Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] MUSKEGON — The Michigan Department of Corrections said Monday the West Shoreline Correctional Facility in Muskegon will close on March 24. The move is being made to compensate for a “significant decline in the prison population statewide,” the DOC said. The move means the Ojibway Correctional Facility near Marenisco will remain open. It was not immediately known whether some of the West Shorelines prison guards may be transferred to the Ojibway facility in Marenisco, which has been experiencing a sho...
KIMBALL, Wis. - The Northwest Land Trust and Iron County Outdoor Recreation Enthusiasts are offering the public to chance to explore Interstate Falls and see the waterfall during winter. Local naturalist John Bates will lead the hike, which is scheduled for 1 p.m. Feb. 8. "Participants should plan to meet at the Interstate Falls parking lot by 1 p.m. People can look for the large 'Interstate Falls' sign visible from U.S. 2, just west of the U.S. 51 interchange. The parking lot is about 500 feet...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] HURLEY - Van Hill, co-coach of the Gogebic Range Robotics team, with team mentor Ron Peterson and four members of the team visited ModTruss in Fond du Lac, Wis., on Saturday. The company is owned by Ironwood native and Luther L. Wright graduate Patrick Santini. Hill said Santini is, "a real down to earth guy. We hung out at his headquarters all day." Hill said ModTruss is going to partner with the GRR and sponsor the team's pit stall. The students...
Tuesday, Jan. 30 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Hurley Strong Women class, 4-5 p.m., Iron County Aging Unit, Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Elk and Hound. Life Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Woodland Church, Ironwood. Government Gogebic Community College Board,...
HURLEY, Wis. - Tracy Lynn (Corbley) Niehaus, age 45, of Mercer, Wis., passed away on Jan. 28, 2018. Tracy was born on Feb. 10, 1972, in Joliet, Ill., to James and Sandra (Pierson) Corbley. She was a graduate of Hurley High School. She later graduated from Northland College in Ashland with a bachelor's degree in education. On May 21, 2005, she was united in marriage to Bill Niehaus at St. Isaac Jogues Church in Mercer. Their marriage united Tracy, Bill and her son, Jim, as a family. Later, their...
