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Articles from the October 7, 2021 edition


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  • Marijuana retailers prepare sites

    Oct 7, 2021

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Two companies that plan to open retail marijuana shops in Ironwood may soon start working on their facilities along Cloverland Drive. In the adult use marijuana establishments license application update to the Ironwood Economic Development Corporation on Wednesday, Tom Bergman, director of city community development, said the two applicants that were approved for retail marijuana establishment licenses are now moving forward with the construction phases of their respective projects. B...

  • Roundabout opens to traffic

    Oct 7, 2021

    By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY - The new roundabout at the intersection of U.S. 2 and U.S. 51 opened to traffic on Wednesday. Construction on the area around roundabout is scheduled to continue quietly until Oct. 28, according to project development engineer Kai Kilen from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Kilen said that the project has proceeded according to plan and that they are entering the last stage of construction on the roundabout. In the next three...

  • Douglas Kenneth Wuorinen

    Oct 7, 2021

    BURNSVILLE, Minn. - Douglas Kenneth Wuorinen, 60, of Burnsville, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. Douglas was born on June 23, 1961, in Wakefield, Michigan, the son of Kenneth and Beverly (Hill) Wuorinen. Doug attended Washington School in Bessemer, Michigan, until his family moved to Bloomington in August 1973. In Bloomington, he attended Olson Middle School and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School. He received several certificates for auto body repair, welding and...

  • Community Calendar

    Oct 7, 2021

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Oct. 7 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon,...