Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - If 25 years as a police officer in the downstate communities of Holland and Wyoming; and 14 more as an officer in nearby Wayland Schools taught Harry Werkema anything, it's how much the world has changed, and not always for the better. As part of a talk about preventing violence, Werkema told an assembly of Luther L. Wright middle and high school students they need to speak up - and further more, change the way they "think, talk and pay...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] WAKEFIELD - It's been another banner year for the Wakefield Michigan State Police Post's annual food drive. The post - with the help of volunteers from around Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota who contacted the post about a community service opportunity - distributed 21,760 pounds of food to food banks across the Gogebic Range Tuesday, including in Ironwood and Bessemer. The post also collected 2,000 pounds of food in Ontonagon for food banks in...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners approved two appointments Wednesday. Sara Ribble, of Ironwood, was appointed court magistrate and John Matonich, of Lake Gogebic, was named to the Peer Review Group for the Gogebic County Remonumentation Program. Gogebic County District Court Judge Joel Massie joked about the revolving seats in the county when the Ribble appointment was approved. She takes the position of former magistrate Lisa Hewitt, who was named county treasurer upon the r...
Thursday, Nov. 9 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to 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. Ret Hat Society Northwoods Divas, 11:30, El Dorado, Hurley, 906-667-0116. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae. Pokémon Group, 4 p.m., ages 8 and older, Ironwood Carnegie... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - William H. "Bill" Richards Jr., 82, of Orchard Road, Ironwood Township, died peacefully Tuesday morning, Nov. 7, 2017, at home, with his loving family by his side. He was born April 16, 1935, in Ironwood, son of the late William Sr. and Thelma (Follstad) Richards, attended Roosevelt School and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1953. He then served stateside in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Following his honorable discharge from the Army, Bill... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Sylvia E. Allison, 91, of Ironwood, and former longtime Wakefield Township resident, died peacefully early Tuesday morning, Nov. 7, 2017, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. The former Sylvia Wiemeri was born Sept. 18, 1926, in Ironwood, daughter of the late John and Anna Helmi (Philaja) Wiemeri, attended Bessemer schools and graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in 1944. She married Wesley C. Allison on July 13, 1946, in Alhambra,... Full story
