Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Tuesday, Jan. 22 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon., Ironwood Memorial Building. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. 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. Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention, 4 p.m., Bessemer city hall a... Full story
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] HURLEY — Midgets no more. The Hurley School Board voted Monday evening to remove the Midgets as the school mascot and directed the administration to rebrand the school by the beginning of next school year. The board had decided a few months ago to place a binding referendum on the April ballot, but that won’t happen now. School board president Joe Simonich began the discussion saying Tuesday (today) was the last day to remove something from the ballot and wondered if the board shouldn’t discu...
HANCOCK, Mich. - Bonnie Jean (Champion) Kukkonen of Hancock went home to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Jan. 15, 2019. She died unexpectedly in Bali, Indonesia, of a massive heart attack. She was born in Ironwood, a daughter of the late Bill and Jean Champion, and graduated from Luther L Wright High School in 1964. She went on to graduate from Northern Michigan University in 1968 and became a teacher in Harper Woods and an employment counselor in Highland Park. Bonnie later served as a... Full story
LAKE WYLIE, S.C. — Eugene Walter Thomas, 88, of Lake Wylie, passed away Jan. 20, 2019, at the Lake Wylie Assisted Living Center. Mr. Thomas was born May 8, 1930, in Ironwood, Mich., to the late Percy and Elizabeth (Swanstrom) Thomas. He is survived by his wife, Florence (Niemi) Thomas; sons, Paul Thomas and Jim Thomas; daughter, Debra Thomas; and three grandchildren, Jackson, Aiden and Donovan Thomas. Eugene and his wife traveled to the Ironwood area almost every summer to visit friends and family for most of their lengthy marriage. A m... Full story
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - An all women Ontonagon Area School Board of Education, the first of its kind in the history of the district, officiated at the reorganizational meeting of the board on Monday. At the onset of the meeting the four women who were newly or re-elected in November were sworn in by board member Nancy Mattson. Tammy Strasser and Julie Kolpack were re-elected, and Rebecca Bramlett and Rebecca Pantti were newly elected. Other board members are Tanya...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Ironwood students will be starting school earlier next year after the board of education approved moving the first day of school forward Monday. Classes will begin Tuesday, Aug. 27, for the 2019-2020 school year, according to the board's motion. "I'm confident moving in this direction will give us a couple of advantages," said Superintendent Travis Powell, explaining it provides more flexibility in the rest of the academic calendar. "Do...
