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Articles from the July 7, 2016 edition


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  • Donald R. Matusewic

    Jul 7, 2016

    DULUTH, Minn. - Donald R. Matusewic, a resident of Montreal, Wis., moved to Heaven on July 5, 2016. He was born Dec. 3, 1950, in Ironwood, Mich., the son of Edward and Patricia Cox. He attended schools in Montreal and Hurley, Wis., graduating in 1970. In 1970, he married Gail Wahlberg and they celebrated 45 years of marriage. He held various jobs through the years, retiring from Ironwood Plastics in 2003. He enjoyed hunting, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and especially his grandchildren. He...

  • Community Calendar

    Jul 7, 2016

    Thursday, July 7 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., all welcome, The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. Bessemer Lions Club, 5 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., age...

  • Bessemer looks at closing Washington, expanding ADJ

    Tom Stankard|Jul 7, 2016

    BESSEMER -The Bessemer Area Schools District and its planning committee are developing plans to renovate and expand A.D. Johnston High School and close Washington Elementary School, meaning all the district's students would be in one building. Planning committee chairman Todd Johnson said tentative plans call for expanding the ADJ to the north, including closing West Iron Street, which is adjacent to the Gogebic County Courthouse and Sheriff's Department. Plans also call for moving and adding...

  • Smith claims record Bessemer 50-50 raffle prize of $33,490

    Tom Stankard|Jul 7, 2016

    BESSEMER - Mary Smith, of Kimball, Wis., has a new lucky number, 11622. She is this year's big Bessemer Blast 50-50 raffle winner, worth a prize of $33,490. Smith is an Iron County native and moved back from San Diego in 2009. As a kid, Smith said she remembers celebrating Fourth of July with her family in Bessemer. Since moving back home, Smith said she purchases raffle tickets every year and has come come close to the winning number before. Smith said she didn't make it to the Fourth of July p...

  • Iron County to advertise human services bookkeeping job

    Richard Jenkins|Jul 7, 2016

    HURLEY — The Iron County Human Services Board approved the job description for a billing clerk/receptionist position with the county’s Human Services Department Wednesday, and directed the position be advertised. The position is intended to help cut down on the amount of overtime for the current employees and prepare for software changes in the department “The sooner we can get financial help in that office the better,” Opal Roberts, the chair of the human services board, said. According to information presented to the board, the position will...