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Articles from the May 10, 2019 edition


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  • Red Bull 400 returns Saturday

    May 10, 2019

    By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Red Bull 400 will return to Copper Peak on Saturday. Kassi Huotari, marketing director for Copper Peak, said the second annual event is bigger than last year. “There will be 1,000 participants rather than the 470 we had last year,” she said. The event begins at 8 a.m. and a day of racing begins at 9:45. The event is free for spectators. Dubbed as the “World’s steepest 400 meter race,” racers start at the bottom of the landing a...

  • Bessemer DDA hires filmmaker to market city

    May 10, 2019

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - The Downtown Development Authority in Bessemer voted Thursday afternoon to hire a filmmaker from Ontonagon County to create four videos to market Bessemer online. Kristin Ojaniemi of Bruce Crossing was hired at a cost of $1,000 per video to record and produce vignettes of local residents while also showcasing local assets such as outdoor recreational options. The DDA originally had hoped for six videos, but reduced the number to four to...

  • Illinois man charged with attempted escape

    May 10, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — An Illinois man is facing local charges after he tried to escape from the custody of the Iron County Sheriff’s Department in late April. Devin Jacob Snow, 29, is charged with escape while awaiting trial for a felony in Gogebic County regarding his attempt to flee custody while at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital. Even though Snow was arrested in Iron County prior to his escape attempt, Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs said the fact the incident happened in Ironwood meant he “has appro...

  • Community calendar

    May 10, 2019

    Friday, May 10 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. 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, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, May 11 Work and... Full story

  • Jean Ann Broemer

    May 10, 2019

    IRONWOOD, Mich. — Jean Ann Broemer 85, of Ironwood, passed away at Westgate Nursing Center in Ironwood on May 8, 2019. She was born to Walter and Irene (Sereno) Lapachin on June 17, 1933, in Montreal, Wis. She graduated from Hurley High School in 1951 and married Frederick “Buzzy” Broemer in 1958. Jean was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Frederick; brothers, Donald and Ronnie Lapachin; sisters, Florence Casten and Barbara Aspinwall; and her grandson, Tayler Lampart. Jean is survi... Full story