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Articles from the January 13, 2020 edition


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  • Event promotes winter biking

    Jan 13, 2020

    IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Technology is catching up to the outdoors lifestyles of the Upper Peninsula. Youth and adults alike converged on the Wolverine Nordic Ski Trail on Sunday to take part in the fourth annual Fat Bike Try Out The Trails event to close out the Sisu Ski Fest weekend. The event, organized by the Sisu Dirt Crew, 906 Adventure Team and Hobby Wheel, provided fat bikes to people who didn't have one yet and a chance to ride a portion of the eight miles of groomed single track mountain...

  • Wetzel wins Sisu XI

    Jan 13, 2020

    IRONWOOD - The race was just a few hours but it took a year of preparation to make the 2020 Sisu Ski Fest a success, according to organizers and the skiers who praised the friendly, smooth-running event as a favorite of the season. "I love this town so much," said Julia Schreifels, of St. Paul, Minn., who was cheering for the skiers at the "Finnish" line downtown on Saturday. "Our husbands are skiing." Her friend, Sue Moerer, of Minnetonka, said the snow brings them back each year. "The Sisu is...

  • Community Calendar

    Jan 13, 2020

    Monday, Jan. 13 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, GOCAA, 100 S. Mill St., Bessemer, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Wakefield VFW, 9-9:30 a.m.; Sunset Manor Apartments, Wakefield, community room, 9:45-10 a.m.; Riverview Apartments, Wakefield, parking lot, 10:15-10:30 a.m.; Hillcrest Apartments, Bessemer, community room, noon-12:15 p.m.; Fairview Apartments, Bessemer, community room, 12:30-12:45 p.m. NFAF board meeting , Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. 906-932-1608. Men’s Bible study, 8 a.m., Bessemer H...