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Articles from the April 30, 2018 edition


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  • Community calendar

    Apr 30, 2018

    Monday, April 30 Tai Chi, 9 a.m., Mercer Community Center. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Iron County Mobile Food Pantry, noon-1:30 p.m., Iron County Recycling/Iron County Forestry Parking Lot, 606-607 3rd Ave. North, Hurley. 715-561-2695. Chess Club, 4 p.m. Grades 3 and up. Carnegie Library, Ironwood. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m. Overeaters Anonymous, 5 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield....

  • DOVE event participants enjoy colorful, peppy walk/run

    Apr 30, 2018

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - A dry and sunny Saturday greeted participants of the 3rd Annual Color Run/Walk of Domestic Violence Escape, Inc. DOVE, which is based in Ironwood, offered the untimed circuits at Sunday Lake, with registration at Wakefield's VFW Post 9084. "This is the first year that we still have ice on the lake," said Jeanine Winkowski, executive director of DOVE. Sarah Legassa of Wakefield, who was participating for the second time, joked that she was...

  • Isabelle J. 'Isa' Graikoski

    Apr 30, 2018

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. – Isabelle J. "Isa" Graikoski, 90, a long-time resident of Wakefield, passed away Thursday morning, April 26, 2018. Isabelle was born on July 6, 1927, in Wakefield, a daughter of George and Bessie (Szczepecka) Graikoski. She attended Wakefield High School and graduated in 1945. Isa worked at Mic-Adeles Clothing in Wakefield for a short time. Then, she moved to Milwaukee and worked for Allen-Bradley. After returning to Wakefield, she worked as a clerk for William Walters Grocery...

  • Boy Scouts, master gardeners plant seeds along U.S. 51

    Apr 30, 2018

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - The strip of land between U.S. 51 and the Montreal River in Hurley will hopefully look more colorful this summer after the local Boy Scouts and master gardeners planted seed balls on the land Saturday. Saturday's work was the culmination of a project that started last fall when the Range Master Gardeners helped the members of Boy Scout Troop 323 out of Hurley and Ironwood actually make the seed balls. The balls are a mixture of mud and...

  • Bessemer celebrates first ever 'Daffodil Dayz'

    Apr 30, 2018

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — Spring was in full flower Saturday as Bessemer gave a hearty welcome to its first annual “Daffodil Dayz” at VFW Post 3673. Daffodils and bulbs were available for sale upon entry, and tables throughout the bar featured daffodil centerpieces. “Daffodil girls” dressed in yellow sold tickets at a table filled with festive green raffle bags. Meanwhile, the hall bustled with about 30 vendor booths selling a variety of goods to happy shoppers, many dressed in yellow, green, pink or blue. “We’re going...