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Articles from the September 23, 2016 edition


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  • Niemi wins, Anderson 4th at Drummond invite

    Jason Juno|Sep 23, 2016

    CABLE, Wis. — In as close to a WIAA Division 3 sectional preview as Hurley will get, Tori Anderson finished fourth Thursday at Telemark Golf Course. Ironwood's Nick Niemi found out he would have a good shot at a Wisconsin state berth — if he weren't competing in Michigan. He won the invite with a time of 17:29.2, beating Drummond's Gavin Martell by 20.6 seconds. Fourteen of the 20 teams from the sectional took part. But that excluded Chequamegon, which has been dominant this season and one of...

  • Area residents raise awareness, funds to battle depression, suicide

    Sep 23, 2016

    By TOM STANKARD tstankard@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - When Pat Gallinagh's sister died of suicide in 1967, he wanted to do something about it. To raise awareness of suicide, he joined the Lifekeeper Memory Quilt program. Through the quilts, Gallinagh, of Ironwood, said it puts a human face on the tragedy of suicide and the toll it takes on the victim's family and the community. Gallinagh, a member of the Range Suicide Prevention Council, said the club finished its sixth quilt earlier this...

  • Theatre North begins season with classic comedy Oct. 20

    Sep 23, 2016

    By TOM STANKARD tstankard@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — Theatre North is continuing its 53-year-old tradition of providing community entertainment by presenting three shows this season. The season begins with the classic American comedy “You Can’t Take it With You,” directed by Helen Fashbaugh. In the play, set in 1936, Alice Sycamore and Toby Kirby Jr. fall in love. When Kirby proposes, Sycamore fears of introducing her “crazy” family to the “snobby” Kirbys. There are fireworks thrown in when the IRS threatens Grandpa because he doesn’t believ...

  • Community Calendar

    Sep 23, 2016

    Friday, Sept. 23 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. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Gogebic County Road Commission,...