Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - The kindergartners through sixth graders in the Hurley Schools got a break from their normal class schedules on March 27 as the Iron County Health Department held its annual health fair in the school's gym. Each class spent about 30 minutes in the gym, according to Iron County Health Officer Zona Wick, where they were divided into groups and rotated through the various organizations that were part of the event. This flow helped keep the students organized, Wick explained, while...
BESSEMER - The main topic of contention at Monday's city council meeting surrounded the laws on the use and growing of medical marijuana. Bethany Hellen, who owns a dance studio in Bessemer, along with several parents of dance students, attended Monday's meeting to voice their concern about the medical marijuana caregiver who resides above her studio. The biggest complaint was the smell coming from the building, both into the studio and out on the street. "Our children can walk down the street a...
HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors approved amending the county's recreation plan to include the Montreal Riverside Trail at the March 31 meeting, making the county eligible for a grant to purchase land near Interstate Falls in Kimball. The grant — from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources — would allow the town of Kimball and The Northwoods Land trust to purchase 38.7 acres of land between U.S. 2 and the Montreal River and convert the land into a park, Will Andresen, the head of the University of Wisconsin's Iron Count...
Tuesday, April 7 Church Women United planning, 9 a.m., St. Paul Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Mercer Lioness Blood Drive, noon to 4 p.m., Community Center, Mercer, Wis. 715-476-3511. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer (Wis.) Public Library. 715-476-2366. Disabled American Veterans, 6 p.m., Legion Clubrooms, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration,...
DULUTH, Minn. - Parnell W. Bowman, 76, of Ironwood, Mich., died Friday, April 3, 2015, at St. Luke's Hospice in Duluth, with his family by his side. He was born June 2, 1938, in Advance, Wis., son of the late Harry Basil and Esther Irene (Kamke) Bowman, attended Advance and Ironwood grade schools, and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1956. He then spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, serving his country in security communications in Iceland, Duluth, Antigo, Wis., Nebraska,...
MUSKEGO, Wis. - Janet Lorraine Kusch, 66, of Muskego, formerly of Bessemer, Mich., passed away Sunday, March 22, 2015, after a courageous battle with cancer. Janet was born Feb. 21, 1949, in Wakefield, Mich., the daughter of Leslie and Eunice Johnson. She attended Ramsay schools and graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in 1967. On Dec. 27, 1969, Janet was united in marriage to Randolph Kusch. Janet is survived by her husband, Randy; a daughter, Diana (Michael) Palmisano; a son, Alan...
