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  • Ironwood Carnegie Library holds arts, craft hour

    Dec 31, 2019

    By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD - Nearly a dozen kids braved Monday's snow to create a snowstorm of their own as part of the Ironwood Carnegie Library's monthly arts and crafts hour. Local artist Arlene Schneller had the young artists create copper snowflakes. She and a band of volunteers guided the children through the process of making their own copper snowflakes with a technique called "repousse." The kids gathered around tables and used tools called styluses to leave...

  • Heavy, wet snow blankets Range

    Dec 31, 2019

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - The snowstorm that struck the region on Monday afternoon came a bit later than predicted with heavy snow falling in the evening instead. Jacob Horton, a meteorologist with the Weather Service, said there was heavy snow falling as forecasted but that reported measurements were falling short of what was expected by mid-afternoon Monday. The 4 p.m. public report from Ironwood measured 4.3 inches with snow expected to continue in the evening...

  • Ontonagon village reaches tenative union agreement

    Dec 31, 2019

    By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The Village of Ontonagon has reached a tentative agreement with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal employees union for a collective bargaining agreement starting Jan. 1. The sides tentatively agreed to a three year contract which: —Kept the current plan. —Added steps to longevity with 25 years at $0.30 and 30 years $0.35 —And increase of 2% in wages for the three year term of the contract. The contract also eliminates post-employment health insurance by 2025 and establi...

  • Community calendar

    Dec 31, 2019

    Tuesday Dec. 31 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Government Gogebic Community College Board, 4:30 p.m., room B-22, Jacob Solin Business Center, GCC. Iron County Board, 6 p.m., courthouse, Hurley. Wednesday, Jan. 1 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe,...

  • Nancy M. Berg

    Dec 31, 2019

    BESSEMER, Mich. - Nancy M. Berg, 77, of Bessemer, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. Nancy was born Dec. 29, 1941, to V. Melvin and Shirley (Koskie) Jacobson, of South Bessemer. She grew up on a dairy farm and was very active in 4-H, showing dairy animals and other projects at the fair. Nancy attended Harding Grade School, graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in 1959, and continued her education at Gogebic Community College. Nancy moved to Milwaukee to begin the...

  • Mary Elizabeth (Trtan) Nantell

    Dec 31, 2019

    Hurley, Wis. — Mary Elizabeth (Trtan) Nantell, 97, of Hurley, passed away on Dec. 13, 2019, at the Villa Maria Rehabilitation Center. Mary was born in Ironwood, Mich., on Nov. 30, 1922, to George and Jennie (Perkovich) Trtan. She attended Newport Elementary and Luther L. Wright High School, graduating with the class of 1941. Mary was united in marriage to Wilbur (Bill) Nantell in the chapel at Camp White, an army training base, in Medford, Oregon. Following their marriage and Bill’s deployment to the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater dur...