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Articles from the August 10, 2019 edition


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  • Warning issued for Ironwood, Hurley water

    Aug 10, 2019

    By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Ironwood city officials are asking the public in Ironwood and Hurley to use bottled water as drinking water for infants. The warning extends to Hurley because it purchases its municipal water from Ironwood. The action comes as the manganese levels in the drinking water approach the federal Environmental Protection Agency precautionary levels, said a press release from Ironwood officials on Friday. Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson told the Daily Globe later Friday that recent concerns...

  • GCC kicks off work on new Ironwood training facility

    Aug 10, 2019

    By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The construction kick-off ceremony for Gogebic Community College's Skilled Trades Center took place on Friday at the college's new training facility. GCC President George McNulty welcomed everyone in attendance to the event and talked about how the training center will impact the area. "This facility is going to strengthen our partnerships in the region with business and industry," he said. "And it's really going to create additional...

  • FAIR DAYS

    Aug 10, 2019

  • Community Calendar

    Aug 10, 2019

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Aug. 10 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Government “Coffee with the Council,” 9-11 a.m., Wakefield Municipal Building. Gogebic Cou... Full story

  • William 'Bill' Arthur Dahlbacka

    Aug 10, 2019

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — William ‘Bill’ Arthur Dahlbacka, 68, died peacefully on July 31, 2019, in Colorado Springs, in Pikes Peak Hospice Unit at Penrose Hospital. Bill’s brother and sister-in-law were with him at the time of his passing. Bill was born on Sept. 18, 1951, in Wood County, Wisconsin, to the late Joyce Elaine and the late Arthur Dahlbacka. Bill graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood, Mich. After completing an associate degree at Gogebic Community College in 1971, he moved to Long Beach, Calif. He later moved t...