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Articles from the January 20, 2016 edition


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  • JOY RIDE

    Jan 20, 2016

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  • Hurley tavern owner sentenced

    Jan 20, 2016

    HURLEY — A 63-year-old Hurley tavern owner who had been charged with four cocaine counts recently entered a no contest plea to an amended single misdemeanor of possessing the drug. Peter Zucco, of 603 Granite St., owner of the Alaska House tavern, was placed on probation for six months and was ordered to pay $418 in fines and court costs by Iron County Judge Patrick Madden. Zucco had been bound over for trial on Nov. 17. An arrest warrant was issued on June 12 for offenses on June 3. Hurley police indicated two Ironwood area women filed a c... Full story

  • Human Services committee gets ADRC/Aging merger update

    Jan 20, 2016

    By RICHARD JENKINS rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com HURLEY — It might get a bit crowded in the Iron County Department of Human Services office in the near future. That was the news Director of Human Services Cally Kilger delivered Monday at the county’s Human Services Committee meeting when discussing the merger between the county’s aging unit and Aging and Disability Resource Center. “There has been some brainstorming as to how to fit everybody into the current space if we have additions to staff, which may occur very soon with the integra... Full story

  • MAKING A DIFFERENCE

    Jan 20, 2016

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  • Community Calendar

    Jan 20, 2016

    Wednesday, Jan. 20 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, 9-10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-932-4200. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer (Wis.) Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Hurley Education Foundation, noon, school conference room, Hurley. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Iron County Veterans Service Off... Full story

  • Sigrid M. Luoma

    Jan 20, 2016

    IRONWOOD, Mich. — Sigrid M. Luoma, 97, of Ironwood, died Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, at home. She was born on Nov. 15, 1918, in Ironwood, the daughter of the late Isaac and Mary (Ross) Panula. She attended Ironwood schools, graduating from Luther L. Wright High School with the Class of 1937. On Nov. 1, 1941, she was united in marriage with Otto Luoma in Las Vegas. He preceded her in death on July 15, 1980. Sigrid is survived by three cousins. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by one sister, Ruth E. McDole, on June 8... Full story