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Articles from the September 14, 2015 edition


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  • GCC hosts 2nd annual suicide prevention walk/run

    Kelsey Hansen|Sep 14, 2015

    By KELSEY HANSEN [email protected] IRONWOOD - The second annual "Break Through Silence Walk Through Pain" suicide awareness walk/run was held Saturday morning at the Lindquist Center at the Gogebic Community College. The event was hosted by the Range Suicide Prevention Council, a group that 'works towards the prevention of premature deaths due to suicide across the life span in our communities through coordinated community action.' According to a spokesperson, the event drew more than 100... Full story

  • Ironwood Fall cleanup day

    Tom Stankard|Sep 14, 2015

    By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - On a cold Saturday morning, Ironwood residents dropped off unwanted items for the annual Fall Cleanup Day. As the clock struck 8 a.m., Ironwood Mayor Kim Corcoran started to check people in on Ayer Street and directed car after car to one of two garbage trucks. In the lot next to Ironwood Dance Company, several volunteers picked up items from trailers, pickup trucks and trunks of cars to have them discarded into dumpsters provided by Eagle... Full story

  • UW Extension visits Sherman

    Richard Jenkins|Sep 14, 2015

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] SPRINGSTEAD, Wis. — Members of the University of Wisconsin’s Iron County Extension Office visited the Sherman Town Hall Thursday to meet residents and discuss programs the office offers. The goal was to establish relationships with residents and provide an opportunity for the Extension office to share what it was working on and how area residents could get involved. Representatives from the Price County Extension Office were also present, given the town’s proximity to the county line and the numbe... Full story

  • Community Calendar

    Sep 14, 2015

    Monday, Sept. 14 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, mothers, infants, and children, 9 a.m.-noon, 100 Mill St., Bessemer. 906-667-0283. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. National Finnish American Festival Inc board, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Gogebic Chapter of the Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel, 11 a.m., Tacconelli’s, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Wakefield S... Full story