By Allison JoyIRON RIVER – The Iron River City Council voted to make a bid on a new building to house City Hall, following a public hearing on May 1. There were about 20 persons in attendance at the meeting, three of whom spoke out against the purchase of a new building at the corner of West…

IRON RIVER – The Iron County Economic Chamber Alliance has announced a fifth round of its Fast Track Grant Program, with applications due June 3 at noon.The program offers up to $2,500 to start-up businesses selected by the ICECA’s business development committee which includes its board trustees,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet) joined Representative Nikki Budzinski (D-Illinois) in a bipartisan effort aimed at blocking efforts to consolidate postal operations and transition certain services away from facilities deemed to be under-performing. "…

CRYSTAL FALLS - The ever-popular Summer Scares program returns for its fifth season at the Crystal Falls Library. We have three Summer Scares Book Clubs that are running concurrently—one for middle schoolers, one for high schoolers and one for adults.Summer Scares is a reading program from the…

IRON RIVER — Nick Baumgartner, Iron River resident and 2022 US Olympic Gold Medalist, will be at the West Iron District Library (WIDL) on Saturday, May 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to share with the audience his continued story of triumph and to sell and sign copies of his recently published memoir, ‘…

ROSEMONT, Illinois -- On the weekend of April 27, West Iron County Middle and High School joined 142 of the top quiz bowl teams from small public high schools at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago for the 2024 Small School National Championship Tournament to determine who was the best.WIC Middle and…

Pictured are, standing from left, Gabe Belanger, Caleb Reinke, Anthony Kurtz, Quinn Premo, Liam Johnson and Gabe Quevedo. Seated from left, Tatum Clark, Claire Zaupa, Leah Feldhausen and Dalaney Wagne. (Not pictured Jonnie Ketola) (Submitted photo.)By Patrick BrowneCRYSTAL FALLS — The Forest Park…

Here is a sneak peak of ‘Into the Woods’. Come with us as we discover what it takes to live happily ever after in Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical based on classic fairytales. You will have four different options to attend this program, starting on Thursday, May 30 at 6:30 p.m., Friday, May 31 at…

Photo by Kathy Holm.CRYSTAL FALLS - Twelve year old Eden Starr, of Crystal Falls competed April 26 in the Wisconsin Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) State Gymnastics Championship in Onalaska, Wisconsin. She received first place on both floor and vault, second on bars and third on beam. With an overall…

By Patrick BrowneIRON RIVER — The West Iron boys tennis program won its second match of the season by defeating Gwinn 6–0 May 1. The team followed up their opening season victory over Escanaba April 23 with a near perfect contest which saw them only lose three games in the entire contest.Although…