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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Michigan Department of Natural Resources employees were busy installing new barriers along a section of the Lake Superior shoreline at Little Girl's Point Thursday in an effort to combat erosion near the mouth of Oman's Creek. The installation of the Beach Prisms - 4-by-10-foot concrete blocks with specially designed holes to allow the movement of water through them - is the first use of the technology in Michigan, according to...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - Children traded pens and pencils for paintbrushes and chalk. On a sunny, but chilly Thursday, Ironwood elementary students and Great Start Readiness Program students took a field trip to the downtown Art Park. Inspired by art, children left the classroom, and got to paint a wall without getting in trouble. Before painting the wall, the kids gathered around Lynne Wiercinski, Assistant Carnegie Library Director, for story time. Children sat...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — A Wednesday, Oct. 14 meeting has been scheduled on the new assessor’s plat of Aurora Location parcels. Developing the plat was approved by the Ironwood City Commission. City manager Scott Erickson said Monday the public informational meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. in the Memorial Building. There are a total of 29 property owners who must pay for their share of the costs of the plat over a five-year period, or all at once. People living within the Aurora Land Association will now own the parcel...
Friday, Oct. 2 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. EDT, Ontonagon Village Housing, 100 Cane Court, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, Oct. 3 Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saxon-Gurney...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - William L. Heilig, 90, of Ironwood, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood, with his family at his side, following a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born Aug. 17, 1925, raised in Lower Michigan, and came to Ironwood in 1946. Bill, along with his wife, Doreen, founded Doreen's Antiques on Lake Street in Ironwood, operating the business for more than 40 years. After Doreen's passing in 2005, Bill continued to operate Doreen...