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Articles from the August 5, 2019 edition


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  • Last Union soldier honored in Saxon

    Aug 5, 2019

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - A unique ceremony was held Saturday at the graveside of a Civil War veteran in Lake View Cemetery in Saxon. More than 100 people watched as five members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Old Abe Camp 8 post near Appleton, honored Chester Huntsinger, who passed away in 1914 as Iron County's last surviving Union veteran of the Civil War. Members of the area American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Vietnam...

  • Iron County Fair draws crowds

    Aug 5, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - The town of Saxon was the hot place to be this weekend as the Iron County Fair drew crowds from around the region. "(The fair) went really well. We were blessed with beautiful weather all three days," said Cortney Ofstad, the fair's marketing coordinator. "Our attendance Friday was excellent with our Five Dollars after Five promotion. We had great, great attendance yesterday - the carnival was as packed as I've ever seen it ... lots...

  • 'Music in the Park' huge success as trail fundraiser

    Aug 5, 2019

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — A Saturday evening “Music in the Park” event was a huge success next to Wakefield’s Sunday Lake, thanks to a light-hearted crowd of folks who enjoyed each other’s company, along with a live band and balmy temperatures. The Wakefield Chamber of Commerce sponsored the four-hour affair in Eddy Park as a fundraiser for the town’s Split Rock Trails that are just east of the park in the former Fink location. The band Flashback was stationed inside of the John Siira Pavilion, on the east side of the...

  • Community calendar

    Aug 5, 2019

    Monday, Aug. 5 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. 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, Wis. Erwin Community Club, 6:30 p.m., Erwin town hall....

  • Paula Ann Barbacovi

    Aug 5, 2019

    BESSEMER, Mich. - After a short battle with cancer, Paula Ann Barbacovi, 56, a longtime resident of Bessemer, died peacefully Friday afternoon, July 26, 2019, at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, Minn., with her loving family by her side. Paula was born on Sept. 27, 1962, in Bessemer Township, a daughter of Timothy Prospero and Patricia Kleimola. She graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley, Wis., with the class of 1980. Paula continued her education at Gogebic...