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Articles from the July 21, 2017 edition


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  • Festival Ironwood heats up Thursday

    Jul 21, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI ransami@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - Thick smoke and the sound of music wafted down Lowell Street Thursday afternoon, attracting city residents and visitors to Festival Ironwood. The smoke was from the Yooper-style wood-fired grill chicken pit organized by the Friends of Festival Ironwood, including city employees. It was the third year for the chicken pit and the five or six volunteers who were manning that area said the preparations for the Festival Ironwood pressed chicken fe...

  • Re steps down from board of directors

    Jul 21, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY iminielly@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER - The Bessemer Area Historical Society has another empty chair as Myron Re stepped down from the board of directors. An infusion of youth and vitality is needed on the board of directors before the BAHS becomes non-functional. Membership is up to 136 and even more people have transferred their memberships to lifetime memberships, but the number of vacancies is growing with Re's open chair seat joining Ed Sendene's. The BAHS spent 637 fewer...

  • IPSD officers handle dead dog complaints

    Jul 21, 2017

    IRONWOOD — An original complaint about a dog being killed by other dogs at an Ironwood residence has expanded into an investigation involving the Department of Human Services. The Ironwood Public Safety Department received a Friday complaint from a 31-year-old East Oak Street resident that there had apparently been a fight among five dogs at the house, and a small dog ended up dead. The owner agreed a Boxer and two German shorthair dogs should be put down, but there was apparent disagreement with his fiance about putting down a fourth, s...

  • Community calendar

    Jul 21, 2017

    Friday, July 21 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Gogebic Conservation District, 10 a.m., Natural Resources Center, Bessemer. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Government...