Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - Gene Goss' fifth grade class at the Washington School in Bessemer hosted Megan Martell from the Michigan State University Gogebic County Extension office. Martell, including Thursday's session, is halfway through a nutrition curriculum designed to educate the children on healthy eating habits and food sources. On Thursday, Martell focused on nutrition and food labels. When asked why food in the grocery store has labels, the kids answered in...
Three area projects along Michigan's Iron Belle Trail will receive grants through the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. In the third round of Iron Belle Trail funding, the DNR received 41 applications and each awarded project will receive up to $30,000 for improvements that include feasibility studies, preliminary construction and engineering of new trail segments, signage for trail segments and trailheads, environmental impact studies and other uses. The North Country Trail Association...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The $2 million the city of Ironwood will seek in a grant to replace booster pumps at the city well-field would be used for the first phase of a project there, according to city manager Scott Erickson. At a special meeting on Thursday evening, the city commission agreed to seek the $2 million in a Michigan Economic Development Corporation Strategic Fund Community Development Block Grant. The MEDC invited Michigan communities to apply for the Infrastructure Capacity Enhancement competitive f...
Friday, March 17 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Gogebic Conservation District, 10 a.m., Natural Resources Center, Bessemer. 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. EDT, 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,...
ALTOONA, Wis. - Lorraine A. Rosenberg, 91, formerly of Hurley, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Altoona on March 14, 2017. Lorraine, daughter of Roman and Marie (Gironimi) Pedri, was born in Vulcan, Mich., on April 17, 1925. She graduated from St. Mary's Grade School in 1940 and Lincoln High School, Hurley, in 1944. After high school, she worked in Milwaukee for A.C. Spark. Lorraine was a member of St. Mary's of the Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Hurley. She was a deeply...
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — James Michael Bonacci, 59, of Henderson, died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas. He was born Aug. 1, 1957, in Ottawa, Ill., son of the late Robert James Bonacci and Sallyanne (Anderson) Bonacci. Jim attended St. Kevin’s grade school and graduated from Roxana High School, Roxana, Ill. He also graduated from Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, Mich., and Northland College, Ashland, Wis. Jim was united in marriage to Patricia Jacobs at the First Presbyterian Church in Ironwood. They celebrated the...
MENOMINEE, Mich. — Therese Yvonne Nelson, 54, of Menominee, passed away at home on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. She was born on March 5, 1963, in White Pine to the late William S. and Jean (Voelker) Nelson. Therese was an accountant in the hotel industry. She enjoyed photography, reading and writing, and she loved music. Therese is survived by four sisters, Christine (Mark) Nelson-McComb, of Beaver Creek, Ohio, Patricia Nelson, of Hurley, Wis.; Ann (Douglas) Nelson-Brown, of Broomfield, Colo., and Angela (Brian) Carlson, of Wallace; one b...
