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Articles from the August 14, 2021 edition


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  • Gogebic County Fair kicks off judging

    Aug 14, 2021

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Hundreds of exposition entries were in place to take part in the centennial Gogebic County Fair through Sunday. The dozens of exposition categories categories in adult and youth classes allowed for friendly competition in traditional areas of food preservation, floriculture and plants, horticulture and culinary arts. There was quilting, needlework, knitting and crocheting, weaving, embroidery and creative areas of fine arts, photography...

  • Pumpkinfest canceled

    Aug 14, 2021

    By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer Pumpkinfest is once again canceled for this year, the committee announced Wednesday night. The festival which celebrates fall in the Upper Peninsula was originally scheduled for Sept. 24 -25, but according to Donna Frello, who chairs the committee, multiple variables such as construction and the ongoing pandemic forced their decision to cancel. Frello said the festival only lasts a day and a half, so if an event were to get curtailed because of “mud in the road” or “rest...

  • Community Calendar

    Aug 14, 2021

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Aug. 14 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Aug. 15 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I... Full story