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  • Mercer celebrates 11th annual lupine festival

    Jun 12, 2017

    By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] MERCER - Despite the intermittent rain, there was a large turnout for this year's 11th annual Lupine Junefest at Carow Park in Mercer. The bike tour winds through some of the area's most pristine back-country roads scattered with the iconic purple lupine flowers. There are four route options for bikers to choose from, 10, 26, 28 and 50 miles. After enjoying the ride, bikers could relax and enjoy snacks and beverages in the pavilion while...

  • Local spinners, knitters come together

    Jun 12, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD — Nanette’s Knits and Gifts sponsored an educational fiber demonstration Saturday in Wakefield by inviting three fiber groups to join her for some outdoor knitting on World Wide Knits in Public day. The fiber knitting groups came together from Woodruff, Presque Isle, and of course Wakefield. Nanette Paquette owns seven alpacas, becoming an alpaca owner in 2009. Paquette shears and turns their fur into yarn, which she sells in her store. Acc...

  • Floydian Slip coming in July

    Jun 12, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — Floydian Slip, founded in 1999, with members who have known each other and have been playing together since as early as 1982 is coming to the Historic Ironwood Theatre July 8. The theater’s website says the doors and bar will open at 6:30 p.m., while the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Advanced ticket costs are $15 for adult general admission and $5 for students. Add $3 for tickets purchased at the door on the day of the show. Andy Noyes, guitarist, says despite the name, they are not a Pink Floy...

  • Community calendar

    Jun 12, 2017

    Monday, June 12 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, 9 a.m.-noon, 100 Mill St., Bessemer. 906-667-0283. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Little Finland Board, 10 a.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Aurora Club, 6 p.m. monthly membership, Aurora Club, Ironwood. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m....

  • Norma Louise (Scoles) Salo

    Jun 12, 2017

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. — A celebration of life remembering Norma Salo, a long-time resident of Wakefield, who died on Feb. 22, 2017, will be held Friday, June 16, at 2:30 p.m. CDT, preceded by memorial visitation at 1:30 p.m. CDT, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9084, 107 W. U.S. 2, in Wakefield. The Rev. Fr. Paul Nomellini will officiate. Rite of Committal and interment will take place at Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield, and her beloved husband, Joe, will be buried alongside her. A farewell dinner will follow at the Wakefield VFW Post 9084. J...