Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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WAKEFIELD — The city of Wakefield is pleased to be moving forward with an improvement project for the dam at the northeast corner of Sunday Lake, which the city has sought to update for several years. The city was recently awarded a Michigan Department of Natural Resources Dam Management Grant in the amount of $69,300 for the spillway gate replacement. The city will be responsible for a ten percent local share of the $77,000 total project cost. The dam management grant was one of six awarded i...
GREENLAND — Michigan Trails and Recreation Alliance of Land and the Environment, or MI-TRALE, heard from two guest speakers April 1 in Greenland. Jeff Mell, North Zone Assistant Ranger in Recreation for the Ottawa National Forest, and J.R. Richardson, chairman of the Michigan National Resources Commission, spoke to MI-TRALE’s board of directors and members. Mell discussed the newly-affirmed East Connector Route, which runs through Ontonagon, Houghton and Iron counties. “The collective effor...
LONDON (AP) — Love her or loathe her, one thing’s beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. The Iron Lady, who ruled for 11 remarkable years, imposed her will on a fractious, rundown nation — breaking the unions, triumphing in a far-off war, and selling off state industries at a record pace. She left behind a leaner government and more prosperous nation by the time a political mutiny ousted her from No. 10 Downing Street. Thatcher’s spokesman, Tim Bell, said the former prime m...
Artists and craftspeople know that the colors they choose — and leave out — are critical ingredients in their works’ success, no matter the medium. Color done well is captivating. Color done badly? It’s just bad. Or drab. Yet a color tweak may be all it takes to turn up a piece’s vibrancy and magic. An eye for color is both intuitive and learned, say the experts. Kaffe Fassett has spent a lifetime experimenting. The septuagenarian is exuberant with color in his embroidery, knitting and fabri...
LANSING (AP) — New Michigan license plates will make drivers ambassadors of the state’s tourism charm, as the popular “Pure Michigan” logo is added to both standard and specialty plates. The main plate is staying white with blue letters and numbers. But now it says Pure Michigan instead of just “Michigan” and links to the state’s travel website rather than the state government site. There also is a blue wave at the bottom signifying Michigan’s status as a Great Lakes state. The current standar...
DULUTH, Minn. — Renee Toni Anderson, 56, of Ironwood, Mich., died Sunday, April 7, 2013, surrounded by her loving family, at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth, following a courageous battle with cancer. The former Renee Nygard was born Sept. 24, 1956, in Ironwood, daughter of Marilyn (Eplett) and the late Ronald Nygard Sr., attended Newport Grade School, and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1974. She resided in Madison, Wis., where she was employed in retail for... Full story
HOWELL CLUB LAKE, Texas — Ronald Emilio Morello passed away on April 4, 2013, after enjoying his retirement on a private lake in east Texas. Ron was the first born child to Emilio and Dorothy (Morgando) Morello on March 5, 1943. He attended Hurley public schools in Montreal and Hurley, Wis., graduating with the class of 1961. While in high school, Ron worked as a pin setter at the Hamilton Club. He was then employed in Milwaukee and Beloit, Wis. He married LaVerne Hamberg in 1963 and the c... Full story
