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Articles from the December 24, 2018 edition


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  • Family brightens holiday

    P.J. Glisson|Dec 24, 2018

    WAKEFIELD - The corner of Nunnemacher Street and Ascherman Avenue in Wakefield shines in the dark winter night with a host of lit snowmen, Santas, various Walt Disney characters and a full manger scene ready to warm spirits and spread Christmas cheer. The display directly west of the Wakefield Municipal Building is courtesy of Jason Gustafson, superintendent of the Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School. He and his wife, Stephanie, have two children: Alex, in tenth grade, and Katelyn, in eighth grade....

  • Alcohol ordinance, Xcel Energy easements on Ironwood agenda

    Ralph Ansami|Dec 24, 2018

    IRONWOOD — In a rare Wednesday session, the Ironwood City Commission will consider an alcohol ordinance and selling easements to Xcel Energy. The proposed alcohol ordinance will be introduced and then scheduled for a public hearing on Jan. 21 at 5:20 p.m. An issue surfaced last summer under former Ironwood Public Safety Department director Greg Klecker when a beer was being consumed and was dumped out in Depot Park during a volleyball game. Under the ordinance, no one may possess an open container of an alcoholic beverage on a public h...

  • Eddes follow the call of the Christmas bird count

    Steve Newman|Dec 24, 2018

    IRONWOOD — Jerry and Christy Edde were out driving around the area Saturday looking for bird of this feather and that as part of the annual area bird count, held on a weekend near Christmas every year. They took to the road around 7 a.m. and talked about their annual tradition. They made it their mission to drive up and down the roads of Wakefield, Ramsay, Plymouth Location, Bessemer, Ironwood and Hurley to survey the bird life for the annual Gogebic Range pre-Christmas Bird Count. They estimated that they will drive over 80 miles on the day an...

  • Community calendar

    Dec 24, 2018

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Monday, Dec. 24 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ont...

  • Priscilla Marie Estola

    Dec 24, 2018

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - Priscilla Marie Estola, 80, of Ironwood Township, passed away on Dec. 20, 2018. Priscilla was born on June 24, 1938, to Fred and Inga (Leppanen) Goodney. At a fairly young age, Fred passed away and Inga later married Arnold Haanpaa and he was always "Dad" to Priscilla as well. She attended Roosevelt School in her youth and later in life she proudly graduated from Luther L. Wright Adult Education Program, receiving her degree in 1973. On June 26, 1954, she married Eino E. Estola...