Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - High school juniors from across the region attended a Campus and Career Exploration Day at Gogebic Community College on Thursday. The fourth annual event was planned and hosted by the college, the Ironwood Chamber of Commerce, Michigan Works and the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District. "This is one of our really big outreaches to link up school students with area businesses to counteract the idea that there's nothing to do...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] WHITE PINE — Steel Fatigue was the cause of the collapse of the skating rink and recreation building in White Pine last week, according to the adjuster who examined the building. The insurance company determination was reported at a meeting of citizens and Carp Lake Township Board on Thursday by Homer Colclasure, a board supervisor. He said the adjuster reported the 100-by-200 foot building was determined to be a “complete loss.” When the roof collapsed it blew out the sides, Colclasure said. The building was...
IRONWOOD – The Historic Ironwood Theater will present "The Music of John Denver," a tribute to the timeless songs of one of America's true troubadours on Saturday, Feb. 29. "The music of John Denver is timeless and well known and Layne Yost's tribute to the "Music of John Denver" is a faithful performance that pays homage to the music and the man," said a theater press release. Yost, a guitarist and singer, will be joined on stage by Carol McDowall on fiddle and Jon Shimoda on bass. The trio c...
Friday, Feb. 21 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, Feb. 22 Union... Full story
BRUCE CROSSING, Mich. — Anthony C. Meranda, of Bruce Crossing, passed on Feb. 8, 2020, at the age of 64. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, on Jan. 18, 1956, in Brighton on Clark Lake in lower Michigan near Ann Arbor. He went to school in Howell and went to college at Washtenaw Community College in Ypsilanti. Anthony worked for the Howell Schools for 25 years as a custodian/maintenance person. He moved to the Upper Peninsula in 1996 and got a job at Frontier Builders in Land O’ Lakes, building log homes. This was a dream job of his, to learn how to... Full story
OMRO, Wis. - Arthur "Art" Jarvenpaa, 81, passed away on Feb. 14, 2020. He was born to Gust and Maxine (Williams) Jarvenpaa on Dec. 3, 1938, in Wakefield, Michigan. Art loved fishing and hunting, and could often be seen bowling which was a true passion of his. He also enjoyed camping and working on cars. On April 1, 1959, he married the love of his life, Hannelore Dumeier, and together they had over 61 years of marriage. Art was a loving father and husband; he was always willing to help those in... Full story