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Articles from the June 25, 2021 edition


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  • Construction to continue during Fourth of July week

    Jun 25, 2021

    By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - Highway construction will continue on through the Bessemer Blast holiday events, with approval from the Bessemer City Council on Monday. The city council 4-0 approved the request of the Michigan Department of Transportation to allow its contractors, James Peterson Sons, to continue work on U.S. 2 from Monday, June 28, through Wednesday, June 30, during the week of the Bessemer Blast. Council member Terry Kryshak was not present. "They would...

  • Wakefield raring to go with full Fourth of July schedule

    Jun 25, 2021

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — More than a week of celebration now begins in Wakefield with “Family, Friends, Freedom” as this year’s Fourth of July theme. The Matt Ahonen Memorial 24th Annual Softball Tournament begins today at 5 p.m. and continues at 9 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday at the softball field area on Cemetery Drive. Next Thursday, July 1, the Hometown Variety Show will be held at 6 p.m. at the Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School. The show will be held outside on the north side, facing Sunday Lake. In the eve...

  • Community Calendar

    Jun 25, 2021

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, June 25 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org....

  • John Edwin Nachtsheim

    Jun 25, 2021

    DRUMMOND, Wis. - John Edwin Nachtsheim passed away at home on June 20, 2021. John was born on April 21, 1940, in Minneapolis, to Edwin and Viola Nachtsheim. John attended school in the Robbinsdale, Minnesota, school system and graduated from Robbinsdale High School in 1958. He was an outstanding athlete, participating in football, basketball and track. He received numerous athletic honors while in high school. Following graduation, he attended the University of Colorado on a football...