Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By KELSEY HANSEN [email protected] IRONWOOD - The warmer temperatures made Sunday the perfect day to learn to ski during an event held at ABR Ski Trails. The day was free to local residents and was an opportunity to try cross-country skiing and sample the trails. All instruction was given by the Team Gogebic cross-country ski team. "It's a great opportunity for the teenagers on the team to be able to teach someone else to ski and to give back," said Eric Anderson, owner of ABR. The team,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The flames from the Norrie Amateur Sports Club's annual Christmas tree burning were visible all the way from Hurley's Silver Street Saturday night as the club continued its annual tradition of burning as many Christmas trees as its members could lay their hands on. This year's event had over 300 trees, according to club president Steve Lehto Jr., with the initial pyre made up of 215 trees and 43 wreaths and the rest staged around the...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] SAXON, Wis. — Roast beef was on the menu at the Saxon Community Center as the Saxon-Gurney Fire Department held its annual Raffle and Roast Beef Dinner fundraiser Sunday. The annual event serves as a fundraiser for the department, according to Chief Stacy Ofstad. “This year, probably, we’re going to be looking at getting some new radio equipment and some more pagers,” Ofstad said, explaining what the money would likely be used for. “Some of our radios are getting to be 15 years old, so we’re sta...
Monday, Feb. 1 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Sports Hall of Fame, 6 p.m., Luther L. Wright School, room 205. MECCA Ski Club, 6:30 p.m., MECCA cabin near treatment facility, Mercer, Wis. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon Village Housing, 100 Cane Court, Ontonagon. area74.org. Methamphetamine ETC, 8 p.m., support group...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. – Roger William Suomi, 71, went home to the Lord on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. Roger was born on Feb. 15, 1944, in Wakefield, to the late William and Hulda (Harju) Suomi. Roger lived in Wakefield most of his life, graduating from Wakefield High School in 1962. Upon graduation, he worked in Minneapolis and Los Angeles for Ausburg Publishing. Roger returned to Wakefield and worked for White Pine Copper Mine, Ironwood Concrete and Great Lakes Gas. After retiring, he was employed a...