Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] The 16-day Iron County Heritage Festival begins this weekend - Friday actually - with a passel of activities. The festival is an annual effort by the Iron County Development Zone to market events across the county, said director Kelly Klein. "The whole idea is to be an umbrella for a lot of different things going on and to show people there are things to do," said Klein. "It goes across the county and seems to work really well." The events are popul...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — Those attending Festival Ironwood Saturday may have seen volunteers manning a booth on behalf of Ironwood Area Schools, including superintendent Travis Powell who was there to meet residents and gather feedback on the district. “It was wonderful, I got to meet a lot of folks from the community — a lot of parents, a lot of … alumni — and I heard a lot of great things about Ironwood Area Schools,” Powell said, Saturday. “It was very affirming; knowing there is a lot of strength, (th...
By JEAN NORDINE [email protected] MARENISCO - When Makayla Mahler, 2017 graduate of Wakefield/Marenisco high school, began powerlifting she "went from a 120 pound college freshman to a 160 pound beast, all muscle!" according to her grandfather Bruce Mahler. "Her transformation has been nothing but spectacular. She has put on 40 pounds of well defined muscle." Mahler has been diligently training since the fall of 2017 to complete in the female middleweight class at the "Twin Ports RAW...
Thursday, July 26 Ontonagon County Fair, fairgrounds, Greenland. Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Av. tennis courts, if raining, Ironwood Memorial Building. “Legends of the Loon”, 10 a.m., Mercer Public Library. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Strong Bones exercise class, 1:00 p.m., Mercer Community Center. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., age... Full story
