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Articles from the September 29, 2016 edition


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  • Ironwood-Bessemer trail nears completion

    Sep 29, 2016

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - City Commissioner Jim Mildren is impressed with the new stretch of the Iron Belle Trail from Ironwood to Bessemer. City commissioners learned Monday the non-motorized trail construction is nearly finished. The trail will tentatively be dedicated at an Oct. 24 ceremony at the Bessemer end. The Ironwood stretch of the hiking-biking trail has been in use for more than a year and a Friends of the Iron Belle Trail group has organized. It will...

  • Broadband grant ceremony planned

    Sep 29, 2016

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Gogebic Range Broadband Committee, Wednesday, learned some details of the ceremony planned to mark Iron County’s reception of a broadband expansion grant. According to Iron County Development Zone Coordinator Kelly Klein, one of the people involved in obtaining the grant, the ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 9 at one of the fire towers that is being purchased through the grant. “The committee, along with the county board and development corporation, will all be invited (to the cerem...

  • Madden gives heroin defendant last chance to stay out of prison

    Sep 29, 2016

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County Judge Patrick Madden on Tuesday gave a Superior man who previously pleaded no contest to a heroin count one last chance to stay out of prison. Bernie Sanders, 47, had received a deferred sentence in 2015 on a charge of possession with intent to deliver heroin. On Tuesday, acting Iron County District Attorney Fritz Schellgell recommended Sanders be sentenced to 18 months in prison and 18 months of extended supervision for violating conditions set in the deferred prosecution a...

  • Fall Grillin'

    Sep 29, 2016

  • Community Calendar

    Sep 29, 2016

    Thursday, Sept. 29 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Hurley High School Tennis Courts. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30...

  • Terry L. Reid

    Sep 29, 2016

    GREEN, Mich. - Terry L. Reid passed away at his home, Cranberry Corner, in Green on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. He was born in Standardville, Utah, Aug. 12, 1945, to Clarence and Melba (Bean) Reid. Terry was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Phylis; brothers, Richard and Keith; and sister-in-law, Anneli Kekke. Terry is survived by Bob Kekke, his partner/spouse of 35 years; daughter, Kori, of Helper, Utah; brother, Ike (Im) Reid, of Rio Rancho, N.M.; sisters, Jean Spadafora, of Glendale, Ar...