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Articles from the April 27, 2017 edition


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  • Ice storm knocks out power, closes schools

    Apr 27, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] An ice and snow storm swept through parts of northern Wisconsin and the western Upper Peninsula Tuesday evening, causing scattered power outages through Wednesday. The cold, wet weather was expected to continue through tonight. The Superior and Bayfield areas started getting snow or freezing rainfall Tuesday night. Rain turned to ice on the trees across the Gogebic Range by Wednesday morning as the thermometer hung around 32 degrees. The snow and...

  • Robotics team travels to St. Louis

    Apr 27, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] The first year Gogebic Range (Hurley-Bessemer) Robotics Team left Tuesday at midnight for the robotics championships in St. Louis. According to Van Hill, the team’s schedule is packed, with very little time not dedicated to the competition, but they do have one scheduled non-robotics event planned. The team carved out time Friday to catch the St. Louis Cardinals host the Cincinnati Reds, weather permitting. The qualification match schedule for the team, going by number 6613, in the Curie Division i...

  • Annual Entrepreneurial Event at Gogebic Community College

    Apr 27, 2017

    IRONWOOD - The Entrepreneurial Center for Innovation and Development at Gogebic Community College will host Olympic Gold Medalist Billy Demong. He is executive director for USA Nordic Sports. Demong will be in Ironwood on Wednesday, May 3, to provide multiple programs to the Gogebic Range. He grew up in the Adirondack Mountains and began ski jumping in the Lake Placid Ski Club. A cross country skier as soon as he could walk, he added the longer skis when he was 8 and fell in love with the sport...

  • Community calendar

    Apr 27, 2017

    Thursday, April 27 Cuddlebugs Story Time, 9:30 a.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, 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. Special Story Time with Mrs. Petersen’s Class, 12:30 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. P...

  • Shannon T. Green

    Apr 27, 2017

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Shannon T. Green, 43, of Grand Rapids, formerly of Wakefield, entered eternal life Monday, April 24, 2017. Shannon was born on Dec. 18, 1973, at Grand View Hospital in Bessemer Township, the beloved daughter of Colleen A. (Burns) and Joseph W. Green Jr. She attended Wakefield High School and graduated in 1992. Shannon enrolled at Northern Michigan University and earned a bachelor's degree in communication. Shannon was employed as a claims adjuster for Farmers Insurance for...

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