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Articles from the January 23, 2016 edition


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  • Boline retires from Gogebic County Victim Service Unit

    Tom Stankard|Jan 23, 2016

    BESSEMER - The Gogebic County Sheriff's Department announced Friday Marcella Boline has retired as coordinator for the Gogebic County Sheriff's Victim Service Unit. Boline began working for the unit as its coordinator 12 years ago. She said she was inspired to join the unit after being in a rollover accident in Canada. Shortly after the accident, Boline said the service unit there helped her get to a bus station and back home. Then, she said to "pay things forward," she began training to start...

  • Scandinavian Homes to buy spec building in Ironwood Industrial Park for $100,000

    Ralph Ansami|Jan 23, 2016

    IRONWOOD - The city of Ironwood has finally found a suitor to occupy the industrial park speculation building that was constructed in 2003. On Monday, the city commission will consider selling the building and lots to Scandinavian Log Homes, now located off U.S. 2 in Kimball, Wis. According to a letter from Ironwood Community Development Director Michael Brown to the commission, the company would purchase the building and lot, plus an adjacent lot, for $100,000. The company would bring up to 10...

  • Expanded dental services may be offered to Hurley K-12 students

    Ralph Ansami|Jan 23, 2016

    HURLEY — A total of 91 students in the Hurley School District have unmet dental needs, according to Dr. Erin Cutler, who has been working with the school the past three years. She met with the Hurley School Board Monday to discuss how to get more children dental help. Through the Northlakes Dental Clinic out of Ashland, hygienists come into the Hurley K-12 school and screen children three times a year through a federal grant. When it’s determined the children have cavities, or other problems with their teeth, notes are sent home to the par...

  • Community Calendar

    Jan 23, 2016

    Saturday, Jan. 23 Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Sunday, Jan. 24 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org....

  • Judi Forslund

    Jan 23, 2016

    SHAWNEE, Okla. - Judi Forslund, 62, formerly of Ironwood, Mich., was called to be with her Father in Heaven on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in Shawnee. She was born Judith Eileen Negri on Feb. 21, 1953, at the Divine Infant Hospital in Wakefield, Mich. She was the third child of John D. Negri and Patricia J. (Hemkes) Negri. She attended school in Wakefield and later graduated in June 1971 from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. Upon her graduation, she began her education in cosmetology at...

  • Jeanette L. Barbacovi

    Jan 23, 2016

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - Jeanette L. Barbacovi, 43, of West Francis Street, Ironwood, passed away unexpectedly due to medical complications on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, in Ironwood. She was born Jan. 30, 1972, in Skokie, Ill., daughter of John W. and Judith (Barringer) Barbacovi Sr. Jeannette attended Bessemer schools and graduated from the A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer with the class of 1990. She also attended Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, where she received an associate degree in...