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Articles from the March 28, 2017 edition


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  • Bessemer OKs Ironwood joining Miners football co-op

    Mar 28, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer School Board voted unanimously to accept Ironwood joingin the co-op football program in an anti-climactic vote of solidarity Monday evening. Jim Partanen and Tim France provided a brief overview before the vote, two members of the public expressed their support and the board said, "Aye." The Gogebic Miners are part of the West Pac Conference, using Ironwood's already present schedule for 2017 and only have one game to find,...

  • IPSD identifies human remains

    Mar 28, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The remains of the man found dead in a city of Ironwood house on March 20 have been identified, according to the Ironwood Public Safety Department. Gerald Glen Thompson was born in 1936, according to an IPSD Monday news release. Family members have been notified, according to Adam Clemens, the IPSD officer who has been investigating the case. He said foul play is not suspected, but an investigation is continuing. Clemens said the address of the house isn’t being released. He said the hou...

  • DEER INTERRUPTED

    Mar 28, 2017

  • Village council clarifies firefighter wages

    Mar 28, 2017

    By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Fire Department volunteers will now be treated as village employees under action taken by the Ontonagon Village Council Monday. The method by which firemen were paid has been an issue for several months and was highlighted in a television interview of Sue Lockhart. Lockhart told the council Monday that her interview was “not against the fire department,” but was intended to call attention to the village which she said was “not complying with federal and state laws.” “You spend a lot o...

  • Community calendar

    Mar 28, 2017

    Tuesday, March 28 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Life Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Woodland Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anony...

  • Delphine M. Ferrari

    Mar 28, 2017

    STATESBORO, Ga. - Delphine M. Ferrari, 93, died Friday, March 24, 2017, at the Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Facility in Statesboro. Delphine was born Aug. 16, 1923, to the late William Ransanici and Nancy Pezzetti Ransanici in Iron Belt, Wis. She graduated from Hurley High School in 1941. She then attended and graduated from St. Mary Hospital's School of Nursing in Madison, Wis. Her career in nursing led her to serve in the Army as a nurse during World War II. Delphine then returned and...