Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER TOWNSHIP — The Bessemer Township board met on Monday evening and Jeff Randall, Board Supervisor discussed how the new Firetruck saved the day for Indianhead prior to the Christmas surge of visitors. Apparently the wind blew the door open at the Indianhead Pump station after it was inspected and the station froze solid Dec. 19. The township lent their workers to the Gogebic Range Water Authority to thaw the station while sending a team of v...
IRONWOOD — Following more snow today, the Ironwood forecast calls for a return of frigid weather throughout the week. According to the National Weather Service, there was a 90 to 100 percent chance of snow today, ranging from 3 to 5 inches, but that will drop to 60 percent on Wednesday, when the low reading will return below zero. Today’s high was predicted at 28 degrees, quite an improvement from last week’s temperatures that dipped well below zero. Thursday is shaping up as the coldest day of the week, with a high of 9 and low of minus...
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Nancy Rae (Sobolewski) Nemacheck, age 63, passed away peacefully at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, on Dec. 26, 2016. Nancy fought a courageous battle against breast cancer and pulmonary hypertension. Services will be held at noon on Jan 20, at Cornerstone Church in Ramsay, Mich., followed by a luncheon at Manny’s Restaurant in Ironwood, Mich. Full obituary to follow.... Full story
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees spent little time Monday discussing the communication from the state’s Department of Environmental Quality, likely due to the fact it contained nothing but good news. The letter — dated Dec. 15, 2016 — is a follow up to a department visit made Nov. 30, 2016. “The primary purpose of our visit was to determine compliance and conduct a formal water system evaluation under the Michigan Safe Drinking Act,” Douglas Pascoe wrote in the letter....
Tuesday, Jan. 10 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Wakefield Library Children’s Story Hour, 10 a.m., Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Bessemer American Legion Post 27, 5 p.m., American Legion, Bessemer. Ironwood American Legion Post 5, 5:30 p.m. d... Full story
KING, Wis. - Local musician Max Lee passed away at 76. Maxwell Lee Huhta, long-time resident of Ironwood, Mich., passed away on Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, at Wisconsin Veterans Home in King He was born Nov. 23, 1940, in Duluth, Minn., the son of the late Wesley and Mae (Herrala) Huhta. Max graduated from Superior East High School in Superior with the Class of 1959. Max enlisted in the U.S. Army on June 16, 1966, and served in Vietnam until July 6, 1968. On Oct. 26, 1968, he married Kathleen E.... Full story
SAXON, Wis. - Fannie I. Wehmas, 90, of Saxon, passed away at her home on Jan. 6, 2017. She was born Oct. 28, 1926, in a log cabin in Kimball, the daughter of the late Gust and Olga (Lehtola) Salli. She attended Kimball Grade School and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley in 1945. She married Robert Wehmas of Saxon on June 15, 1946, in Ironwood, Mich. He preceded her in death on Sept. 29, 1993. Fannie enjoyed working on the family dairy farm and was so proud of it. She retired in... Full story
ONTONAGON, Mich. - Mary Aileen Kushnir, 82, of Cane Court, Ontonagon, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, at home. She was born Oct. 17, 1934, in Green, daughter of the late Einar and Mary Alina (Honkavaara) Kangas. Mary attended Ontonagon schools and graduated from the Ontonagon High School with the class of 1952. She was employed at the First National Bank in Ontonagon. She also resided and was employed in the Boston area and Rhode Island. She returned to the Ontonagon and was... Full story
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Nancy Jean (Pietila) Ashbrook, 66, passed away on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Mount Pleasant. Nancy was born in Bruce Crossing on March 18, 1950, to the late Albert and Ruth (Johnson) Pietila. She is a 1968 graduate of Ewen-Trout Creek High School. During her years of employment, she worked for the FHA, restaurant work, casino work and was self-employed. In earlier years she was an avid outdoors person who loved to go hunting and fishing. She also participated in league golf and bowling. She absolutely loved to play c... Full story
KING, Wis. - Wanda Lou Coonts Ringsmuth, 74, formerly of Wakefield, Mich., Mercer and Wausau, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King near Waupaca. Wanda was born on Sept. 17, 1942, in Cook, St. Louis County, Minn., the daughter of Orville Wilbur and Erma Lucille (Peterson) Coonts. She graduated from Cook High School and then attended Duluth Business University in Duluth, Minn., where she met and married Joseph D. Ringsmuth of Wakefield. Wanda and Joe made... Full story
