Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM STANKARD [email protected] As warm temperatures continue, melting snow is causing an early end to the season for skiers and snowboarders. The forecast calls for continued warm weather. Near Bessemer, Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort declared it will close Saturday for the season. Bruce Noren, general manager, said the earliest the mountain closed was in February, 1999. "It's been a strange snow year. With these warm nights, we've taken a hit," Noren said on Wednesday afternoon....
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday opposed a section of Gov. Rick Snyder’s 2017 fiscal year budget that would transfer Medicaid and Healthy Michigan funding for specialty mental health services to private entities. The county board passed a resolution opposing Snyder's plan on a 6-0 vote after hearing a presentation from Julie Hautala, CEO of the Gogebic County Mental Health Authority. Hautala said the county now deals with NorthCare in Marquette, which subcontracts wit...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] OMA, Wis. — Iron County residents had an opportunity to provide input on the early stages of the county's Asset Based Community Development Plan Wednesday evening during the Iron County Citizen's Forum program held at the Oma Town Hall. The event was led by Iron County Zoning Administrator Tom Bergman and Jason Laumann, with North West Regional Planning. Laumann began the evening by explaining what community development was and where the county was in the process. According to Laumann, the Asset B...
Thursday, March 10 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. Red Hat Society Northwoods Divas, noon, Rigoni’s, Ironwood. Reservations required to 906-932-5455 or 906-663-4871. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., all welcome, Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., all welcome, The Inn Bed and B... Full story
WOODRUFF, Wis. - Lillian J. Rayala, 97, formerly of Manitowish Waters, died March 8 at Seasons of Life Hospice in Woodruff. Lillian was born in South Carey on May 10, 1918, to Andrew and Wilhemina Nissila, both emigrants of Finland. She, along with her parents and seven siblings, were early pioneers of Manitowish Waters, arriving in the year 1928. She was married to Charles Rayala in 1933 and they moved to a one-room log cabin to begin their family. Nine children were born to the couple, six wit...
ELWELL, Mich. - Waltraud "Liz" Johnson, 80, formerly of Wakefield, passed away suddenly at home in Elwell on Saturday, March 5, 2016. She was born Dec. 6, 1935, in Unterßdorf, Schlesien, Germany, to Otto and Elsbeth (Krebs) Holzmann. Liz loved to crochet and bake. She touched many by sharing her creations of homemade bread and pasties. She is preceded in death by her parents; brother, Wolfgang Holzmann; and eldest son, Hienz-Jurgen Guth. She is survived by her loving husband, Vernon Johnson;...
