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Articles from the April 30, 2019 edition


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  • Superior Falls

    Apr 30, 2019

  • MSP takes back over 300 pounds of prescription drugs

    Apr 30, 2019

    WAKEFIELD — Michigan State Police posts in the Upper Peninsula collected 338.2 pounds of prescription drugs during National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday. F/Lt. Don Horn, commander at state police’s Wakefield post, said he is grateful that people are “doing the right thing” and disposing of the drugs properly. Collecting 29.4 pounds of prescriptions at his post, Horn said that’s more than they have received in a long time. “A lot of different people stopped in between ten and two on Saturday and dropped stuff off,” he said. Horn...

  • DAP seeks artists for 'Birch' exhibition

    Apr 30, 2019

    IRONWOOD — The Downtown Art Place is looking for artists to submit their pieces in its next exhibition. The DAP’s second annual Fine Art Exhibit is titled, “Birch,” according to a DAP spokesperson. “It will highlight original fine art inspired by the birch tree,” the spokesperson said in a release. “Interpretation of this theme may be broad and work is not limited to representational work. Painting, drawing, original printmaking, sculpture, fiber, metal, wood and mixed media are all acceptable art forms.” The exhibit is open to artists over th...

  • Wineburner closes in on first year as superintendent

    Apr 30, 2019

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - For everyone else in the school system, it's nearing the end of another year, but this is not just any year for Dave Wineburner. He will not finish his first full year as superintendent of the Bessemer area school district until mid-summer, and doesn't expect the year to end for him in the way that it does for teachers and students. "It never ends for superintendents," said Wineburner, for whom the Bessemer board of education just voted to...

  • Community calendar

    Apr 30, 2019

    Tuesday, April 30 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Open House, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Northwoods Christian Academy, Hurley, 715-561-2545. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Government Gogebic Community College Board, 4:30 p.m., room B-22, Jacob Solin Business Center, GCC. Wednesday, May 1 Christian Men of the...

  • Marilyn J. Hemming

    Apr 30, 2019

    BOULDER JUNCTION, Wis. - Marilyn J. Hemming, 78, of Boulder Junction died suddenly on Sunday, April 21, 2019. Marilyn was born on March 21, 1941, in Ironwood, the daughter of Carl and Elizabeth (nee Helinski) Erickson. Marilyn enjoyed taxidermy, crocheting, cooking and baking. She is survived by her children, James (Melissa) Brunell, Jeff (Tammy) Brunell and Deb (Chuck) Krigsvold; grandchildren, Trisha, Tristen, Ty, Katie, Dalton, Travis and Vanessa; her brothers, Carl (Joanne) Erickson and...