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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Schools will continue to operate its own busing service, after the district’s board of education voted against privatization Monday. Dave Martinson, who spoke on behalf of the support staff’s union, made the case for keeping the district’s drivers. Martinson argued the move would not only cost the district more than it now spends on transportation, it would also take money out of the area as he said it was unlikely all the district’s employees would be hired and the c...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — Looking at some small numbers for some small students, the Hurley School Board on Monday decided to extend the district’s pre-kindergarten program to five days a week for the next school year. Board members were shocked when elementary principal Kevin Genisot presented them with projected pre-K enrollments for the next four years. The 2018-’19 class will potentially be 20 students, with the following three years fluctuating between 19 and 23 students. That compares with the current fourth grad...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - Terry Anderson, speech language pathologist with the Early On program of the Gogebic Ontonagon Intermediate School District, explained the program to the Ontonagon Area Board of Education Monday. Anderson explained she works, under a grant, for children zero to three years old, who have a delay of 20 percent in language or speech ability. Presently she is working with eight families in their homes between White Pine, Greenland, Mass City, Rockland...
Tuesday, Feb. 20 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Blood Pressure Screening, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., with Regional Hospice nurses, Mill Street Garden, Bessemer. 906-663-0308. Alcoholics Anonymous,... Full story
IRON BELT, Wis. - Kendall C. Koski, age 58, Iron Belt, Wis., passed away on Feb. 16, 2018. Kendall was born April 16, 1959, in Ironwood, Mich., to Raymond and Marion (Lantta) Koski. He was a 1977 graduate of J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley. On Oct. 13, 1990, he married the former Mary Schmude and the two built a life and raised a family together. Family was very important to Kendall. He loved being a father and grandfather and especially enjoyed his "Sunday Funday" with his family. He was... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - John C. Cirolini, age 89, of Ironwood, died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, in Ironwood. He was born April 4, 1928, in Ironwood, son of the late Rudolph and Lucia (Pedergnana) Cirolini. John attended Ironwood schools. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, as a hospital guard in the Pacific, and he received the World War II Victory medal. He worked in the Peterson mine, as a lineman for the telephone company, for the Forest Service, for Schult Mobile Homes, and at Big... Full story