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Articles from the October 31, 2019 edition


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  • 3D mammography improves detection

    Oct 31, 2019

    By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD - All mammographies help detect breast cancer before it is big enough to feel and before symptoms are obvious, but the benefits of having a 3-dimensional mammography as opposed to having a 2-D image taken of the breast is a lot like having a CAT scan as opposed to an X-ray, said Aspirus Ironwood staff radiologist Dr. John Pietila, Wednesday in an interview with the Daily Globe. The technology is fairly new to Aspirus Ironwood with the hospital h...

  • OCF lagoon injunction denied

    Oct 31, 2019

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MARENISCO— Another blow occurred to Marenisco Township this week when it was refused an injunction from a state court to prevent the current process of filling in sewer lagoons at the former Ojibway Correctional Facility off of M-64. Township Supervisor Richard Bouvette reported the news late Tuesday evening, adding that he was not surprised by the action. “They’re almost done out there, so I guess it doesn’t really matter whether we get the injunction or not,” he said. Bouvette had said in prior con...

  • Winter is coming

    Oct 31, 2019

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  • Hurley man sentenced to prison

    Oct 31, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A Hurley man was sentenced to more than three years in prison in Iron County Court Tuesday. Andrew R. Zaleski, 39, was sentenced to a total of 3.5 years in prison for three felonies he pleaded no contest to in August. He was sentenced to two years in prison and two years of extended supervision for felony bail jumping, two years in prison and two years of extended supervision for false imprisonment and 18 months in prison and two years of extended supervision for stalking. Judge Gary Carls...

  • Community calendar

    Oct 31, 2019

    Thursday, Oct. 31 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. 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, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Bessemer Fun Frolic, 6 p.m., Washington elementary school. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley. area74.org. Friday, Nov. 1 Mercer Cribbage,... Full story

  • Arlene V. Maki

    Oct 31, 2019

    ASHLAND, Wis. - Arlene V. Maki, 88, of Oma, passed away on Oct. 28, 2019, at Court Manor Health Systems in Ashland. Arlene was born on June 16, 1931, in Oma, the daughter of Victor and Vera (Lahti) Saarnio. She attended Oma and Hurley Schools and graduated from Hurley High School with the class of 1949. She married Aaro Maki on April 13, 1956. He preceded her in death on June 30, 2016. Arlene enjoyed traveling, antiquing and visiting friends. She is survived by sons, Brian and Bruce (Clara) Maki... Full story