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Articles from the August 18, 2021 edition


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  • Ironwood to hold meeting on masks

    Zachary Marano|Aug 18, 2021

    IRONWOOD — With their children planning to start classes next week, concerned parents attended the regular Ironwood board of education meeting at Luther L. Wright High School on Monday in large numbers. During the start of the meeting, when citizens are permitted to address the board about items on the agenda, some parents expressed their fears about sending their children back to school without masks being required for all students. Others threatened to withdraw their students if the school required masks. Travis Powell, the school s...

  • No mask mandate at Hurley school

    Tom LaVenture|Aug 18, 2021

    HURLEY — The Hurley School Board modified its back-to-school policy concerning coronavirus contact quarantines on Monday, but will continue optional rather than mandated face coverings to start the fall semester. The school board 5-0 approved adopting the current recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding close contact with persons exposed to COVID-19 positive persons. Going forward, the policy requires vaccinated individuals to be monitored for symptoms and tested in three to five days after exposure, a...

  • Motorcyclist injured in Hurley crash

    Tom LaVenture|Aug 18, 2021

    HURLEY - A 74-year-old Marquette area woman was injured Monday following a crash with a pickup truck in Hurley. The crash occurred at approximately 3:21 p.m., when a pickup truck driving west on U.S. 2 attempted to make a left turn onto U.S. 51, according to information from Iron County Sheriff Paul Samardich. The temporary intersection is part of a detour around the construction of a roundabout to be completed this fall. A sheriff's office deputy who was stopped on U.S. 51 while waiting to...

  • Donna Marie Merz

    Aug 18, 2021

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Donna Marie Merz passed away on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Wakefield. "Death is not extinguishing the light. It is putting out the lamp because the dawn has come." -Rabindranath Tagore Donna was born in Galena, Kansas, on Nov. 25, 1939, to Eula Marie (Kohl) and Lee Jackson. She married Jackson Edward Shuping Jr. and they had two children, Jackson (Peggy) Edward Shuping III and Cindy Lou (Joe) Brozzo. Jackson Jr. proceeded her in death. She married Joseph Martin Merz. They had tw... Full story

  • Olive A. Crane

    Aug 18, 2021

    WEST BEND, Wis. - Olive A. Crane (nee Mildren), of West Bend, died on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, at her home at New Perspectives at the age of 98 years. She was born on Nov. 1, 1922, in Ironwood, Michigan, to the late William and Nellie (nee Ryan) Mildren. As a young adult, she moved to Milwaukee with friends and family. During World War II, she worked as a welder at Allis Chalmers Super Chargers. Her work included fabricating parts for war machinery. In 1943, she met Clarence "Al" Crane in... Full story

  • Community Calendar

    Aug 18, 2021

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Aug. 18 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Marenisco Town Hall, 9:15-9:30 a.m; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 10-10:30 a.m.; Bruce Crossing, Stannard Township ballpark, 12:30-1 p.m. EDT. Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church,...