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Articles from the March 5, 2019 edition


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  • Community calendar

    Mar 5, 2019

    Tuesday, March 5 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. UPHS-Marquette Regional Blood Center blood drive, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Aspirus Ironwood Hospital, 906- 932-7627. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Wakefield Seniors, noon, Wakefield Senior Center. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal... Full story

  • Lac Vieux Desert distributes funds to local schools, townships

    Mar 5, 2019

    By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] WATERSMEET - The Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa presented five checks for nearly $140,000 to local townships and school districts on Monday at the Tribal Offices in Watersmeet. The five recipients of tribal funds were: Watersmeet Township for $89,336; Watersmeet School, $27,019; Gogebic County, $18,101; Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District, $3,909; and McMillian Township, $1,000 Jim Oliver, the GOISD's director of...

  • Bessemer council discusses hydrant access safety issues

    Mar 5, 2019

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — At a regular meeting Monday evening, the Bessemer city council acknowledged an issue that many citizens overlook while coping with the routine challenges of one winter storm after another. Council members conceded that access to fire hydrants is a genuine safety concern that all residents should be mindful to address. The subject was raised during the public comment session when a city resident who did not want to be identified pointed out that, when firefighters must dig free fire hydrants, t...

  • Bessemer students learn about sled dogs

    Mar 5, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - With the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicking off this weekend, Bessemer sixth graders are once again incorporating the famous Alaskan race into their curriculum. Steven Kellogg and his team of sled dogs visited Washington Elementary School to give the kids a first-hand experience of mushing. He brought three of his dogs - Split, Layla and Moon - to the school Wednesday, showing the students how the dogs are harnessed to the sled and...