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  • Ironwood, Hurley, Ontonagon prepare to celebrate prom Saturday

    Apr 26, 2019

    By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] Prom season, an annual rite of spring where area youth dress to the 9s and enjoy an evening out with their classmates will begin this weekend. Three area high schools will celebrate prom on Saturday — Ironwood, Hurley and Ontonagon. Ironwood’s junior class will host the prom at the Memorial Building in downtown Ironwood. The grand march is planned for 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:10, with music and dancing to follow. Thirty couples have signed up to attend to the evening themed “Di...

  • DAP exhibit showcases photographic talent

    Apr 26, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The public got its first peek at the photographs submitted in this year's Downtown Art Place photography exhibit at the exhibit's opening reception Thursday. "I'm very pleased with the photography. I'm very pleased with the variety we have," said Peg Sandin, one of the organizers of the exhibit. "This seems to be a wonderful time of year to have a reception, people are anxious to get out after a snowy winter." The theme of this year's...

  • Students team up for STEAM event

    Apr 26, 2019

    By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Middle school students excitedly participated in hands-on experiments with college students during Gogebic Community College's Science, Technology, Engineering, Art/Design and Mathematics event Thursday morning. Serena Mershon, chemistry professor at GCC, said the bi-annual STEAM project started out with college students visiting local schools. With help from Larry Gabka, a former biology instructor, the traveling project was transformed...

  • Community calendar

    Apr 26, 2019

    Friday, April 26 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. 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. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, 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,... Full story