Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer city council voted Monday for a three-lane option on U.S. 2, with modifications for greater width on each end of town to ease movement of industrial vehicles on Massie and Tamarack Avenues. Massie Avenue allows traffic to and from the city's industrial park, and Tamarack Avenue lies next to Steiger's Home Center. Michigan Department of Transportation officials have been awaiting the lane decision so they can proceed with formal...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Those interested in exploring some or all of the Upper Peninsula on two wheels this summer can start planning now, as pre-registration is now open for the second annual Tour Da Yoop, Eh. “I believe the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is probably the best place in the entire country to have the ultimate, multi-day biking adventure,” James Studinger said in a video recapping last year’s inaugural ride. The 1,200-mile, 10-day trip circles the perimeter of the U.P., starting and stopping in Manis...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners will meet Wednesday at 5 p.m. for a re-organizational session. The board originally planned to meet last week for the session, but was unable to do so. The regular meetings will continue on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 5 p.m., with the finance committee meeting the fourth Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m. A chair and vice-chair will be elected Wednesday. One of the first actions of the new board will be to act on the resignation of James W...
Tuesday, Jan. 8 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Tiny Tot Story Hour, 10 a.m. Wakefield Public Library. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. A Matter of Balance, 10 a.m.-noon, first floor conference room, Aspirus Ironwood Hospital, 906-663-4045. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Blood Drive, noon - 4 p.m.,...
ARTHUR, N.D. - Hildur Lenora (Wright) Wiebusch passed away peacefully Dec. 26, 2018, after spending a cherished Christmas surrounded by her family from near and far. Hildur was born Sept. 25, 1932, to Ralph and Clara (Carlson) Wright. She graduated from Arthur High School and attended Interstate Business College in Fargo. Hildur worked for the First State Bank in Arthur for a number of years and also was the accountant at the Good Samaritan Center in Arthur. She married Robert Wiebusch in 1952,...
WAKEFIELD, Mich.- Margaret E. Picoldi, 89, a prominent long-time Wakefield businesswoman, passed away Saturday afternoon, Jan. 5, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. Margaret was born on Aug. 28, 1929, in Bessemer Township, a daughter of John and Emma (Elsner) LaChapelle. She attended Puritan School and graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer. Margaret worked at the Gogebic County Courthouse and was a cook at Gogebic Medical Care Facility. On July 21, 1951, she was united in...
HURLEY, Wis. - John V. Nellessen, 69, of Hurley, passed away Friday, Dec. 28, at his home. He was born July 30, 1949, in Woodstock, Ill., the son of the late Leopold and Natalie (Hardt) Nellessen. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Rebecca S., and son, Robert M. Nellessen, two brothers and two sisters. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Susan (Haning), whom he married Sept. 2, 1967; two sons, John P. of Alaska and Joel A. of Hurley; three granddaughters, Alexandra, Charlie and...
