Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY — Alex Marciniak will present a piano concert to benefit the Hurley Education Foundation Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. in the Hurley K-12 School auditorium. The concert will include the Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach, 30 variations on an aria theme in G Major. While Marciniak, a instructor of speech, music and other fine arts at Gogebic Community College, has performed many of the variations in concert before, this is the first time he has presented the entire work. “It’s very beaut...
IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area School Board of Education accepted a bid to install a keyless entry system during a meeting on Monday at Luther L. Wright School in Ironwood. Three bids were submitted for the project, and the board selected the lowest bid from Northstar Electronics in Ironwood. The cost is $8,842.17 and includes installing systems to the the entrance at Sleight Elementary and the main and West Pabst Street entrances at LLW. According to superintendent Tim Kolesar, the system includes a buzzer, allowing a potential visitor to n...
HURLEY — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed 2013-’14 school budget isn’t favorable to the Hurley School District, according to district administrator Chris Patritto. In fact, Patritto told the school board Monday that the district faces a $222,000 deficit for the next school year, worst case scenario, under the state budget, which will be approved in July. The proposed state budget favors voucher programs for poorly performing big city schools and private schools, but doesn’t do anything for Hurley, said Patritto, who likened the situation...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Earle G. Sell, 87, of Ironwood, died Saturday, March 16, 2013, in Ironwood. He was born Jan. 13, 1926, in Ironwood, son of the late Carl and Laura (Dinner) Sell. Earle attended Ironwood schools and graduated from the Luther L. Wright High School with the class of 1944. He was married to the former Eileen Newman on June 12, 1948, by the Rev. W. Hewton Ward, in Ironwood. She preceded him in death on April 22, 1992. During World War II, Earle served in the U.S. Army from July 1...
MERCER, Wis. — Donald W. Webb, 84, of Mercer, formerly of Kenosha, passed away suddenly at his home on Thursday, March 14, 2013. Donald was born on June 22, 1928, in Kenosha, to George and Gertrude (Getschman) Webb, and he was educated in the schools of Kenosha. He served for six years in the Army National Guard. Donald married Donna Wade on April 29, 1950, at the First Congregational Church in Somers. He worked for Dynamatic/Eaton Corporation for 39 1/2 years, starting as a draftsman and w...