Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — Barring any unforeseen derailments, Ironwood students will be taking the field as members of the Gogebic Miners this fall after the Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education voted Monday to join the co-op team. “There has been a big decline in the number of student athletes willing to participate in the sport of football,” Superintendent Tim Kolesar said. Given the low turnout in recent years, Kolesar said a number of districts in the area — including Ironwood — have eliminated their jun...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer City Council meeting was over shadowed by the simmering sentiment of its citizens again. City resident Donna Brown submitted a letter to the city council that was read into the record regarding her unhappiness with Bessemer since marijuana came to town. Brown expressed her feelings that medical marijuana was snuck into the town by a prior council and city manager and that she is ashamed of what the city has become. During publi...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - An Illinois resident waived extradition to that state in Iron County Court Monday afternoon to face charges of being a sexually violent person (escape). David William Hermosillo Jr., 50, of Bloomington, was arrested early Sunday in Mercer by the Iron County Sheriff's Department on a fugitive criminal complaint. Area law enforcement agencies had received a report that Hermosillo might be somewhere on the Gogebic Range. Det. Lt. Paul Samardich...
Tuesday, March 21 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Blood Pressure Screening, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., with Regional Hospice nurses, Mill Street Garden, Bessemer. 906-663-0308. Alcoholics Anonymous,...
OREGON, Wis. - Robert John Kasmarick, 91, of Oregon, died in his sleep at home on Sunday, March 12, 2017. Robert "Bob" was the first son of John and Mary (Hrebenar) Kasmarick. He was born on Oct. 21, 1925, in lronwood, Mich., and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School. At the age of 18 he enlisted in the U.S. Army, and was assigned to The Fighting 69th Infantry Division. He served in World War II, receiving the rank of Staff Sergeant, and was awarded the CIB, a Bronze Star, two Bronze...