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Articles from the May 18, 2019 edition


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  • Hurley police chief talks bike safety

    May 18, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - With the school year almost over and Hurley students about to start summer vacation in a few weeks, Hurley Police Chief Chris Colassaco met with kindergarteners and third graders Friday to talk about bike safety. "I love the opportunity to talk to the kids," Colassaco said. He said he talks to the kindergarteners and third graders because not only are those ages good times to set them in the habit of wearing bike helmets, but it ensures...

  • Appreciation event held for foster families

    May 18, 2019

    By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Families from Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon counties sent 63 paper lanterns hurtling skyward during an appreciation event for Great Lakes Recovery Center's foster care program at Depot Park Thursday. Mandy Harris, the program's regional resource team specialist, said each lantern symbolizes a foster family in the tri-county region. "It's through events like this that we can train, provide support and recruit foster families," she said....

  • Ironwood schools prepares for summer lunch program

    May 18, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — With the school year ending in the coming weeks, the Ironwood Area Schools’ food service department is gearing up for another summer of feeding area kids through the district’s summer lunch program. Beginning roughly a week after the end of the school year, the Meet Up and Eat Up summer lunch program will run from Monday, June 17 to Friday, Aug. 16. Lunches won’t be served on the Fourth of July, as well as the Thursday and Friday of Festival Ironwood. “It’s going to be Monday thro...

  • Community calendar

    May 18, 2019

    Saturday, May 18 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, May 19 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., W... Full story

  • Keith Eric Wolters

    May 18, 2019

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Keith Eric Wolters, 60, of Wakefield, passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Keith was born on July 16, 1958, in Park Ridge, Ill., the son of Donald and Erika (Rossmann) Wolters. He was a mechanical designer and loved all remote control stuff, especially model trains. Keith is survived by the love of his life, Deborah Duncan, Wakefield; a daughter, Nicole Wolters, Normal, Ill.; an uncle, Ken Wolters, Estero, Fla.; his friends, George, Ralph, Tony (Pat) and Sam; and... Full story