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Walters presents update on annual ski jumping competition to Golden K group

KINGSFORD — Mother Nature, Old Man Winter, and Father Time worked together last week and dropped the temperatures. Golden K members have a policy — if the students don’t going to school, the seniors don’t venture out. Jan. 20 became a “stay-at home” day. It was the perfect time ...

NARFE meeting planned Feb. 25

NORWAY — The National Active and Retired Federal Employees group will meet at noon Tuesday, Feb. 25, at Mike’s on Main in Norway.  All are welcome to attend.

Books about the UP by UP authors honored

MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association has announced its sixth-annual U.P. Notable Books List. UPPAA Notable Books chairman Mikel Classen of Sault Ste. Marie initiated the effort in 2019 as a response to the lack of representation of U.P. writers in other ...

Post 50 fish fry on Friday

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Uren-Cooper-Johnson American Legion Post 50 will host a fish fry from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at the hall. The dinners will include a choice of three-piece cod or eight fried shrimp, along with fries, baked beans and cole slaw. Cost is $14 per plate. Dine-in or takeout is available. For more information or to place an order, call 906-774-5797. The post plans to conduct fish fries each week.

New shirts for Norway LEO Club

This semester, Erin Masselink, a senior at Norway High School, used her artistic talents in her graphics communication class to design and create a custom T-shirt for the Norway High School LEO Club. Club members plan to wear the T-shirts during school events, meetings and around campus to ...

Iron County Genealogical Society meets Feb. 6

IRON RIVER — The Iron County Genealogical Society will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, in the J. Patrick White Conference Room of the West Iron District Library. The group will take a trip down Memory Lane watching a video, “A Millennium of Changes (Iron River, Stambaugh and Mineral Hills).” Five communities are in the vicinity of the Iron River. This video consists of photographs of three of them that became one in the year 2000. Pictures include the major industry-mining, other occupations, the pioneers, the schools, churches, hospitals and transportation. It was produced ...