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Articles from the September 28, 2018 edition


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  • Jackson Creek bridge project continues

    Richard Jenkins and Jan Tucker|Sep 28, 2018

    WAKEFIELD - Construction crews on the M-28 Jackson Creek Bridge project east of Wakefield are still working, but very slowly, a Michigan Department of Transportation spokesperson said Tuesday. MDOT spokesperson Dan Weingarten said Anlaan Corp., the contractor on the project, is continuing to work on the bridge. He told the Daily Globe Thursday while the project has faced delays, they are unrelated to a statewide labor impasse that ended that day. That dispute between road contractors and a...

  • Ironwood man gets prison in stolen gun case

    Richard Jenkins|Sep 28, 2018

    BESSEMER — An Ironwood man will spend time in prison for home invasion and receiving and concealing stolen firearms. Gogebic County Circuit Judge Michael Pope sentenced Aubrey Dean Cummins, 19, to between five and 15 years in prison for second-degree home invasion and between two and 10 years in prison for receiving and concealing stolen firearms Tuesday. Cummins pleaded guilty to the two charges in June, as part of a plea agreement that had charges of first-degree home invasion and larceny of a firearm dismissed at sentencing. Cummins was c...

  • Autumn Way

    Sep 28, 2018

  • Community calendar

    Sep 28, 2018

    Friday, Sept. 28 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. 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,...

  • Margaret E. (Bolen) Stratman

    Sep 28, 2018

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Margaret E. (Bolen) Stratman, 96, a long-time resident of Wakefield, passed away late Tuesday night, Sept. 25, 2018. Margaret was born on Oct. 11, 1921, in Wakefield, the daughter of William and Vivian (Pikka) Bolen. She attended Wakefield High School and graduated in 1939. During World War II, Margaret decided to support the war effort and moved to Detroit. She worked in a factory. On March 15, 1947, Margaret was united in marriage to the love of her life, William F....