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Articles from the October 18, 2016 edition


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  • Community Calendar

    Oct 18, 2016

    Tuesday, Oct. 18 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Blood Pressure Screening, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., with Regional Hospice nurses, Mill Street Garden, Bessemer. 906-663-0308. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon,... Full story

  • Trout survive summer in Bluff Valley Pond

    Oct 18, 2016

    BESSEMER - Bessemer High School students recently netted the pond at Bluff Valley Park to survey fish numbers as part of their hands-on outdoor curriculum.  According to A.D. Johnston teacher Dave Rowe, the netting is a cooperative learning opportunity made possible through the efforts of Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries technician Mark Mylchreest and Roger Greil, aquatic lab manager at Lake Superior State University.   "The netting and possible development of the pond was...

  • Stanley J. 'Honey' Traczyk

    Oct 18, 2016

    HURLEY, Wis. - Stanley J. "Honey" Traczyk, 88, of Hurley, died at home on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. Born on May 8, 1928, in Hurley, he was the son of the late Joseph and Mary (Renaiwicz) Traczyk. He was affectionately given the nickname "Honey" by his oldest sister, Clara, when he was a young child. The seventh of nine children, he attended school in Hurley. He served in the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1948, stationed in Japan with the Occupational Forces. Following his military service, he spent 40... Full story

  • Ironwood approves golf team on trial basis

    Oct 18, 2016

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Schools has a golf team again, at least for this upcoming season, after the district’s board of education approved restarting the golf team on a one year trial basis Monday. The vote to restart the team passed by a vote of 4 to 3, with board President Steve Thomas, Marilyn Nezworski and LeRoy Johnson voting no. Athletic Director Gordon Erickson advised against restarting the team, saying the district couldn’t financially support another team and the district’s s...

  • STUDENT OF THE MONTH

    Oct 18, 2016

  • Ontonagon board stresses need for millage, buses

    Oct 18, 2016

    By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — Bob Graham, the Ontonagon Area School District’s head mechanic, stressed to the school board Monday the importance of passing the bus millage vote November 8. Graham was replying to a question from board members on the cost of recent expenses for bus repairs. The mechanic said the fleet is plagued with badly rusted undersides on the old fleet and added that inspectors have already failed the 2002 bus, preventing its use. He added the 2006 bus has 176,000 mileage, 2005-190,000; 2004- 200,000...

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