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Articles from the July 22, 2014 edition


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  • Ironwood Area Schools awarded safe routes grant

    Miranda Anderson|Jul 22, 2014

    IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education heard the city and IAS were awarded the Safe Routes to School Grant of $386,614 at its meeting Monday evening. The grant is intended to cover renovation costs regarding school routes, i.e. sidewalks and administrative costs. It will be used to replace the Curry Street and Lake Street sidewalks and also to build three spur trails plus a school path to connect LLW with the Gateway Trail and nearby neighborhoods. The board also made three new...

  • Rebels release train with bodies from downed jet

    Jul 22, 2014

    HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP)Pro-Moscow separatists released a train packed with bodies from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane and agreed to hand over its black boxes Monday, bowing to heavy international pressure four days after the jet plunged into rebel-held eastern Ukraine. With body parts decaying in sweltering heat and signs that evidence at the crash site was mishandled, anger in Western capitals has mounted at the rebels and their allies in Moscow. Their reluctant cooperation will soothe...

  • Summer lilies brighten up garden in Ironwood

    Jul 22, 2014

  • Tootsie Roll drive raises $679 for Special Olympics

    Jul 22, 2014

  • Bessemer looks to unload some commercial properties

    Ryan Jarvi|Jul 22, 2014

    BESSEMER - The city of Bessemer is looking to promote and advertise some of its commercially zoned property with hopes of spurring some economic development in the area. The Bessemer City Council unanimously approved the decision at its meeting Monday to move ahead with the potential sale of three properties; two downtown lots, one on Sellar Street and another on the corner of Sellar and Sophie streets, as well as an 80 acre parcel along U.S. 2. City Manager Mike Uskiewicz said the city needs...

  • Jonis John Braghini

    Jul 22, 2014

    PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Jonis John Braghini passed away peacefully on Friday, July 18, 2014, at Covenant Hospice Bay Medical after a courageous battle with cancer. John was born Dec. 5, 1930, in Bessemer, Mich. At 17, John joined the U.S. Air Force and honorably served his country. After leaving the Air Force, he joined IBM in Boca Raton, where he was part of the team that developed the first personal computer. After retirement from IBM, John moved to Panama City to be closer to his grandsons. He...

  • William Farnham 'Bill' Penrose

    Jul 22, 2014

    DULUTH, Minn. - William Farnham "Bill" Penrose, 90, of Ironwood, Mich., died Saturday, July 19, 2014, at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. He was born May 6, 1924, in Ironwood, son of the late Norman and Winifred (Trethewey) Penrose. He was married to his wife of 68 years, the former Gertrude Nelmark, on March 2, 1946. She survives. Also surviving are two children, Greta (Michael) Erm, Eagle Harbor, Mich. and Bill (Mary) Penrose, Ironwood; grandchildren, Daniel (Lori)...