Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Thursday, Jan. 2 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Pere Menard Assembly 471, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church fellowship hall, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church,...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] As of Dec. 6 last year, it became legal in Michigan to possess and use recreational marijuana within designated guidelines. The new freedom occurred despite 10 of the Upper Peninsula’s 15 counties voting no on Proposal 1 during the mid-term elections on Nov. 6. Only Marquette, Houghton, Keweenaw, Chippewa and Alger counties joined many downstate locales in approving the measure. Fifty-six percent of Michigan’s voters said yes, but county totals were sometimes close, as in Gogebic, where 3,377 said no and...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — After postponing action for several meetings, the Ironwood Township board of trustees passed the township’s 2019 budget at a special meeting Thursday. Based on discussions over the past few meetings, the passed budget cuts several proposed line items — including raises for the three elected officials who work in the township offices. The original proposed budget had included a $1,123 increase in salaries for the township supervisor, treasurer and clerk. These raises — which w...
BESSEMER — As the new year is ushered in, Gogebic County is looking for a new medical examiner. At a committee meeting early this month, the county board of commissioners learned that Charlie Iknayan, the medical examiner, had suffered a stroke earlier in the year and will be retiring. He is not renewing his medical license effective Feb. 1, 2019. According to minutes of the December committee meeting, the county is shipping its autopsies to Dickinson County at a cost of more than what Iknayan was charging the county. The cost of an autopsy i...
Wednesday, Jan. 2 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Alzheimer’s Disease Caregivers Support Group, 6-7 p.m., Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, M...
BESSEMER, Mich. - E8 AOCS Lindy O. Allen, U.S. Navy (Retired), 94, formerly of Bessemer and Wakefield, passed away Saturday evening, Dec. 29, 2018. Lindy was born on Dec. 26, 1924, in Anvil, a son of Ivar Alexander and Rose Marie (Mattson) Allen. He attended A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer and graduated in 1943. Lindy lived a fast-paced and exciting life. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on July 19, 1943, and proudly served his country during World War II. Lindy was honorably discharged on...
IRON BELT, Wis. - Florence Eleanor (Rosi) Anonich, 93, of Iron Belt, passed away on Dec. 29, 2019, at home. She was born and raised in Iron Belt, the daughter of Hannibal and Mary (Fossatti) Rosi, and was a lifelong resident of the area. Florence attended the Iron Belt School and graduated in 1944. She then went to college in Stevens Point and Superior, earning her Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education. She was employed in the Superior School District for two years. She then returne...