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Articles from the February 15, 2020 edition


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  • HIT celebrates Valentine's Day

    Feb 15, 2020

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Historic Ironwood Theatre invited the community to celebrate Valentine's Day at the theater with a night of champagne, chocolates and excellent music Friday evening. "I've been wandering, talking to people and it sounds like everyone is having a great time," theater board president Zona Wick said, calling the event a bit of an experiment for the theater. She explained Friday's event is part of an effort to replace the "Big Hit"...

  • Ironwood Area Historical Society continues to grow

    Feb 15, 2020

    By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Historical Society’s mission is to preserve the region’s story for generations to come. The society’s museum and artifacts room in the old Chicago North Western Railroad depot in downtown Ironwood are full of photographs and newspaper articles, yearbooks and business directories, local business paraphernalia, a few pieces of furniture, some articles of clothing and other mementos of the past — each helping tell the story Ironwood. “It’s been an ongoing mission for t...

  • Snow Collapse

    Feb 15, 2020

  • Historic hotel renovation approved for Park Falls

    Feb 15, 2020

    MADISON, Wis. — The City of Park Falls is receiving a $250,000 state grant to help finance the renovation and expansion of an existing lodging facility into a rebranded hotel. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation announced Thursday that it will support the remodeling of a historic facility into a 50-room Cobblestone Hotel & Suites with a $250,000 Community Development Investment Grant. The funds are aimed primarily in downtown areas. The $3.6 million hotel project is projected to create 14 jobs and is expected to be completed at the e...

  • Community Calendar

    Feb 15, 2020

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Feb. 15 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Feb. 16 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I...