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  • Mercer events draw big crowds

    Jul 7, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - With so many Fourth of July events canceled in the area, the Mercer community hosted a large crowd Saturday for its Fourth of July parade and activities. Melissa Biszak, executive director of the Mercer Area Chamber of Commerce, said there were likely more people than usual but people were pretty spread out and not clustered in one area. "Everything went well," Biszak said. The day started early with the annual Run for a Vet... Full story

  • Ontonagon gets first COVID-19 case

    Jul 7, 2020

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HANCOCK — Ontonagon County has its first case of COVID-19, the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department announced over the weekend. Department officials said they were notified of the positive test late Friday night and are investigating whether others have had close contact with the individual. “We will be closely monitoring any individuals who may have had direct, personal contact with the identified case, such as household contacts,” the department’s health officer, Kate Beer, said in a relea...

  • Planning commission to consider light industry zoning

    Jul 7, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The city of Ironwood Planning Commission on Thursday directed community development staff to move forward with preparing a light industrial zone proposal to accommodate a local expansion. Burton Industries Inc. — a customized electronics manufacturer for original equipment manufacturers with its headquarters in Hazelhurst, Wisconsin, and the manufacturing division in the Ironwood Industrial Park — would like to expand into the former Lighthouse Church building at 777 E. Ayer Stree...

  • Community Calendar

    Jul 7, 2020

    Tuesday, July 7 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Wakefield Township Board, 5:30 p.m., township hall. Bessemer Planning Commission, 6 p.m., Council Chambers, City Hall, Bessemer. Wednesday, July 8 Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran... Full story

  • Carol E. Lahti

    Jul 7, 2020

    IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Carol E. Lahti, 81, of Ironwood Township, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2020. Carol was born on Jan. 10, 1939, in Bessemer Township, a daughter of Matt E. and Jennie M. (Wiitanen) Jarvi. She attended Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood and graduated in 1957. On March 16, 1963, Carol was united in marriage to Kenneth G. Lahti at the Apostolic Lutheran Church on Sutherland Street, in Ironwood. Carol worked as a housekeeper at Black River Lodge and worked at v... Full story