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Articles from the October 10, 2020 edition


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  • GCC nursing students, GOISD CNA students teach kids to wash hands

    Oct 10, 2020

    By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - On their second day of school, elementary students at Luther L. Wright School received instruction from Gogebic Community College nursing students, along with students in the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District CNA program on how to properly wash their hands. "As part of the safe back-to-school plan we felt that it was important to do some education in terms of hand-washing, social distancing, and proper mask wearing," said Amanda... Full story

  • Locals await information on Michigan water infrastructure investment

    Oct 10, 2020

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] LANSING — Locals are waiting to see whether any of the $500 million for water infrastructure upgrades Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced last week will make it to the region. Whitmer called the MI Clean Water Plan a “significant investment after decades of underinvestment in Michigan’s infrastructure,” in her Oct. 1 announcement of the half a billion dollars in funding. “Since the first day I took office, I have made an unwavering commitment to ensuring that Michiganders have access to...

  • E-TC board learns about COVID-19 protocols

    Oct 10, 2020

    By JAN TUCKER [email protected] EWEN — Ewen-Trout Creek Superintendent Dave Radovich updated parents about continued protocols being taken by the school district to protect children and employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Radovich said the district will continue to follow its preparedness and response plan. In an email to parents, Radovich said: “All E-TC students, staff and visitors, must continue to wear masks, wash masks, wash hands and social distance each day, except masks may be taken off during lunch time. Our school will con...

  • Community Calendar

    Oct 10, 2020

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Oct. 10 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Oct. 11... Full story

  • Virginia Geraldine Zradicka

    Oct 10, 2020

    LINDENHURST, Ill. - Virginia Geraldine Zradicka (nee Lahti) passed away peacefully on Oct. 1, 2020, at the age of 91 in Lindenhurst. Virginia was born on Oct. 25, 1928, the first child of Agnes and Wilho Lahti. She grew up in Saxon, Wisconsin, surrounded by many members of her extended family. After graduating from Saxon High School in 1946, she moved to the Waukegan, Illinois, area in search of work. There, she met her future husband, James Zradicka. They married in 1948 and lived in the... Full story