Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Articles from the July 22, 2019 edition


Sorted by date  Results 1 - 4 of 4

  • 64th annual art show grows with new talent

    Jul 22, 2019

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Range Art Association members said this year's 64th annual Art Show had an increase in entries, more new artists, high quality and a diversity of styles. "I thought the event went wonderfully," said Nancy Korpela, president. "There were a lot of new items and new techniques that the artists are using." In the Master Art Show category, Ken Drawz won Best of Show. Connie Greany won the Melba Rigoni Technical Award. The Award of Excellence was presented to artists Arlene Sarkela and Gerry...

  • Ironwood history honored in mining mural

    Jul 22, 2019

    By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - A couple dozen people gathered on Lowell Street Saturday morning for the Pabst Mine Mural dedication ceremony. The mural, drawn by local artist Dan Perotti, serves as a memorial for the over 1,100 men who lost their lives in mining accidents on the Gogebic Iron Range. "This is a representation of why our community is here," Annette Burchell, mayor of Ironwood said while adding, "This wonderful community was built on the hard backs and the...

  • 4-H campers rise above storm

    Jul 22, 2019

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BRUCE, Wis. - For the first time the annual Iron County Summer Youth Camp for kids going into fourth and sixth-grade was held at the historic Trail's End Camp in Rusk County, Wisconsin. The 146 acre camp is former logging land that was deeded to the Rusk County 4-H Club Committee in 1933, according to camp information. The camp expanded over the years and became a site for youth camping groups all around the state. It took some planning to run a...

  • Community calendar

    Jul 22, 2019

    Monday, July 22 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. Summer Exercise Class, 2 p.m., Mercer Community Center. 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. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Government Iron County Human... Full story