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Articles from the October 21, 2019 edition


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  • Fabric Patch, DAP, HIT collaborate for quilt show

    Oct 21, 2019

    By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Historic Ironwood Theatre hosted a showing of the film "How to Make an American Quilt" as part of a collaboration with the Fabric Patch and the Downtown Art Place (DAP) Saturday. As part of the collaboration, a gallery of quilts was put on display in the entryway of the theatre. The event started off as just the gallery showing, but expanded when theatre operations manager, Bruce Greenhill, found the film to show. The exhibition's collection...

  • Regional Hospice holds annual memorial service

    Oct 21, 2019

    By KIM E. STROM [email protected] BESSEMER - "Grief never exits...but it changes. It's a passage...not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness ... not a lack of faith ... It is the price of love ... " Elizabeth I. The Regional Hospice Services held its annual memorial service Sunday at Mill Street Garden in Bessemer. It was free and open to anyone experiencing the loss of a loved one or family and friends of those who are grieving. There has been a yearly memorial service since...

  • Timber company announces sale of Michigan timberlands

    Oct 21, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] SEATTLE — One of the largest private owners of timberlands in the world has announced the sale of over half a million acres in the state of Michigan, including land in Ontonagon County. Weyerhaeuser Company announced last month that it was selling its 555,000 acres in Michigan to Lyme Great Lakes Holding — an affiliate of The Lyme Timber Company — for $300 million cash. Lyme Timber Company Managing Director and CEO Jim Hourdequin said the sale includes 41,151 acres in Ontonagon County and 58,93...

  • Community calendar

    Oct 21, 2019

    Monday, Oct. 21 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. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Government Bessemer Housing Commission, 8:30 a.m., executive director’s office, 709 W. I...