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Articles from the August 29, 2017 edition


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  • Ironwood holds Back to School event

    Aug 29, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - While it may have seemed to many the school year just ended, the Ironwood Area Schools held its second annual Back to School Fair in preparation for next week's first day of school. The event provided an opportunity for students and parents to take care of last minute business before classes start Tuesday, as well as a chance to check where various classrooms are. "We have schedule pick-up, and then we have a lot of our area...

  • Bessemer board receives $20,000

    Aug 29, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer Booster Club presented the Bessemer School Board with a check for $20,000 Monday evening. Bill Steiger, president of the booster club and two students Brayden Tomes and Kelsey Kitto, representing the Speedboy and Speedgirl athletics teams, held the giant check that is paying for side-baskets in the "House of Noise" for $15,000 and $5,000 for Massie Field refurbishment. SuperintendentDave Radovich said, "Massie Field is getting...

  • Minnesota woman arrested after man found dead in Ironwood

    Aug 29, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — A Minnesota woman was arrested Monday after the Ironwood Public Safety Department received a report of a possible drug overdose death in downtown Ironwood in the morning. According to an IPSD report, around 10:22 a.m. two officers and Beacon Ambulance were dispatched to 111 S. Suffolk St. by central dispatch. The initial report said an unresponsive male at the scene was not breathing. Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation was already initiated by someone at the residence, but “despite eve...

  • Community calendar

    Aug 29, 2017

    Tuesday, Aug. 29 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Hurley VFW Post 1580, 6 p.m., VFW post home. Life Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Woodland Church, Ironwood. Government Iron County Finance Committee,...

  • Julia M. Koski

    Aug 29, 2017

    EWEN, Mich. - Julia M. Koski, 63, of 769 W. Maple St., Apartment 1, Ewen, passed away on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, at The Lighthouse at Ishpeming Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was in the loving care of her family, staff members and the Upper Peninsula Home Health and Hospice at the time of her death. Julia was born Sept. 3, 1953, at home in Ewen, the daughter of John A. and Leah J. (Mikkola) Koski. Julia grew up in Ewen and was a graduate of the Ewen-Trout Creek High School Class of 1972....