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Articles from the April 8, 2020 edition


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  • Wisconsin heads to polls despite stay-at-home order

    Apr 8, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - Neither rain nor last-minute politics kept Iron County voters from the polls on Tuesday. The Wisconsin Supreme Court's late afternoon decision Monday to reverse Gov. Tony Evers' Election Day postponement earlier that morning kept people watching the news but did not confuse or discourage voting, according to Hurley voters and poll workers. "I kind of expected I would be voting today," said Jack Brown, of Hurley. "I didn't think that the exe...

  • Local veterinarian offers curbside service during COVID-19 pandemic

    Apr 8, 2020

    By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - When Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced last week limitations on veterinarian services during the COVID-19 pandemic, Range Animal Hospital had already switched over to offering strictly curbside services. "We had already been anticipating it and so at least two weeks ahead of the executive order, we had already been limiting client interaction and maintaining social distancing," said Dr. Stephanie Holloway, DVM. "We are not having...

  • GOISD districts prepare for new normal of remote learning

    Apr 8, 2020

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The six districts that make up the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District continue to develop plans for educating students after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer canceled in-person classes for the remainder of the school year in response to the coronavirus pandemic, with remote learning expected to get underway in the coming weeks. The required “continuity of learning plan” each district is developing are part of the executive order Whitmer issued Thursday closing all K-12 school build...

  • Community Calendar

    Apr 8, 2020

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, April 8 Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Iron County Veterans Service Officer. 715-561-2190. Wakefield American Legion, 5:30 p.m. Auxiliary, 6 p.m. regular meeting, post, Wakefield. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Government Gogebic County Board, 5 p.m.,...

  • Marian E. Olkonen

    Apr 8, 2020

    SUPERIOR, Wis. - Marian E. Olkonen, 87, lifelong resident of Hurley, died peacefully Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Twin Ports Health Services in Superior. She was born in Ironwood, Michigan, Aug. 14, 1932, the daughter of Walter and Katherine (Armata) Wierzbicki. Marian was a lady of strong faith and a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. In her free time, she enjoyed knitting, shopping, trips to the casino, cooking, especially making her...

  • Kermit "Ed" Rice

    Apr 8, 2020

    CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Kermit "Ed" Rice, 81, originally from Ironwood, passed away on Feb. 29, 2020, at his home in Corpus Christi. He served in the U.S. Navy as an air traffic controller for 22 years, and then worked for the Civil Service in air operations for 17 years. Ed was memorialized with full military honors and now rests at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery in Corpus Christi. He is survived by his wife, Carol (Abramson); his two daughters, Tammy and Sheri; his two grandsons,...