Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Schools is continuing its search for a new superintendent, with the Michigan Association of School Boards holding a series of meetings Wednesday with various district stakeholders. MASB consultant Mary Brayak said she was meeting with various district employees during the day Wednesday and was holding a community meeting that evening. “I’m meeting with support staff — custodians, bus drivers, food service — all those folks. And then throughout the course of the day;...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College Ski Area Management graduate Jake Ingle, who grew up in Appleton, Wis. is home in Petosky from the Republic of Korea, where he was instrumental in the construction and maintenance of the snowboarding half pipe used in the Olympic Games. Ingle said, "GCC has opened almost every door for me. The knowledge gained on my internship at Copper (Mountain, Colo.) built a base in mountain operations and I used that to build...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners Wednesday approved a grant application for the Bessemer to Ramsay Iron Belle non-motorized trail project. The board had earlier agreed to apply for the grants to build the trail. The board agreed to forward the grant application to the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund for $292,100 out of a total project cost of $1,651,100. The remaining funding for the hiking-biking trail would come from a Michigan Department of Transportation grant for $...
Thursday, March 1 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. A Matter of Balance, 2-4 p.m., Aspirus Ironwood 1st floor conference room, reservations required, 906-663-4045, ext. 622. Open Community Dinner, 5-6 p.m., Wakefield Methodist Church, Putnam Ave., Wakefield, 906-667-0230. ReGeneration Youth,...
MIDLAND, Mich. - Jacqueline Leppanen, 76, of Midland, passed away in her home on Feb. 27, 2018, after a prolonged illness. Jackie was born on Dec. 30, 1941, in Midland to Modean (Uland) and Michael McCann, both of whom preceded her in death. Two brothers, Michael McCann Jr. and Raymond McCann, also preceded her in death. She is survived by one brother, Patrick McCann. of Midland. Other surviving family members include her husband. John A. Leppanen, whom she married in 1965; three daughters,...