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Articles from the March 11, 2016 edition


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  • Aspirus Grand View makes progress on new complex

    Mar 11, 2016

    By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - The health care clinic complex at Aspirus Grand View Hospital is beginning to take shape. Aspirus spokesperson David Sim said the construction is one-third complete. Construction of the $16 million, 42,000-square-foot complex began last November and is expected to be completed on Nov. 9. "Construction made it through the winter with the project completely on schedule," Sim said. Since breaking ground, Sim said Miron Construction, the...

  • Finance committee approves donation for Iron Belt searchers

    Mar 11, 2016

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors Finance Committee approved a request from the sheriff’s department for donations to two groups that assisted with the December search for a missing Iron Belt man. The committee on Thursday approved a $500 donation to the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Department canine unit and $1,000 to Headwaters Search and Rescue as a thank you for the members of the organizations volunteering their time to help with the search for Alan D. Kangas. Iron County Sheriff Tony...

  • Gogebic County receives grant for fair expo building repairs

    Mar 11, 2016

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — A $30,000 project to repair the exposition building on the Gogebic County Fairgrounds is in the works. The county has qualified for a $15,000 Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development grant that would require a $15,000 local match. The county board authorized the fair board to apply for the grant last November and at meeting in February, the board learned the county qualified for the grant. The grant would be used to replace 86 windows and some doorways in the expo b...

  • Saxon Harbor

    Mar 11, 2016

  • Community Calendar

    Mar 11, 2016

    Friday, March 11 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. Stuffed Animal Sleepover, 6:30 p.m., Wakefield Public Library. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, 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, March 12...