Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Articles from the May 21, 2018 edition


Sorted by date  Results 1 - 4 of 4

  • Taste of Northwoods raises money for Mercer students

    Richard Jenkins|May 21, 2018

    MERCER, Wis. - Some of the best culinary talents in the region put their skills to the test Sunday at the Taste of the Northwoods fundraiser at the Mercer Community Center. The event, in its fifth year, was a fundraiser for the Mercer Education Foundation. "All proceeds from both of our annual fundraisers go to support teacher grants over at the Mercer School, and also senior scholarships," said foundation president Jama Boes. "(Teacher grants) are items that are not in the typical school...

  • Ironwood bands perform spring concert

    Richard Jenkins|May 21, 2018

    IRONWOOD - Proud parents got a chance to see their children's musical talent Sunday afternoon, as the Historic Ironwood Theatre played host to the Ironwood Area Schools' spring concert. District band director Samantha Grace led the school's sixth grade, middle school and high school bands through performances of several songs each. "I've very happy (with the concert)," Grace said. "The kids practiced very, very hard and it showed tonight." Grace said the students had been working hard the past...

  • Volunteers prepare Iron Belle Trail for season

    Steve Newman|May 21, 2018

    IRONWOOD — An enthusiastic group of workers came out Saturday morning to work on cleanup and preparation of the Iron Belle Trail for the busy summer season. The project has generated such enthusiasm that a number of participants had done a lot of the work before the scheduled event. The Friends of the Iron Belle Trail were led by Sam and Anne Davey, who coordinated the day’s activities. A group met at Depot Park in Ironwood and a second group met in Bessemer, and worked their way toward one another, trimming brush, moving rocks out of the gra...

  • Community Calendar

    May 21, 2018

    Monday, May 21 Gogebic County Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m., Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Finnish Women’s Auxiliary, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Iron County Mobile Food Pantry, noon-1:30 p.m., Iron County Recycling-Iron County Forestry Parking Lot, 606-607 3rd Ave. North, Hurley. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Invent@NMU seminar, 2 p.m. CST, Gogebic Community C...