Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
IRONWOOD'S FIRST baby of 2017, Andrew, was born on Jan.7 to Bobbi Jo and Matt Lawson. Andrew is the Lawsons' first child and is the youngest of a handful of male cousins. Andrew came into the world without inducement at a healthy fighting weight of 6 pounds, 1.5 ounces, barely beating another local baby to the finish line to be crowned the area's first baby of 2017.
By IAN MINIELLY
IRONWOOD - Ironwood Aspirus Hospital staff greeted Andrew Lawson into this world as the first locally born baby of the new year on Jan. 7 at 7:16 p.m.
Andrew is the first-born son Matt and Bobbi Jo Lawson and came into this world with a fighting weight of 6 pounds, 1.5 ounces.
Staff members at the hospital were going to induce labor on Monday, Jan. 9. Andrew was not waiting around though. Another family was also scheduled for an inducement Jan. 9, but they also went into labor, resulting in a race to see the world. These two may spend the next 18 ye...
