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Articles from the October 24, 2017 edition


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  • A.D. Johnston students learn in their backyard

    Oct 24, 2017

    BESSEMER - A.D. Johnston High School biology students completed their annual watershed assessment of Powdermill Creek with the help of the U.S. Forest Service. According to teacher Dave Rowe, "The annual field trip is in its 11th year and it resulted in a great partnership between the school and the U.S. Forest Service. Each year my students rotate through a series of stations that allow them to work with and interact with professionals from the Forest Service to gain a deeper understanding of...

  • Bessemer joins golf co-op

    Oct 24, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer school board voted to join Ironwood and Wakefield-Marenisco to form a cooperative golf team under the banner of the Gogebic Miners Monday. According to Superintendent Dave Radovich both Ironwood and Bessemer had lost their golf teams in prior years and with formation of a co-op team in both boys and girls, in all three schools will have another athletic option in the spring to take part in. Annette Lillie, school board member o...

  • Board approves new cost for Sunset ball field repairs

    Oct 24, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The planned repairs to the Sunset Park baseball field are moving forward, despite costs being higher than expected, after the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees approved the additional funding Monday. The increase in cost is due to needing more material than originally expected. The repairs to the ball field’s infield are likely to require around 80 yards of clay — rather than the 25 yards originally expected. The extra clay raises the price from roughly $2,400 to $6,00...

  • Community calendar

    Oct 24, 2017

    Tuesday, Oct. 24 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. Grief Support Lunch, Ontonagon Aspirus Hospital conference room, 906-337-5700. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Elk and Hound. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Life Support Group...

  • Geraldine R. "Geri" Tiziani

    Oct 24, 2017

    IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Geraldine R. "Geri" Tiziani, 78, a longtime Ironwood Township resident, died unexpectedly Saturday morning, Oct. 21, 2017, in her home. The former Geraldine Glinske was born Oct. 6, 1939, in Phelps, Wis., daughter of the late Earl and Norma (Polzin) Glinske, and attended school in Watersmeet. She married Robert J. Tiziani on Nov. 29, 1958, at St. Albert's Catholic Church in Land O' Lakes, Wis. They resided briefly in Negaunee, Eau Claire and Superior, Wis., before...

  • Sophie R. Broslovik

    Oct 24, 2017

    OMAHA, Neb. - Sophie R. Broslovik, 96, of Ironwood, passed away peacefully with her loving daughters by her side on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 in Omaha, Nebraska. She was born October 15, 1921 in Ironwood, daughter of the late Walter and Louise (Novak) Stanczak. Sophie attended Ironwood schools and graduated from the Luther L. Wright High School. Sophie was a caring and loving person. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting and gardening. Her greatest joy was spending time with her family. On June...