Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] The winter storm that swept through the Gogebic Range Monday evening and early Tuesday didn't produce excessive amounts of snow, but drifting conditions made driving hazardous. U.S. 2 near Ashland was closed Monday evening because of winds whipping heavy snow off Lake Superior across the highway. Winds gusted as high as 30 mph across the Upper Peninsula. Parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin received more than a foot of snow. Area snowfall totals varied...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Before Jan. 1, Wakefield had an ambulance parked in its main street fire hall. But Mike Yon, chief of the city's volunteer fire department, told the Wakefield City Council Monday the ambulance is no longer there. Yon said that Beacon Ambulance Service, as of the start of the year, decided that staffing challenges would make it impossible to continue housing one of its vans in Wakefield. So what happens when a Wakefield citizen calls 911 with a...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer Public Library will host two resume workshops in February. Librarian Melissa Lupino said people can come to either the Feb. 3 or Feb. 8 workshops, both at 10 a.m., and leave with a resume in hand for their next job. Lupino said she has seen resumes that were nothing more than one or two sentences on a piece of paper, because many people do not know how to complete one. On the flip side, a person may have a federal eight-page resume while applying for civilian jobs that only a...
Wednesday, Jan. 24 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. A Healthier You, noon to 1:00 p.m., Wakefield Municipal Building. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Health...
ROYAL OAK, Mich. - Douglas Yon, 75, of Royal Oak, formerly of Wakefield, passed away Monday evening, Jan. 22, 2018. Doug was born on Jan. 25, 1942, in Baraga, a son of Osiber and Ina Yon. He attended school in Wakefield and graduated from Sandusky High School in Sandusky. Doug proudly served his country for two years in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He was honorably discharged as a Private First Class in 1966. Doug was a supporting member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Royal Oak...