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  • 2 teens killed in Lake Road crash

    May 20, 2019

    IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Two teens are dead and a community is mourning the loss following a single-vehicle crash near Little Girl's Point Saturday morning. Gogebic County Sheriff's Department deputies responded to reports of the accident on Lake Road near Powers Road in Ironwood Township at approximately 2:32 a.m. Saturday morning. Deputies arriving on the scene located a vehicle that sustained severe damage after it left the roadway and struck a tree, according to a department news release. Two...

  • Bessemer VFW's Honor Flight fundraiser draws big crowd

    May 20, 2019

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - The third annual fundraising dinner for the U.P. Honor Flight drew nearly 200 people to Bessemer's VFW Post 3673 on Saturday night. "This event is so special to us because it is helping us to help our senior veterans to visit their memorials in Washington D.C.," said Post Commander Donna Frello while welcoming the crowd. "How cool is it that we all are helping to make that happen?" Frello's husband, John Frello, who is the post quartermaster, sa...

  • Book sale raises funds for library

    May 20, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — Locals looking for some new reading material were drawn to the Ironwood Memorial Building Saturday as the Friends of the Ironwood Carnegie Library held one of its two annual book sales. “Well it was one of our better years, there’s no doubt about that,” Friends president Marie Peterson said. “When we opened … at 7:30 this morning we probably had at least 100 people in here until 9:30-10 a.m., then it thinned out a little bit.” The money raised from the sale funds the library’s summer pro...

  • Community calendar

    May 20, 2019

    Monday, May 20 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 Moblie Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Iron County Forestry Parking Lot, 606-607 3rd Avenue North, Hurley, 715-561-2695. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to... Full story