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Articles from the August 11, 2016 edition


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  • Butterflies on display at Hurley Library

    Tom Stankard|Aug 11, 2016

    HURLEY - Children migrated to Hurley Public Library Wednesday afternoon to learn about monarch butterflies. Standing in front of a container of several butterflies, North Lakeland Discovery Center Naturalist Licia Johnson asked them how to recognize a monarch butterfly. A child said they are big and have orange wings. She said butterflies have wings that help them fly, antennas that help them sense their surroundings, eyes to let them see and feet to help them taste. A monarch's eyeballs...

  • Paving way to court

    Aug 11, 2016

  • Erwin Township increases dumpster size

    Richard Jenkins|Aug 11, 2016

    ERWIN TOWNSHIP — One of the positives of Erwin Township’s recent switch to Eagle Waste for garbage service is the flexibility it allows. At Wednesday’s board meeting, the township’s board of trustees approved increasing the size of its garbage dumpster. The board approved increasing the garbage dumpster from a 4-yard to 6-yard dumpster, a change that is expected to cost approximately $26 a month more. “I see that 4-yard (dumpster) just isn’t working,” said Trustee William Hellen. The dumpster pick-up will still occur every other week, accordi...

  • Community Calendar

    Aug 11, 2016

    Thursday, Aug. 11 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Hurley High School Tennis Courts. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Red Hat Society Northwoods Divas, noon, Bell Chalet in Hurley. Reservations required to 906-932-5455 or 906-663-4871. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., all welcome, Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae. Grief...

  • Gregory John Miheve

    Aug 11, 2016

    PENSACOLA, Fla. - Gregory John Miheve, 74, of Fort Walton Beach, died Aug. 9, 2016, with his family by his side at Baptist Hospital, Pensacola. Gregory was born March 5, 1942, in Bremerton, Wash., to John and Marion "June" (Saxwold) Miheve. He attended Wakefield High School in Wakefield, Mich., where he exceled in academics, as well as athletics. Greg received four letters each in football, basketball, baseball and track. After attending the United States Air Force Academy, Greg was given...

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