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Articles from the September 26, 2017 edition


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  • AmeriCorps volunteers build trail in Upson

    Sep 26, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] UPSON, Wis. - An AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps team has been hard at work the last few weeks building a spur trail off the North Country National Scenic Trail to an overlook above Upson Lake. The eight-person team - comprised of team leader Aliza Mendelowitz; along with Joy Graves, Kim Snyder, Chris Watt, Ashli Hollis, Regina Guan, Ramion Smith and Levi Breier - arrived in Iron County in mid-September and have been working with the...

  • Two high readings set for Ironwood

    Sep 26, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Two high temperature records were set in Ironwood on a weekend to remember on the Gogebic Range. Highs of 86 degrees were recorded for both Saturday and Sunday at the Gogebic-Iron Wastewater Treatment Plant off Cloverland Drive. The readings are taken for 24-hour periods to 7 a.m. for the National Weather Service, so the record highs will be officially listed for Sunday and Monday. Beaches on Lake Superior filled on Sunday as people got...

  • HIT roof work funded by city commissioners

    Sep 26, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — Historic Ironwood Theatre Managing Director Bruce Greenhill said roof repairs on the downtown theater building may begin this fall after the city commission on Monday pledged financial support for the project. The commission agreed in a 5-0 vote to pay around $60,000 for the project to be repaid through a lease agreement for the $100,000 repair project. Greenhill said the approval will likely get the project on the schedule for late October for Nasi Construction. HIT will repay $1,000 a m...

  • Community calendar

    Sep 26, 2017

    Tuesday, Sept. 26 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. 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. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Life Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Woodland Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episc...

  • Earl J. 'Jello' Brackett

    Sep 26, 2017

    PENCE, Wis. - Earl J. "Jello" Brackett, 91, lifelong Pence resident, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, peacefully at his home. He was born June 11, 1926, in Pence, to the late John Brackett and Helmi Mandelin Brackett. He attended the Pence school from grades K-8 and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley. He then served in the U.S. Army and spent two years in Europe during World War II. After the war, he worked at the Montreal Mine for a year before going into business with his...