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Articles from the May 6, 2015 edition


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  • Red Devils sweep home doubleheader against Bayfield

    Pat Krause|May 6, 2015

    IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Red Devils swept both ends of a doubleheader from Bayfield on Tuesday at Lorenson Field. Ironwood took game one 20-10 and downed the Trollers in the nightcap 15-4. Game One Ironwood 20, Bayfield 10 Ironwood scored 11 runs in the sixth inning to double up Bayfield 20-10 in the first game of a doubleheader at Longyear Field on Tuesday. The game ended on the 10-run mercy rule. Scoring three runs in the top of the sixth inning, Bayfield had taken a 10-9 lead. But the Red... Full story

  • Wakefield-Marenisco district voters approve bus millage

    Richard Jenkins|May 6, 2015

    WAKEFIELD - By a margin of just 58 votes, voters within the boundaries of the Wakefield-Marenisco School District approved the district's request for a 0.6 mill increase to fund the purchase of new school buses for the district. A total of 518 votes were cast on the matter with 288, or 55.6 percent, voting for the increase and 230 voters, or 44.4 percent, voting against the millage. A majority of voters in the Marenisco and Bessemer Township precincts that are within the district's boundaries... Full story

  • First quarter of 2015 posts cold weather

    May 6, 2015

    IRONWOOD — April turned out to be an average month, weather-wise, in Ironwood, but the yearly mean temperature is down. According to figures compiled at the National Weather Service office in Marquette, the average April temperature in Ironwood was 39.8 degrees, compared to the long-term average of 39.3. The highest average on record is 50.3 degrees in 1915, while the lowest was 30.2 in 1907. For 2015, the average temperature for the first four months was 19.8 degrees, well below the long-term average of 22.8 degrees. Precipitation was down... Full story

  • Community Calendar

    May 6, 2015

    Wednesday, May 6 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Iron County Extension Education Committee, 9 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, 300 Taconite Street, Hurley. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., Mercer (Wis.) Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer (Wis.) Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Ironwood Carnegie Library, 6:30 p.m., story bearing... Full story

  • Earl A. Louze

    May 6, 2015

    WAUSAU, Wis. - Earl A. Louze, age 94, of Wausau, died Wednesday April 15, 2015. Earl was born in 1920 in Thief River Falls, Minn., to the late Arthur and Mary (Schalz) Louze. Earl attended Wausau Technical School, where he studied drafting and printing. He served in the Army in the 6th Calvary Recon Group from 1942-1945, and fought in New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II. Earl worked as a truck driver for Marathon Battery, Wausau Homes, and Hoffer Paint, where he retired at the age... Full story

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