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Articles from the October 24, 2019 edition


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  • Going up

    Oct 24, 2019

  • Local organizations get almost $100,000 in art grants

    Oct 24, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — Three local organizations have received close to $100,000 in grant funding from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. The Historic Ironwood Theatre, Downtown Art Place and the Friends of the Porcupine Mountains combined to receive $97,110 in grants. In Gogebic County, the theater was awarded a pair of grants, as was the DAP — although neither received the full amounts requested. The theater received $18,750 of the $25,000 requested in one application and $18,072 of the $36,...

  • White tells of life growing up during depression in the Northwoods

    Oct 24, 2019

    By KIM E. STROM [email protected] MERCER - The Mercer Public Library has embarked upon a new project - Mercer Memory Events. As part of this project, Jean (Brunner) White came to speak at the library Wednesday about what the family's history was like growing up in Mercer. White was joined by her two sisters, Margaret (Peg) Brunner and Kathy (Brunner) Kadrlik. It was recorded on video. It's not the first time for them. In the past, the focus was on the history of Smokey Bear and how their...

  • Community calendar

    Oct 24, 2019

    Thursday, Oct. 24 Downtown Ironwood Development Authority, 8 a.m., Women’s Club Room. Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. 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. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Free Community Dinner, Wakefield Methodist Church, 5 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First P...