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Articles from the March 20, 2015 edition


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  • Spring comes in cold

    Ralph Ansami|Mar 20, 2015

    Snowflakes fell Thursday across the Gogebic Range, the day before the official arrival of spring. Better days lie ahead, however. The national Climate Prediction Center forecasts a greater than climatological chance of above average temperatures for the next three months, but about average precipitation. For the short term, unseasonably cold temperatures are forecast, with highs of only 28 on Saturday and 32 on Sunday. Ironwood's record high for March 20 is 78 degrees in 2012. That year,...

  • Students represent Iron County at Superior Days

    Richard Jenkins|Mar 20, 2015

    Six Iron County students traveled to Madison during the last week in February as part of the delegation from Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland and Iron counties that were in the state capital for the 30th annual Superior Days. The event, which took place Feb. 24 and Feb. 25, allows representatives from the four northern counties to lobby state legislators and officials on issues they feel are important to the northern region. Iron County's delegation - made up of three Hurley students and three Mercer...

  • Community Calendar

    Mar 20, 2015

    Friday, March 20 Gogebic Conservation District, 10 a.m., Natural Resource Center, Bessemer. 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. Scrabble at the Mercer Library, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon Village Housing, 100 Cane Court, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m.,...

  • Poster contest

    Mar 20, 2015

  • Tammy Colberg

    Mar 20, 2015

    LAS VEGAS — Tammy Colberg, 53, died unexpectedly on Monday, April 16, 2015, at her home in Las Vegas. She was born Dec. 5, 1961, in Wakefield, Mich., and graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer, Mich. Survivors include her mother, Donna Colberg, Ramsay, Mich.; brother, Mark (Rhonda) Colberg, Crystal Falls, Mich.; sisters, Terri Colberg, Madison, Wis., and Tina (Dan) Sullivan, Bessemer; brother, Ken (Melanie) Colberg, Ramsay; two children, Angala Colberg, Las Vegas, and Ashley (Aaron) Hellman, Norfolk, Va.; four grandchildren; a...