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Articles from the July 7, 2021 edition


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  • Northwoods Manufacturing delivers sign to civic center

    Jul 7, 2021

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - A commons area of the nearly completed Pat O'Donnell Civic Center will not only have bay windows overlooking Mt. Zion, the wall will also have a new "Find Your North" sign with the Ironwood logo, which was delivered to the facility last week. "It's beautiful," said Michelle Rigoni-Sivula, civic center manager. "I just think that it's wonderful." The 200 pound sign of metal and wood was built by students of the Northwoods Manufacturing...

  • Gogebic County prepares for this year's fair

    Jul 7, 2021

    By Zachary Marano [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Gogebic County Fair Board met on Monday to discuss business as the first day of the fair is only five weeks away on Aug. 12. Items on the meeting agenda included finding business vendors for the vacant spots at the fair and making the fairgrounds ready for the big event. Fair coordinator Terrtu Anderson said that the fair is low on vendors this year. Many vendors simply do not have enough staffing to attend this year’s fair, she said. Board member Holly Ramme said she knows a ven...

  • Community Calendar

    Jul 7, 2021

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, July 7 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant,...

  • Geraldine 'Gerri' A. Conley

    Jul 7, 2021

    MERCER, Wis. - Geraldine "Gerri" A. Conley, 78, of Mercer, passed away peacefully at her home with her husband by her side on Monday, June 28, 2021. Gerri was born the daughter of Edward and Evelyn (Lund) Lillie on Aug. 29, 1942, in Bessemer, Michigan. Gerri was married to Melvin Ruff on May 11, 1961, in Eau Claire. From this marriage she had her three sons - Brian, Bradley and Brent. She moved to Rolla, Missouri, where she managed the Howard Johnson Restaurant. At the restaurant, she was not...