Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - It may have been close to a week, but Aspirus Ironwood Hospital and Clinic welcomed its first baby of the new year - and new decade - into the world Jan. 6. Adria Lea Owen was born at 2:44 p.m., to Brittany and Jordan Owen, weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces and measuring 19.5 inches at birth. The couple had Adria Lea at Aspirus Ironwood because it was the closest birthing center to the family's home in Tipler, Wisconsin - near Iron River,...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Gogebic Range Solid Waste Management Authority decided to keep its board leadership in place at its meeting Thursday. The Authority’s board approved keeping the chair, vice-chair and secretary-treasurer positions held by the same members for 2020. Jeff Randall will remain chair. He is the Bessemer Township representative. Mandy Lake will remain as vice chair. She represents Wakefield Township. Marlene Saari, representing Ironwood Township, will remain as secretary-treasurer....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — An Erwin Township man pleaded to two sex crimes in Gogebic County Circuit Court Friday. Thomas Perez, 60, entered no-contest pleas to two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person between the ages of 13 and 16 as part of a plea agreement that will have three other counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct dismissed at sentencing. Each of the two counts Perez pleaded to carries a potential life sentence and mandatory lifetime electronic monitoring if released. T...
Saturday, Jan. 18 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Jan. 19 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., W...
SALEM, Wis. - Michael Don Hitt died from cancer Jan. 8, 2020, in Salem, Wis. He was born Jan. 14, 1957, in Los Angeles, Calif. to Robert W. and Patricia J. (Etter) Hitt. He grew up in San Jose, Calif., and Wildwood, Ill., attending Warren Township High School in Gurnee, Ill. Don married Mary Morello July 1986, in Kenosha. They moved to Hurley, in 1987, where they raised their family. In his early years, Don worked as a sales representative and factory worker. After moving to Hurley, he worked...
Palm Harbor, Fla. - John Sommers passed away peacefully in Palm Harbor, Fla. on Jan. 5, 2020, at the age of 88. Born and raised in Ramsay, Mich. to Croatian immigrants John and Mary Sommers. John lived a full and rewarding life. He was a US Navy veteran, a Michigan State University alumnus, and worked as a government and economics high school teacher in Waterford, Mich. He returned to his hometown of Ramsay to spend many of his later years, before eventually retiring to Florida to be with his...
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Irene M. Johnson of St. Paul. Born Nov. 29, 1919 peacefully passed away Jan. 10, 2020. Preceded in death by her beloved husband of 60 years, William A Johnson Sr. and son, William Jr. She is survived by six daughters, one daughter in law, 18 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. Irene and Bill enjoyed many years living, fishing and making many friends in Ironwood. (The picture is from Irene's 100th birthday party) Many thanks to all the friends in the Ironwood area that...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Eleanor Kathryn Kinnunen, 96, of Ironwood, passed away on Jan. 14, 2020 at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield. She was born on March 21, 1923, in Stambaugh, the daughter of the late Kazmer and Laura (Wierzbicki) Lenart. Eleanor married Leonard Kinnunen in 1953 in Ironwood, where they remained lifelong residents. He preceded her in death in 2003. Her hobbies in her younger years included fishing and gardening in the summer and sewing in the winter. She was an accomplished seamstress, and she made her own and her s...