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Articles from the August 18, 2015 edition


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  • Don A. Sobolewski

    Aug 18, 2015

    DULUTH, Minn. — Don A. Sobolewski, 51, of Ironwood Township, Mich., died Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, in Duluth, after a courageous battle with cancer. His doctors often referred to him as the miracle man. Don was born Jan. 26, 1964, in Wakefield, Mich., son of the late Sharon Sobolewski. He attended Ironwood schools, graduating from the Luther L. Wright High School with the class of 1983. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve, and he was a member of Wakefield American Legion Post 11. Don had been employed for 19 years at Action Floors in Mercer, W...

  • Community Calendar

    Aug 18, 2015

    Tuesday, Aug. 18 Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Blood Pressure Screening, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., with Regional Hospice nurses, Mill Street Garden, Bessemer. 906-663-0308. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org....

  • Highland gifts mapping technology to Ontonagon

    Jan Tucker|Aug 18, 2015

    ONTONAGON - Geological engineers from Highland Copper demonstrated to the Ontonagon Area Board of Education Monday the application and advantage of the ArcGIS system, a collaboration between the mining company and the OASD. Tony Geglio and Eric Shepek, engineers with the mining company, explained how the software and technology applied to mining and to a myriad of other professions as well. The men were introduced by Dave Anderson, Highland's Director of Environmental Affairs for the Keweenaw,...

  • Invasive Japanese barberry plants removed from Lake Gogebic park

    Aug 18, 2015

    LAKE GOGEBIC - Three organizations teamed up earlier this summer to fight an invasion of Japanese barberry plants at the Lake Gogebic County Park. The Gogebic County Forestry-Parks Commission combined with the U.S. Forest Service and Gogebic Conservation District to rid the park of the common landscaping plant that can spread into the woods when rodents and birds eat the berries and carry seeds to new locations. "We knew we had Japanese barberry out at the park, but had no idea how extensive...

  • Bessemer council approves road work

    Tom Stankard|Aug 18, 2015

    BESSEMER — The Bessemer City Council agreed to proceed with four paving projects on three streets Monday. The three roads to be paved are Gyluna Street, Bessemer Plywood Road and Silver Street. City manager Michael Uskiewicz was absent, but provided a written report. He said he had Angelo Luppino Inc. provide estimates. The cost is $33,355, but funding for the project is not part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development project scope. Instead, Uskiewicz said in his report, the city has unrestricted reserve money available that c...

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