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  • Aspirus staff awed by flyover

    May 14, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - It took just an instant but the impact was clear on the faces of staff and the public who came to watch the U.S. Air Force flyover of Aspirus Ironwood hospital and clinic late Wednesday morning. Two Block 50 generation F-16 Falcon jets with the 148th Fighter Wing based in Duluth, Minnesota, flew over the health campus at 11:33 a.m. The flyover was part of the Operation American Resolve program in appreciation of the COVID-19 response of...

  • Bessemer looks at July for graduation

    May 14, 2020

    By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer school board voted to tentatively set July 10 as graduation day for the class of 2020, during a special meeting Tuesday. The ceremony will be at 7:30 p.m. “This is all speculative. We got to plan ahead to see what’s going to happen,” said principal and acting superintendent Dan Niemi. Niemi said that he thinks it’s going to have to be an outdoor venue, with people separated by six feet for social distancing, and if there is a weather issue they can move it to another day. “It...

  • Hurley bringing celebration to graduates

    May 14, 2020

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley K-12 school staff, parents and first responders are offering curbside congratulations to graduating seniors in lieu of traditional end-of-year events due to the coronavirus pandemic closing the school. Staff and parents planned to join the Hurley Fire Department, Hurley Police Department and Iron County Sheriff’s Office in a parade of vehicles visiting each Hurley student in front of their home on Wednesday. The “parade” will start again tonight around 5 p.m. when the group v...

  • Community Calendar

    May 14, 2020

    Thursday, May 14 Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley. area74.org. Government Bessemer Housing Commission, 8 a.m., Executive Director’s Office, 709 West Iron Street, Bessemer. Iron County Finance Commitee, 9 a.m., courthouse, Hurley. Bessemer Downtown Development Authority, 4 p.m., DDA room, City Hall. Friday, May 15 Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. E...

  • Antonio 'Tony' U. Paterno

    May 14, 2020

    BESSEMER, Mich. - Antonio "Tony" U. Paterno, 72, of 1305 W. Lead St. Bessemer, passed away in his home after succumbing to a courageous battle against cancer. Tony was born Jan. 30, 1948, in Asiago, Italy, to the late Tarcisio and Olga (Gheller) Paterno. At the age of four, Tony and his family moved to Wonthanggi, Victoria, Australia, where he completed school. In 1972, Tony moved to Ironwood, Michigan, and began working at Big Powderhorn Mountain where he was the assistant general manager...

  • Loretta Edith Pihlaja

    May 14, 2020

    HOWELL, Mich. - Loretta Edith Pihlaja, 98, of Howell, passed away peacefully at her home, early Monday afternoon, May 11, 2020, while surrounded by her loving family. Born on Sept. 19, 1921, in Ironwood, she was the daughter of the late Thomas D. and the late Edith E. (Nicholls) Slade. Formerly of Detroit, Loretta and her family had summered at their cottage in the Howell area since 1953, retiring there in 1985. She was a 1939 graduate of the Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood and member...