Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — Ironwood Area Schools Superintendent Travis Powell said that the COVID-19 case count in Gogebic County is very low and the state of Michigan is starting to relax their restrictions at the school’s board of education meeting on Monday. Last month, the state of Michigan announced that masks are no longer required on school buses and more recently, they said that they do not have to continue publicly displaying COVID-19 cases at the school. As a result, Powell said that Ironwood Area Sch...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Black River Harbor docking permits will be issued via a lottery system this year, according to an announcement from the Ottawa National Forest Service. The Harbor offers one of the area's few access points to Lake Superior. According to Lisa Klaus, public and administrative affairs officer for the U.S. Forest Service, the demand for the permits has been ever increasing over the years. Klaus said the forest service continuously recieves more...
BESSEMER, Mich. - Russell W. Nyman, 84, of Bessemer, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 14, 2022. Russ was born on Nov. 26, 1937, in Bessemer, a son of Clifford and Vienna (Tyni) Nyman. He attended Ramsay and Bessemer Schools. Russ belonged to the National Guard and then joined the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Bessemer American Legion Post 27 and a lifetime member of the Bessemer Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3673. When he returned home, Russ married Evelyn Tusa. They raised a family o...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Mary Luella "Lou" Semo, 94, of Ironwood passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on Aug. 13, 1927, in Ironwood, the daughter of Celestin "Lefty" and Margaret "Peg" (Ryan) Trier. She grew up in Hurley, Wisconsin, and attended local schools, and graduated from Lincoln High School. Mary Lou married Joseph R. Semo on April 30, 1949, at St. Mary's Catholic Church by Fr. Michael A. Prock in Hurley. They made their home in Iron...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, March 23 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Marenisco Town Hall, 9:15-9:30 a.m; Watersmeet Food Pantry, 10-10:30 a.m.; Bruce Crossing, Stannard Township ballpark, 12:30-1 p.m. EDT. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and fina...