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Articles from the January 23, 2017 edition


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  • Community goes long for local football coach

    Jan 23, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - On Saturday from noon to 8 pm the Aurora Club hosted a fundraiser to offset the medical costs of local Ironwood football coach and business owner, Ryan Niemi. About five weeks ago Niemi went to the doctor feeling unwell; the doctor sent him to Wausau immediately and the verdict was in. Niemi had developed IgA Nephropathy, or Berger's Disease. According to the Kidney Cares Community, Berger's Disease is characterized by the deposition of IgA...

  • More fake bills passed

    Jan 23, 2017

    The Ironwood area is not alone in experiencing an increase in fake currency. The Ironwood Public Safety Department received a recent report of a McDonald's restaurant employee accepting a $100 bill that had the writing, "For Motion Picture Use Only"' on it. Since then, the Duluth-Superior area has experienced an increase in counterfeit money being passed. On Wednesday, Duluth police issued a warning to the public that they, too, had received reports of fake bills with "Motion Picture Use Only"...

  • Ontonagon Habitat for Humanity seeks to improve credibility

    Jan 23, 2017

    By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The future of the Ontonagon Habitat for Humanity depends on finding volunteers to step up and assume volunteer roles. According to officials, the Ontonagon unit has been inactive. Money was embezzled from the organization between 2012-2013 placing it “not in good standing” with Habitat for Humanity International. Over the last year the board tried to create a new organization to aid area housing needs with the Habitat assets. “This avenue was met with hurdles that could not be overcome with re...

  • Community Calendar

    Jan 23, 2017

    Monday, Jan. 23 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Government Gogebic County Family Department of Human Services Board, 9 a.m., Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. Ironwood City Commission/Ironwood P... Full story