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By KELSEY HANSEN [email protected] IRONWOOD - It was the annual Bowl for Kids fundraising event Saturday at Larry's Lucky Strikes for the U.P. Kids Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) program. The day was split into three sessions at noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. with about fifteen groups total participating in the event. Maggie Munch, program director out of the Houghton office and coordinator of the Bowl for Kids event, said the fifteen groups matches their total last year for teams. Munch did men...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - Carol Walters is 19 years old, but she has four children, nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. It's not as impossible as it seems. Carol is a leap year baby and celebrates a real birthday every four years. She remembers well when she moved into the Rockland School from Rousseau, and her class was compose of four boys and two girls. The teacher asked the students when their birthdays were. When they got to the first girl, she said...
ONTONAGON — The strange weather this winter adds another oddity to its records, an early thaw. According to Ontonagon County Road Commission records, a thaw has begun on two of the three monitored highways in Ontonagon County. The frost is monitored to help determine spring break-up on U.S. 45 in Woodspur, U.S. 45 near Bruce Crossing and M-64. between White Pine and Bergland. The frost measurement Wednesday showed the thaw has begun on both U.S. 45 sites. In Woodspur, the tube was frozen to 42 inches and thawed 12 inches. Near Bruce C...
Monday, Feb. 29 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 Village Housing, 100 Cane Court, Ontonagon. area74.org. Methamphetamine ETC, 8 p.m., support group, Woodland Church, Ironwood. 906-285-2813 or methetc.web.com. Government Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education Finance Committee, 4:45 p.m.,...