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DeWyze coming to Ironwood for HIT Idol

By IAN MINIELLY

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IRONWOOD — Next Friday at 7 p.m., the Historic Ironwood Theatre will host its seventh season of HIT Idol.

HIT Idol is a local contest featuring area youth singing their hearts out on Friday night and the winners being announced on Saturday, Nov. 4.

American Idol season 9 winner Lee DeWyze is coming to Ironwood in support of the competition.

DeWyze said he did not so much “agree” to come to Ironwood and be a part of HIT Idol, “as much as I was asked to be a part of something that encourages young people with goals of being singers/artists and I think...