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Articles from the September 4, 2018 edition


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  • Gogebic Range celebrates its Italian heritage

    Sep 4, 2018

    By JEAN NORDINE [email protected] HURLEY  - Hurley's Silver Street was closed to traffic Saturday as the people marked the city's annual Festival Italiano. The festival, sponsored by the Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce, celebrates all things Italian and the Gogebic Range's Italian heritage. Hundreds of people gathered on Silver Street to enjoy the fun - which included food booths, kid games, face painting, an arts and craft show, antique and flea market, 3-on-3 basketball and bags to...

  • Ontonagon Labor Day Parade welcomes SynSel

    Sep 4, 2018

    By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - The rains stopped in time Sunday for the 62nd annual Labor Day Festival parade in Ontonagon. The parade was a salute to SynSel Energy, which has announced it is building a bio-fuel plant in Ontonagon. The parade marshal was Tim Tawoda, the CEO of the company. Several of the large, home-built floats welcomed the company as well as celebrated the 175th birthday of the village of Ontonagon. The reputation of the community for its float building wowed...

  • Wakefield law enforcement torch run set for Saturday

    Sep 4, 2018

    WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield area Law Enforcement Torch Run will be held Saturday to raise money and awareness for the Special Olympics. Registration for the event starts at 10 a.m., with the run starting 10:45; starting and ending at the Michigan State Police post on Sunday Lake Street. “The Wakefield Community Run is an opportunity for law enforcement, corrections personnel and community members to run shoulder to shoulder, raising money and awareness for Special Olympics Michigan athletes,” a spokesman said in a news release. “It is one in...

  • Community calendar

    Sep 4, 2018

    Tuesday, Sept. 4 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Avenue tennis courts, if raining, Ironwood Memorial Building. Diabetes PATH Workshop, 9:30 a.m., Aspirus Ironwood Clinic Education Room. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Wakefield Seniors, noon, Wakefield Senior Center. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball... Full story