Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - People explored a variety of items during a craft fair Saturday at the Iron County Memorial Building in Hurley. According to event organizer Kathy Koski, all of the proceeds from the fair benefitted the Iron County Memorial Building Restoration Committee. Seventeen vendors participated in the fair, including homemade bakery, wooden toys, rugs made by the Iron County Historical Society and a raffle for a quilt from the Northern Lights Quilters Guild. "We have 17 vendors, but we have...
WAKEFIELD - More than 50 people braved frigid water temperatures for the eighth annual Polar Plunge benefitting Regional Hospice. Jumpers took to the shores of Sunday Lake in Wakefield to dive in honor of friends and family members who suffer or have suffered from terminal illnesses. According to Mary Oberto, volunteer coordinator for Regional Hospice, the event last year raised nearly $15,000, and the totals from this year's fundraiser would be released sometime later this week. "All of the...
WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield Public Library held an open house for former library board president Eugene Maki Sunday afternoon. Maki served as board president for 50 years, until this past winter when he decided to step down from the position. "Well, I want to give somebody else a chance," said Maki, "I'll miss everything they have and the people who work here." "I'll miss his leadership and knowledge of not just our library, but all libraries," said library director Denise Engel. "He's the...
BESSEMER - Regional Hospice of Bessemer recently hired three new faces for its organization: the Rev. Kurt Kovanen, social services worker Jennifer Rye and social worker Ken Hansen. Kovanen was hired last October as a part-time chaplain. "I provide spiritual support, encouragement and a listening ear," he said. "My goal is to be with and help people as they complete their lives' journey." Rye brings 22 years of social work experience to Regional Hospice. "My hope is to support the community in...
To the Editor: I am writing in response to the March 27 article that reported on the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners action to increase the salary of elected and appointed County officials by $750. The increase amounts to $.50 per hour when compared to the hours other county employees work each year. I find this decision concerning in light of the position the board took this past December when they asked the non-elected and appointed represented employees to accept a wage freeze for 2014, citing a dwindling fund balance, reductions in...
To the Editor: Regarding your headline and news story in the Saturday, March 22, edition: “Poll: 81 percent of Iron County supports mine.” Really? A poll done by a partisan Republican strategy group? Seeing as the Republicans in the Wisconsin state legislature and Gov. Scott Walker are all in on Gogebic Taconite’s mine, is the Tarrance Group impartial enough to do polling on this matter? You do not disclose what the question format was, which of course makes all the difference in any poll. The Daily Globe ran a story in September 2013 about...
"Mr. Ranger! Mr. Ranger! I think I see a squirrel track!" "What's a cedar tree used for?" "My ski poles are too long!" Children have lots of important things to say when they go to the woods, and that's what 54 second graders from Ironwood's Sleight Elementary School did on March 11. They were accompanied by volunteers, teachers and guides from the U.S. Forest Service on a cross-country nature ski on the trails at Wolverine Ski Area in Ironwood Township. Their nature ski was a chance for these...
WHITE PINE, Mich. - Robert (Bob) Lincoln White, 68, of White Pine, passed away on March 27, 2014, at home surrounded by family, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Robert was born in Watersmeet to Harvey White Sr. and Julia (Pete) White on Oct. 7, 1945. He attended school in Baraga and Marquette before enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1962. He served in Hawaii and California. Robert worked at the White Pine Mine starting in 1970. He worked many jobs, mostly underground. He is an Elder...
HURLEY, Wis. - Celia (Vronch) DeMario, 100, of Ironwood, Mich., died Friday, March 28, 2014, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. Daughter of the late John and Mary (Sentko) Vronch, Celia was born in Ironwood on April 22, 1913, and lived there most of her life, where she attended Central Grade School and Luther L. Wright High School. At age 13, she worked as a maid doing cooking, cleaning, babysitting and helping the elderly at night. During World War II, she went to...
