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Articles from the October 24, 2015 edition


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  • Miners wrap up season with win over Red Devils

    Pat Krause|Oct 24, 2015

    IRONWOOD - Ironwood saved its best game for last, but the Red Devils still were upended by Gogebic 28-0 in a combination rivalry/homecoming/parent's night season finale held on rain-soaked Friday night. The Miners had been a mystery team this season. They won their first game of the year, lost their next six in a row and then beat a decent Houghton team 38-18 last week. "It has really been an up-and down season," Gogebic coach Mark Movrich said. "We had some kids injured, played some real good... Full story

  • A survivor's journey

    Kelsey Hansen|Oct 24, 2015

    HURLEY - Joanne Bruneau's breast cancer diagnosis started with her typical mammogram at the end of February. About a week later, she was called back to Aspirus Grand View Hospital for a second mammogram as the doctors thought they noticed something in the right breast. Her second mammogram included an ultrasound, which confirmed she did have something there. "You're in total shock at first," she said. "I had my daughter come with me at first because she knew what questions to ask and she was a... Full story

  • Cloverland Drive opens Monday

    Tom Stankard|Oct 24, 2015

    IRONWOOD — Motorists on Cloverland Drive might have noticed construction is nearly done in the second year of a total rebuild of U.S. 2 through the city. In April, plans were outlined for the last mile of the construction project, spanning Curry Street to Roosevelt Street, widening the old 11-foot lanes by a foot. Beginning in May, construction crews upgraded utilities, sidewalks and assembled a center left-turn lane at the Lake Street signal. Hebert Construction, of Iron River, was the lowest bidder for general construction at $5,299,270. The... Full story

  • Community Calendar

    Oct 24, 2015

    Saturday, Oct. 24 Story Time, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Oct. 25 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Bessemer Township Fourth of July Committee, 6:30 p.m., Ramsay Fire Hall. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org.... Full story

  • Ramona Marie (Demski) List

    Oct 24, 2015

    MILLINGTON, Mich. - Ramona Marie (Demski) List, 65, of Millington, passed away peacefully during the late morning at her home on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. Mona was born at the former St. Joseph's Hospital in Flint on Sept. 19, 1950. She married Frederick John List on May 16, 1970, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Millington. Together, they raised four children. She began her career as a nursing assistant at a state-run nursing home in Caro, owned a successful business, Clothes Depot, in... Full story