Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER — Area residents and the Bessemer Planning Commission heard plans Wednesday from the Gogebic County Road Commission for the county's new maintenance garage. About five years ago, Darren Pionk, road commission engineer-manager, said the commission looked “into their needs.” Pionk said the commission's three main county garages are all “outdated” and no longer meets their needs. In addition to the garage in Bessemer, the road commission has one in Marenisco and one in Watersmeet. Pionk sai...
Thursday, Jan. 7 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. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., all welcome, The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. Awkward Stage Drama Club Production “These Wonderful Years” audition, 3:30-6 p.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. Free community dinner, 5-6:30 p.m., Wakefield United Methodist Church, Wakefield. ReG...
BESSEMER, Mich. - J. Scott Lindquist, 56, formerly of Bessemer, completed his earthly journey on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, following a year-long battle with cancer. Scott was born on April 15, 1959, in Minneapolis, a son of Jon "Jack" and Helen (Gustafson) Lindquist. He attended school in Bessemer and graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in 1977. Scott's love for emergency medical services began as a senior in high school when he received his emergency medical technician certificate and worked w...
SEBASTIAN, Fla. — Dolores Lapp, 86, a lifelong resident of Land O’Lakes, Wis., died peacefully on Dec. 20, at her second home in Sebastian. Dolores was born in Chicago to John and Isabel Ott and moved to Land O’Lakes in the 1940s to marry Jack Lapp. Their marriage lasted 67 years, until her death. She held the world tiger muskie record for many years for a 56-inch, 50-pound, 4-ounce fish that she caught June 28, 1951, when she was 21 years old, on Lac Vieux Desert Lake while fishing with Jack, who was a professional fishing guide for over 60 ye...
