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Articles from the June 26, 2015 edition


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  • 4-H Trailblazers explore great outdoors

    Richard Jenkins|Jun 26, 2015

    HURLEY - A group of Iron County kids cycled along County Road C to the Gile Flowage on Thursday to explore the shoreline before continuing on to Mount Zion in Ironwood Township as part of the county 4-H's Trailblazer program. The 4-H Trailblazer program is offered every Monday and Thursday through the end of June, according to Neil Klemme, the youth development agent with the University of Wisconsin's Iron County Extension Office. Each session generally begins around 9 a.m. and runs until...

  • 4th of July celebrations 'blast' off in Bessemer

    Richard Jenkins|Jun 26, 2015

    BESSEMER - Bessemer's 4th of July celebrations are set to begin today with the city's sixth annual Tree of Honor Lighting Ceremony at 7 p.m. in the pocket park on Sophie Street. Each year the ceremony plants a new tree to light as a way to honor those who served in the armed forces, explained Kathy Whitburn, secretary of the Bessemer 4th of July committee. "It's a way of honoring our veterans, past and present, for giving of their time and service to all of us," Whitburn said. "So we honor them...

  • Armed man reported in downtown Ironwood

    Jun 26, 2015

    IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Public Safety Department received a report of someone walking through the alley between Suffolk and Lowell streets with a long gun at 10:34 p.m. Wednesday, according to an IPSD report. The report indicates that the caller also reported hearing a single shot fired. The subject was described in the report as a medium-height male, wearing a dark shirt, jeans, hat, glasses and a pony tail. Officers from the IPSD, Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department and Michigan State Police responded to the scene but were unable to loc...

  • Community Calendar

    Jun 26, 2015

    Friday, June 26 Ironwood Chamber of Commerce, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Morning Brew, Little Critters Baby Boutique, Ironwood. 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. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 1 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon Village Housing, 100 Cane Court, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic...

  • Marianne K. Balduc

    Jun 26, 2015

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - Marianne K. Balduc, 85, of Ironwood, died Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at home, surrounded by her loving family. The former Marianne K. Skaja was born March 2, 1930, in Hurley, Wis., daughter of the late Edward and Anne (Antes) Skaja, and graduated from Hurley High School in 1948. She was married to Robert L. "Bud" Balduc on Sept. 11, 1948, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hurley. Together they shared 55 years of marriage and were blessed with 14 children. Bud preceded her in...

  • Victor 'Pete' Peterson

    Jun 26, 2015

    JACKSONVILLE, Ark. - Victor "Pete" Peterson, 76, retired U.S. Air Force of 20 Years, died on June 18, 2015, at his home in Jacksonville, following a long illness. He was born on April 24, 1938, to Victor W. Peterson and Edna May Green in Wakefield, Mich. He held two bachelor degrees from the University of Central Arkansas. He loved to travel and in his travels, he covered six continents and 49 states. He climbed Mt. Fuji and Mt. Ararat. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Victoria; three...