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  • Midgets start football practice with high hopes for season

    Jason Juno|Aug 5, 2015

    HURLEY - It felt like fall Tuesday morning. The air was cooler. And there was football. Thirty-eight Hurley Midgets took part in the first day of practice at the Hurley K-12 School. A couple of players weren't there Tuesday and the number of players is expected to hit approximately 40. "We wish we had a couple more freshmen and sophomores, but we have plenty of upperclassmen (about 26)," Hurley coach Scott Erickson said. It was a typical first day, he said. Some players were rusty. Coaches...

  • Concert raises donations for local food bank

    Tom Stankard|Aug 5, 2015

    IRONWOOD - Sounds of music filled Longyear Park as the Gogebic Range Concert Band performed on Tuesday evening. Sitting on lawn chairs and blankets, 30 people gathered at the park. People in attendance were encouraged to donate food items or money for the Iron County Food Bank. Before the concert started, people had donated 15 bags of food. Members of the Klassic Kruisers Car Club were in attendance. They displayed their classic cars. The Range Band performed songs from a variety of genres....

  • Local leaders meet with mine site owners to discuss future

    Richard Jenkins|Aug 5, 2015

    HURLEY — A group of local leaders met with representatives from La Pointe Iron Co., last week in Hurley to discuss the possible reception a renewed development of the mine site near Upson Wis., — by a company other than Gogebic Taconite — would receive in Iron County. According to Victor Ouimette, a member of the Iron County Board of Supervisors, the meeting was initiated by the company to feel out the local temperament regarding the possibility of a different company developing a mine. Among those at the meeting, according to Ouimette, were...

  • Community Calendar

    Aug 5, 2015

    Wednesday, Aug. 5 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. All Saints Lutheran Church, 9 a.m. to noon, Vacation Bible School, All Saints Lutheran Church, 1202 Putnam St., Wakefield. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, 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. Community Pickleball Pad...

  • Jane Marie Delimba

    Aug 5, 2015

    SHAUMBURG, Ill. — Jane Marie Delimba, 54, of Shaumberg, formerly of Ironwood, passed away after a brief illness at St. Alexius Hospital in Hoffman Estates, with her family and dear friends at her side. Jane is the daughter of Shirley and the late Frank Delimba. Jane is survived by her mother, Shirley; her four children, Christopher, Michelle, Monica and Michael; six grandchildren, Jaiden, Mason, Jhailyn, Zion, Jiselle and Marleigh. She is further survived by her siblings, George (Kathy), Kathleen and Frank (Maureen), and their families. Jane r...

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