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Articles from the October 27, 2017 edition


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  • HIT to hold silent movie night Saturday

    Oct 27, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - This Saturday the Historic Ironwood Theatre is showing "The Cat and the Canary," a 1927 silent horror film adaptation of John Willard's 1922 black comedy play. According to the HIT website, the wealthy Cyrus West is on his deathbed and his nephews and nieces gather around him like cats around a canary to get their greedy mitts on his estate. Due to the machinations of his family, West inserts a provision in the will that it not be read...

  • Planning commission sends resident survey to board

    Oct 27, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees will likely take action on a survey for township residents at its next meeting, after the township’s planning commission voted Thursday to send the questionnaire to the board for approval. The survey is part of the commission’s effort to update the township’s master plan as required every five years. “The reason to do the survey is to gauge if there is any change in public thought or opinion on land use from five years ago to today,” commi...

  • Theatre North

    Oct 27, 2017

  • Unemployment rates fall in Gogebic, Ontonagon counties

    Oct 27, 2017

    By JAN TUCKER [email protected] September unemployment in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties was down a slight tick as it was in 14 of the 15 counties in the Upper Peninsula. The September rate in Gogebic County was 5.6 percent, lower than the 5.9 percent in August and slightly lower than the 5.7 percent a year ago. The comparison indicates since September 2016, the labor force in Gogebic County has shrunk by 250 people and the number of people working is down by 275. Total unemployment in September 2016 was 325 and this September 350....

  • Community calendar

    Oct 27, 2017

    Friday, Oct. 27 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Make and Taste Pierogi class, 11 a.m., Mercer Public Library, Mercer, 715-476-2366 Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon....