trailers parked in the north lot at harbor, as anglers enjoyed p...

  • Mighty Montreal

    Apr 6, 2018

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