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Articles from the July 1, 2019 edition


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  • Community calendar

    Jul 1, 2019

    Monday, July 1 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Story Time-The Wonky Donkey, 1 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Sports Hall of Fame, 6 p.m., Luther L. Wright K-12 School, room 205. MECCA Ski Club, 6 p.m., MECCA cabin near the treatment facility, Mercer,... Full story

  • Residents meet with reps' in Wakefield

    Jul 1, 2019

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] WAKEFIELD - There were some serious questions from around 35 residents of the western Upper Peninsula who gathered at the Wakefield VFW Post 9084 for a meet and greet event with three area legislators. U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet; state Sen. Ed. McBroom, R-Vulcan, and state Rep. Greg Markkanen, R-Hancock, spoke briefly and fielded questions and comments for around two hours. All three said there is no substitute to meeting face-to-face...

  • Parents, kids appreciate theater camp, play

    Jul 1, 2019

    By STEVE NEWMAN [email protected] IRONWOOD - Liam Schoeller was pleased with the performance he and other area children put on Saturday as Prairie Fire Children's Theatre put on the play "Sleeping Beauty" at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. When asked how he felt during the play, he simply said, "Nervous." "I don't think they missed a line," he said of the afternoon performance. "It amazes me." The annual theater camp for kids is, for him a "highlight of the summer." The group of campers...

  • ATV-motorcycle crash victim airlifted

    Jul 1, 2019

    BESSEMER — An all terrain vehicle-motorcycle crash in Bessemer on Saturday resulted in injury, according to law enforcement officials. The crash occurred at around 4:17 p.m. when a 55-year-old motorcyclist traveling on Black River Road, struck a side-by-side ATV that was turning left into a driveway, according to Michigan State Police. The motorcyclist was evacuated by air ambulance to Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth. The crash is under investigation and an accident investigator was called to the scene, according to Mic...