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Articles from the February 8, 2019 edition


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  • Community calendar

    Feb 8, 2019

    Friday, Feb. 8 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, Feb. 9 Union... Full story

  • Bessemer council considers lodging, restaurant complex

    Feb 8, 2019

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — A Wednesday evening workshop by Bessemer city council members resulted in the following determinations: They should consider seeking development options in a lodging and restaurant complex that could help to house tourists while also providing locals with a new culinary option. They should address blight, especially in its most severe forms. They should maintain a sound economic framework within which the city can operate on a year-by-year b...

  • Eugene Edwin 'Haka' Willing

    Feb 8, 2019

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. – Eugene Edwin "Haka" Willing, 87, a lifelong resident of Wakefield, passed away Wednesday morning, Feb. 6, 2019, after a long battle with multiple myeloma. Haka was born on May 10, 1931, in Wakefield, a son of Matt and Helmi (Keto) Willing. He attended Wakefield Schools until the tenth grade, at which time his help was needed to work delivering milk to support the family. Later in life, he went back to school and obtained his GED. At the age of 21, Haka entered the U.S. Army a... Full story

  • Storm warning closes schools, travel advisory in effect

    Feb 8, 2019

    By Bryan Hellios [email protected] IRONWOOD - The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning on Thursday morning continued into tonight until 6.p.m. According to the warning, accumulations of 2 to 7 inches are expected late Thursday night through today with winds gusting as high as 40 mph resulting in blowing snow and sharply reduced visibilities. Travel could be very difficult, if not impossible during the heavier snow. The hazardous conditions will impact commutes today with...

  • Warrant filed for Montreal woman on theft charges

    Feb 8, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A warrant has been filed in Iron County Court for a Montreal woman due to her failure to attend her initial appearance on misdemeanor theft charges Monday. Cathryn Leigh Huotari, 48, is charged with two counts of misdemeanor theft of less than $2,500 — a crime with a potential maximum sentence of nine months in jail or a fine of up to $10,000. Huotari is accused of taking approximately $2,105 between June 2017 and September 2018 in connection to her job with the Eagle Bluff Condo Ass...