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Articles from the September 25, 2020 edition


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  • Water trail needs regional support

    Sep 25, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The fate of a proposed water trail project may be with city, county and state collaborations, according to discussion at the Downtown Ironwood Development Authority meeting on Thursday. The phased Montreal River Water Trail project would add shoreline features from Norrie Park to downtown. These would include canoe and kayak landings and fishing docks that are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. In his updates to the DIDA board, Tom Bergman, director of Ironwood C... Full story

  • Bessemer students return to class

    Sep 25, 2020

    By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — All fourth grade students were able to return to school on Thursday after a student in question tested negative for COVID-19. Students in one of the two fourth grade cohorts, along with their teacher and siblings, were sent home by the district after a student became ill with symptoms that could have potentially been COVID-19. Students in the elementary school are kept in cohort classes where they only interact with each-other and are isolated from other groups. As such, students are able t...

  • Seeing the views

    Sep 25, 2020

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  • Ironwood board approves administrative contracts

    Sep 25, 2020

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The board of education for the Ironwood Area Schools approved new contracts for several district administrative positions Monday, as well as a change to the master administrator contract. Ironwood Superintendent Travis Powell said the two-year contracts for the K-12 principal, business manager, supervisor of special education and board secretary are all the same terms as their current contracts. “We’re in the process of making some district-wide changes and continuous improvement, so wh...

  • Community Calendar

    Sep 25, 2020

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Sept. 25 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics... Full story

  • Jean Odetta (Gormley) Agrey

    Sep 25, 2020

    HURLEY, Wis. - Jean (Gormley) Agrey, 86, a lifelong resident of Hurley, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Jean was born on March 13, 1934, in Hurley, the oldest of 12 children to John and Ione (Nelson) Gormley. She attended school in Hurley. Jean is survived by a daughter, Carol Anderson, Brown Deer; two granddaughters, Ashley (John) Keenan and Megan (James) Jens, both of Milwaukee; a grandson, Jack Halter, Dallas, Texas; two great-grandsons, Jake Jens and Logan Keenen; five sisters, Phyllis... Full story