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  • A.D. Johnston celebrates holiday with Gong Show

    Dec 23, 2016

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer held a Christmas Gong Show Thursday afternoon. Blaine Pellinen and Lilly Wieringa were the primary student organizers of the event and recruited and signed 10 different acts for the show. Teachers Mark Movrich, Kim Saari and Tracy Rowe were judges. As the gymnasium filled, it became apparent the school was awash in Christmas spirit, with students wearing different holiday-themed sweaters and shirts....

  • Human Services board picks ADRC/aging candidate

    Dec 23, 2016

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — While the Iron County Human Services Board picked a candidate to offer the position of Aging and Disability Resource Center branch manager/aging manager on Wednesday, it made it clear Mark Marczak isn’t going anywhere. The Iron County Board of Supervisors voted last December to merge the Iron County Aging Unit and ADRC. According to information presented at the meeting, Marczak was missing a specific certification needed to oversee the ADRC portion of the job, hence the primary reason for...

  • Hurley students raise funds for Spanish class

    Dec 23, 2016

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] HURLEY - The Hurley K-12 school opened its doors and taste buds to some real Latin flavor Thursday. With tables set up in the small gym representing different countries and different meals, the school's Spanish 2 and 3 classes, as well as Advanced Placement students, came together to put on the annual Festival de Navidad. Around 45 kids were involved and teacher Natalie Patritto helped organized the event to motivate and challenge the kids to get...

  • Community Calendar

    Dec 23, 2016

    Friday, Dec. 23 Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, Dec. 24 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School...

  • Robert L. Blake

    Dec 23, 2016

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - Robert L. Blake, 58, of Ironwood, died peacefully Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 21, 2016, in his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born June 12, 1958, in Graceville, Minn., son of the late Bernard and Emma (Barringer) Blake, and graduated from high school in Ortonville, Minn., in 1976. He received a degree in airplane mechanics from Thief River Falls Community College, Thief River Falls, Minn., and moved to Ironwood in 1981, where he worked as a local mechanic. For the...

  • Marie R. Calligaro

    Dec 23, 2016

    HURLEY, Wis. — Marie R. Calligaro, 96, a lifelong Pence resident, died Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 21, 2016, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. The former Marie R. Kaseno was born Sept. 5, 1920, in Mellen, daughter of the late George and Anna (Turney) Kaseno, and attended Mellen schools. She was married to Alfred Stever in February 1937, in Mellen. He preceded her in death in October 1940. She then was married to William B. Calligaro on Dec. 26, 1943, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Montreal by the late Father K...

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