Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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WAKEFIELD — The city of Wakefield is pleased to be moving forward with an improvement project for the dam at the northeast corner of Sunday Lake, which the city has sought to update for several years. The city was recently awarded a Michigan Department of Natural Resources Dam Management Grant in the amount of $69,300 for the spillway gate replacement. The city will be responsible for a ten percent local share of the $77,000 total project cost. The dam management grant was one of six awarded i...
BESSEMER — The Gogebic-Iron County Paisano Club held its spring dinner Sunday at La Panetteria in Bessemer, celebrating Italian heritage and scholarship funds raised for area high school seniors. Speaking to a crowd gathered for the annual event, chapter president Dorothy Walesewicz said the club was founded in Bessemer on August 6, 1969, making it 44 years old this year. She said the purpose was to raise money to assist area students getting ready to move on to college. “We now have more than 44 members, most of them here (today),” she said....
WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield City Council swore in longtime resident Charles Picoldi Monday, to fill an unexpired term vacated by a resignation. A seat on the council became available when April Rauh resigned her position in March. One application, from Picoldi, was received by the city to fill the vacancy. The council is now comprised of Joseph DelFavero, Ted Finco, Picoldi, Jason White and Mayor Richard Bolen. The council approved GEI Consultants to complete the engineering design for the c...
HURLEY — The Hurley Lions Club held an annual pancake breakfast Sunday at the Liberty Bell in support of the Hurley K-12 School’s participation in a summer youth camp program. Club treasurer Bob Traczyk said the fundraiser, held each year on Palm Sunday, raises money that helps students spend a week at the North Lakeland Discovery Center in Manitowish Waters. “We’ve been dedicating these funds to the summer youth camp for around 10 years,” he said. Traczyk said the fundraiser itself has been...
KIMBALL, Wis. — A benefit dinner drew scores of supporters for Mike Tijan in his fight against multiple myeloma Saturday at the Kimball Community Center. Tijan has been battling the disease for eight years, and is now facing a stem cell transplant. His brother Andy is a blood match. Their sister, Teresa Vitovksy, said Mike has been undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments to decrease his cancer levels. She said that when Mike is well enough for the procedure, he and Andy will travel to the Mayo Clinic for the stem cell transplant. T...
IRONWOOD — The Downtown Art Place held an open house Saturday, in conjunction with the Take 3 concert at the Ironwood Theatre. The open house was the second for the Downtown Art Place. Annette Burchell said the event was intended to attract visitors to the DAP and also to showcase new handicapped-accessible restrooms. “Through donations we were able to construct the two restrooms, which will be shared with the Ironwood Theatre,” she said. The open house served as a membership drive for DAP,...
IRONWOOD – Gogebic-Iron Marine Corps League Detachment 1133 held a spaghetti dinner Sunday at the Breakwater in Ironwood to benefit the D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans in Marquette and the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King. Detachment Commandant Gary Kusz said the money raised is used to help fund activities for the veterans at the two facilities. Kusz said the fundraiser has been taking place for around 10 years. He said the idea is to help contribute to the daily routines at the two homes a...
