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Articles from the July 23, 2021 edition


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  • Kids learn about bubble-ology

    Jul 23, 2021

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - Bubbles are fun to make, but a group of kids attending a weekly Hurley Public Library summer program found that they enjoyed learning about molecules and the states of matter just as much on Wednesday at Riccelli Park. Licia Johnson, the education director and naturalist at the North Lakeland Discovery Center, came from Manitowish Waters to show kids that they can become scientists, or bubble-ologists in this case, she said. "They learned...

  • Storm sewer issues cause delays for Bessemer project

    Jul 23, 2021

    By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The city of Bessemer’s water and sewer project is running behind schedule as a result of “quite a few” storm sewer issues on Galena Street, according to Kelly Heidbrier, an engineer with C2AE. “Overall, we are running a couple weeks behind from the original schedule,” Heidbrier told the city council during its regular meeting on Monday. “We’re constantly having to repair problems over there and it’s becoming costly.” He cited a “Bessemer special” structure that they had just come across. T...

  • Community Calendar

    Jul 23, 2021

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, July 23 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org.... Full story