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Articles from the September 18, 2020 edition


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  • Watersmeet begins school year on positive note

    Sep 18, 2020

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WATERSMEET - Wednesday's first full day of school this year "went as well as it could," according to Gerald Pease, superintendent of the Watersmeet K-12 school. "Nobody knows all the answers," said Pease in relation to addressing the current COVID-19 pandemic, but he said school officials and other community members are trying their best to create a safe environment for students. Pease did not yet have an official count of this year's students, but he... Full story

  • Forestry committee changes bough permit rate

    Sep 18, 2020

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — As part of an effort to transition to online permit sales, the Iron County forestry and parks committee changed how much people will have to pay for a permit to harvest boughs on county land. Prior to the decision, there were two permit prices — with county residents paying $100 for a permit and non-residents paying $150. Iron County Forestry Administrator Eric Peterson said the transition to selling permits online would be simpler if the price was changed to a single price. “It would make...

  • GCC to offer gauge testing for pressure canners

    Sep 18, 2020

    By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College is offering free testing of dial gauges for pressure canners from 3 to 6 p.m today and again on Monday, in conjunction with the Michigan State University-Extension and the University of Wisconsin-Extension. A pressure gauge used by someone who cans food items like vegetable and meat, must be tested once per year, according to a press release from the college. “It seems that with COVID and with other things around food safety this year, we have a lot more people who...

  • Community Calendar

    Sep 18, 2020

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Sept. 18 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org.... Full story

  • Barbara R. Peterson

    Sep 18, 2020

    NEGAUNEE, Mich. - Barbara R. Peterson, 93, in the presence of her loving family, went to be with her Lord on Sept. 15, 2020, at Eastwood Nursing Home in Negaunee. She was born May 12, 1927, daughter of John and Victoria (Pertile) Frello. Barbara married Howard Peterson, and he preceded her in death in 1983. She worked as an inspector for fishing poles at Kodiak Company. Barbara loved to read and work puzzles, but her passion in life was her children and grandchildren. She loved to cook Italian... Full story

  • Marshall E. Leonard Jr.

    Sep 18, 2020

    CLEVELAND, Miss. - Marshall E. Leonard Jr., 66, was taken to his eternal heavenly home from early onset dementia, on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in Cleveland, Mississippi. A memorial service commemorating the Savior's blessings for Marshall will be held Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Tupelo, at 11 a.m. Internment will be at Graceland Cemetery, Valparaiso, this fall. Marshall was born to Dolores and Marshall E. Leonard on July 10, 1954, in Waukegan, Illinois. He was... Full story