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  • Community Calendar

    Aug 30, 2016

    Tuesday, Aug. 30 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Ribbon Cutting marking completion of Ironwood street projects, 11:45 a.m., Norrie Park entrance. Followed by community picnic at park. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Ontonagon Resource...

  • Walker visits Saxon Harbor, announces planning grant

    Richard Jenkins|Aug 30, 2016

    SAXON, Wis - Gov. Scott Walker visited Saxon Harbor Monday, touring the cleanup effort and announcing Iron County has been awarded a Coastal Management grant to help the planning stage of the rebuilding process. "This grant will help get the harbor - and the community - back on its feet," Governor Walker said in a release. "Providing financial aid, like the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program Grant, is just one of the ways we're demonstrating our commitment to helping northwestern Wisconsin...

  • Classes begin at Gogebic Community College

    Tom Stankard|Aug 30, 2016

    IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College was filled with sounds and sights of students, faculty and staff on campus Monday for the first day of classes of the fall semester. The first day of school is "the highlight of the year," GCC president James Lorenson said. "The colleges exists because of our students," he said. "This looks like a great class of freshmen and we have a good number of returning students." Welcome signs featuring the school's forest green logo greeted students around campus and...

  • Marian L. Wasley

    Aug 30, 2016

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - Marian L. Wasley, 93, passed away in the loving arms of her husband, Tom, on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. Marian was born in San Coulee, Mont., on Jan. 28, 1923, to Ronald and Evelyn Guthrie. Her family lived in Duluth, Minn., before moving to Ironwood, where she graduated from Luther L. Wright High School with the Class of 1941. After high school graduation, she worked at Bendix Corporation in Wayne. She eventually moved back to Ironwood and married her high school sweetheart, Tom,...

  • Festival Italiano to celebrate Italian heritage Saturday

    Tom Stankard|Aug 30, 2016

    HURLEY — The Italian heritage of Iron County will be celebrated during Festival Italiano Saturday in downtown Hurley. The festival kicks off early with a new event, the two-mile “Dago Dash” at 8 a.m. Folks can pick up forms at the Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce office. Chamber director Rita Franzoi said all proceeds from the dash will benefit the Hurley cross country teams. Another new event will be a “Human Foosball” tournament, beginning at 10 a.m. Franzoi said the event “should be good for lots of laughs, whether playing or just watchi...