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Articles from the September 22, 2015 edition


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  • Hurley K-12 count down 15 students

    Ralph Ansami|Sep 22, 2015

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - Hurley School District Administrator Chris Patritto discussed the ramifications of a drop in student enrollment of 15 students with the school board on Monday. Patritto told the school board the third Friday K-12 count was conducted last week and it registered 589 students. The district adds on the equivalency of four full-time students from the summer school count for a total of 593. He said he expected the decline. Patritto projects a...

  • Ironwood dog, mailman form special relationship

    Tom Stankard|Sep 22, 2015

    By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - Shaun Munn and Ted are best friends. Four years ago, Michelle Kennedy, of Ironwood, got a golden labrador named Ted to help her son, Josh, after he had a stroke when he was 15 years old. To assist Josh, Kennedy said she trained Ted to get the mail. Around 2 p.m. every day, Ted paces next to the front door, waiting to get the mail from Shaun Munn, the mailman. As Munn pulls up to Kennedy's house in his postal truck, Ted runs to him. Munn put...

  • Still no playground for LLW 3-6 graders

    Richard Jenkins|Sep 22, 2015

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — Even though it was expected before the start of the school year, the playground equipment intended for the Ironwood Area School’s third through sixth graders has yet to be delivered to the district — an issue brought up during the public comment portion of Monday’s Board of Education meeting. “I’m just kind of wondering if the board — on the record — can tell me when, where, what’s the plan,” Jeff Ramme asked the board after recounting how the installation of playground equipmen...

  • Community Calendar

    Sep 22, 2015

    Tuesday, Sept. 22 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer (Wis.) Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Hurley VFW Post 1580 special meeting, 6 p.m., Hurley VFW. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Local Roads Improvement Program, 10 a....

  • Shirley L. McDonald

    Sep 22, 2015

    HURLEY - Shirley L. McDonald, 94, of Ironwood, Mich., died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, with her family by her side. The former Shirley Van Stratum was born Dec. 6, 1920, in Hurley, daughter of the late Dr. Byron and Ruth (Goodman) Van Stratum. She attended St. Ambrose Catholic Grade School in Ironwood through the eighth grade and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1938. She then graduated from Ironwood Junior College (now...

  • Suzanne Louise Rea

    Sep 22, 2015

    BLACK RIVER, Mich. - Suzanne Louise Rea, 68, formerly of Bruce Crossing, died at home Thursday morning, Sept. 17, 2015, lovingly cared for by her older daughter. Suzanne was born Nov. 29, 1946, in Ontonagon, daughter of the late John Darwin and Marjorie (McGinty) Rea. She attended local schools in Trout Creek, Hillman and Iron River. She was baptized at St. Anthony Church in Trout Creek, and confirmed at St. Agnes Church in Iron River. From 1966 until 1981, she was married to Dennis Brown; they...