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Articles from the July 17, 2017 edition


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  • Community calendar

    Jul 17, 2017

    Monday, July 17 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, 9 a.m.-noon, 100 Mill St., Bessemer. 906-667-0283. 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United...

  • SynSel Energy Inc. to open biofuels plant in Ontonagon

    Jul 17, 2017

    By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON, Mich. — Ontonagon has been selected as one of two initial sites in the U.S. for the construction of an advanced biofuels plant. SynSel Energy, Inc., is partnering with a U.S.-based financier and Lost Bowl Development, LLC, to develop the $300 million biorefinery at the site of the closed Smurfit-Stone Paper Mill in Ontonagon. A second identical $300 million plant will be developed by SynSel in Lumberton, Miss. Each site is expected to produce about 250 direct and indirect jobs. The Smurfit-Stone Pap...

  • Margie Chiapuzio

    Jul 17, 2017

    MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Margie Chiapuzio, 77, a long-time resident of Milwaukee, formerly of Bessemer, Mich., passed away peacefully Thursday, July 13, 2017. Her final days were spent surrounded by her devoted family and loved ones. Margie was born on Sept. 9, 1939, in Ironwood, Mich., a daughter of Domenic Anton and Albertina Marie (Callovi) Chiapuzio. She attended A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer and graduated in 1957. After high school, Margie moved to Milwaukee, where she bartended at...

  • Dorothy P. Leppi

    Jul 17, 2017

    HURLEY, Wis. - Dorothy P. Leppi, 98, a lifelong Hurley resident, died peacefully early Saturday morning, July 15, 2017, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, with her loving family by her side. The former Dorothy Gehrke was born Feb. 23, 1919, in Hurley, daughter of the late Reinhard and Rose (Consie) Gehrke, attended Hurley schools and graduated from Hurley High School in 1937. She married Arthur U. Leppi on Oct. 24, 1940, in Ironwood, Mich. He preceded her in death on...

  • Art in the Park enters final week of judging

    Jul 17, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The warm weather drew a sizable crowd to the Miners Memorial Heritage Park in Ironwood Sunday afternoon, providing plenty of judging opportunities as the final week for the Art in the Miners Park began. "This morning there was nothing, there was nobody here - I don't know if they were all at church or whatever," said Paul Kostelnik, president of the park's board of directors. "But since this afternoon, it's been busy all afternoon. I...

  • Mercer Library Friends thank community with pie social

    Jul 17, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - Pies of virtually every flavor were on the menu Sunday at the Mercer Community Center as the Friends of the Mercer Library held its annual pie social. The purpose of this event - it's not a fundraiser," Friends president Wendy Thiede said. "It's just an event to give back to the community because we have so many wonderful library supporters in this community. It's just something we could do." Thiede said she was pleased with the...