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Articles from the October 2, 2017 edition


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  • 39th annual Pumpkin Festival held in Bessemer

    Oct 2, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The 39th annual Pumpkinfest kicked off Wednesday evening and ended with the 50/50 draw at the VFW and final poker run drawing at midnight Sunday. Saturday brought people from many states, some as far as away as Illinois, according to the license plates parked outside A.D. Johnston on Iron street. By 9:00 a.m., the gymnasium was full of vendors hawking their products and many people were shopping. Gail and Walt Soulier's homemade salsas and...

  • Historic Ironwood Theatre holds HIT Idol tryouts

    Oct 2, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - On Saturday and Sunday, young performers flocked to the Historic Ironwood Theatre in downtown Ironwood for tryouts for this years HIT Idol. Bruce Greenhill, managing director of the theatre, said they expected 30-40 kids on each day, from which the judges will have to whittle down the number to around 40 for the competition. Janie Williams and Annette Burchell had the task over the weekend to listen to all those performances and select the...

  • Election registration deadline looms

    Oct 2, 2017

    Ironwood — The last day to register for the electors of the city of Ironwood for the November 7 election is Tuesday, October, 3, according to Karen Gullan, city clerk. Gullan says residents can either visit the Secretary of State’s office or the city clerk’s office in the Municipal Memorial Building in Ironwood between 7:30 a.m. And 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The November election is for the five city commissioner seats and two charter amendments. The full text language of the amendments may be obtained from the city clerks offic...

  • Community calendar

    Oct 2, 2017

    Monday, Oct. 2 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Pat O’Donnell Civic Center board, 5 pm, at arena. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. AL-ANON, 6 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Sports Hall of Fame, 6 p.m., Luther L. Wright K-12 School, room 205. MECCA Ski Club, 6 p.m., MECCA cabin at the chalet on Fierick Road, Mercer, Wis. Harbortown AA, 7...

  • Mary Hilda (Stump) (Reed) Ahonen

    Oct 2, 2017

    KIMBALL, Wis. - Mary Hilda (Stump) (Reed) Ahonen, 84, has passed away at home with her husband and daughter at her side. Mary was received by the Lord on Sept. 23, 2017. Mary was born March 16, 1933, in Sharpsburg, Md., as the eldest daughter of the late Charles Oliver and Rose Lee (Griffith) Stump. Mary graduated from Boonsboro High School, Boonsboro, Md., in 1951. She married Robert Theodore Reed in 1954. After traveling with Robert while he was in the military, they settled in Jessup, Md. In...