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Articles from the August 19, 2015 edition


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  • Community Calendar

    Aug 19, 2015

    Wednesday, Aug. 19 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, 9-10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-932-4200. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer (Wis.) Public Library. 715-476-2366. Hurley Education Foundation, noon, Hurley K-12 School. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Bessemer Chamber of Commerce, noon. Business Box Lunch-Topic: Protecting Your Assets in a Glo...

  • LeRoy C. Johnson

    Aug 19, 2015

    BROOKINGS, S.D. - LeRoy C. Johnson, 91, of Brookings, passed away Aug. 14, 2015, at Brookings Health System in Brookings. LeRoy Charles Johnson was born May 20, 1924, to George and Sophia (Kleimola) Johnson in Ironwood, Mich., on the family farm, the second oldest of three brothers. He was raised on a truck farm and perennial nursery which grew and marketed perennials to the entire country. He graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. He entered the U.S. Army on Jan. 10, 1943,...

  • Joseph F. Osterman

    Aug 19, 2015

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - Joseph F. Osterman, 65, of Iron Belt, Wis., died unexpectedly Sunday evening, Aug. 16, 2015, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood. Joe was born July 14, 1950, in Ironwood, to Martin and Margaret Osterman, and grew up in Ironwood, graduating from Luther L. Wright High School in 1968. He served in the U.S. Army in 1969 and received a medical discharge. He then did a formal apprenticeship with Cherne Contracting Co. in Ironwood and worked as a plumber, pipe fitter, steam...

  • City commission meets to decide future of park

    Aug 19, 2015

    IRONWOOD - The next two months will be crucial in developing a 20-year master plan for the Miners Memorial Heritage Park. About 25 people gathered Monday evening in the auditorium at the Ironwood Memorial Building to review a preliminary comprehensive plan set up by the Friends of the Miners Memorial Heritage Park. Paul Kostelnik, president of the FMMHP, said a final plan for the park to be presented to the city commission will be drafted in September and finalized in October. He said a group...

  • Aho completes Camino de Santiago

    Tom Stankard|Aug 19, 2015

    SANTIAGO, Spain - Tiffani Aho's life changed forever while watching television in May. For Aho, it was a normal Sunday at home in Hurley as she was watching her favorite show, "Oprah." Then, Aho said Oprah's guest was talking about the Camino de Santiago. "Within 5 minutes, I knew I was going to do it," she said. From that day forward, Aho said she couldn't stop researching the Camino. "I joined a Facebook page. I learned how to prepare. The more I researched, I learned what an experience it...