Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HANCOCK — A stabilization of the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain and ramped up production schedules is expected to allow the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department to expand the eligibility criteria for those residents able to receive the vaccine. “We are currently vaccinating people age 65 and older, those age 50 and older with underlying health conditions, and caregivers of children with special health care needs,” WUPHD Health Officer Kate Beer said in an announcement of the expansion. “Providers across the district are seeing their w...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - Work hasn't quite wrapped up but the Iron County Highway Committee had a chance to see the progress on construction of the highway department's new Mercer garage Tuesday as the committee held its meeting at the site. Highway Commissioner Mike Swartz said the project was a little behind schedule but then hoped to move into the building by the first week of April. Even after the department has begun occupying the building, Swartz said t...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — Members of the Wakefield-Marenisco Board of Education voted Monday evening to authorize four separate athletic contracts with the Bessemer Area School District. The five-year Gogebic Miners contracts relate to football, baseball, softball and cross-country, and members added a contingency to each of them in relation to how coaches will be hired. The contingency relates to each district’s handling of internal posting versus preference. Wakefield-Marenisco added to the contract that, alt...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Patricia "Patsy" Edna Smith (nee Sullivan), 94, of Hurley, Wisconsin, passed away on Friday, March 5, 2021. Born March 22, 1926, in Chicago, she was the daughter of the late Patrick and Rose Sullivan. She was a banker, telephone operator, and a housewife in Chicago until her retirement took her to Mercer, Wisconsin, in 1976. She lived the quiet life in the woods and on the lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan with her family and friends, and there is no doubt she loved every minute... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, March 18 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:45-10 a.m. EDT; White Pine Township Hall, 10:20-10:35 a.m. EDT; Ontonagon Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:30 a.m. EDT; Mass City Resource Center, 1-1:30 p.m. EDT. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall;... Full story