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Articles from the June 22, 2021 edition


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  • Snake Hunt tourney draws 56 fishermen to Gile Flowage

    Jun 22, 2021

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] GILE, Wis. - Saturday's Snake Hunt Fishing Tournament drew 28 boats and 56 registrants and resulted with five pairs winning in overall inches of up to 10 fish. Two men split the honor of catching the longest single fish. Operating out of the County C boat launch on the Gile Flowage, the contest accepted only northern pike, according to Curt Myers, who was manning the measuring table, where his wife, Terry, was recording inches measured by Mark Radovich....

  • Ironwood Library to host book talk

    Jun 22, 2021

    By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Carnegie Library is hosting a book talk at 6 p.m. this evening, via Zoom, with up and coming author Maxwell Hurley. Hurley, an Ironwood native, published the first two books in his young adult series “LIT” this year, and will be discussing the first book of the series along with his writing process, said library director Lynn Wiercinski. “LIT: The Dark Ignites” was released in February and is the first in Hurley’s young adult series that lean toward more mature themes and...

  • Community Calendar

    Jun 22, 2021

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, June 22 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. A...

  • Clinton John Palmquist

    Jun 22, 2021

    SAN ANTONIO, Texas - On Monday, May 31, 2021, Clinton John Palmquist was killed at the age of 45 by a drunk driver. Clint was born on April 18, 1976 in Ironwood, Michigan. He was married to Tiffany Campbell and has a daughter, Celeste Palmquist, from a previous marriage. Clint enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1997, eventually becoming a signals intelligence warrant officer in 2004. His insatiable appetite for learning how things worked, fixing problems and mentoring others made him an exemplary memb...