Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — April continues to seem more like February on the Gogebic Range as continued cold temperatures and snow are in the forecast the weekend. “April showers may bring snow plowers,” a Facebook post on Monday proclaimed. There’s an 80 percent chance of snow for Thursday and Friday, although with highs of around 44 degrees, there could be rain in the mix, too. Saturday calls for a 70 percent chance of precipitation, with up to 8.7 inches of snow possible, according to the National Weather Service...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Students and former students from Gogebic Community College and Luther L. Wright High School joined eight members of the community to take a service learning trip March 10-18 to Guatemala. It was in conjunction with Pure Vida Ministries, which works to promote health and education in the Quiche department of Guatemala, according to its website, purevida.org. The trip cost $2,000 per person and over $7,500 in grants and scholarships were...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — While there were jokes about snow still being on the ground, the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees confirmed Monday the township’s spring cleanup is set for June 9. While the township will be receiving grant funding for a tire disposal event, tires won’t be accepted at the spring cleanup. “There will be a separate cleanup date for that, which will be announced soon,” Supervisor Steve Boyd said after the meeting. The cleanup will run from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. that day. In other...
Tuesday, April 10 Gogebic-Ontonagon County Remonumentation Peer Review, 9 a.m., Natural Resources Center conference room, Bessemer. Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Mercer Lioness Blood Drive, Mercer Community Center, noon – 4 p.m., 715-476-3511. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Elk a... Full story
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Richard B. Potts Jr., 54, passed away unexpectedly Friday, March 30, in Milwaukee. Rick was born Nov. 10, 1963, in Waukegan, Ill., to Mildred (Kraynak) Potts and the late Richard Potts Sr. His early school years were in Ironwood, Mich., but he then graduated from Waukegan High School in 1981. Then he resided in Kenosha. Rick was a avid artist. He was always drawing. Collecting comic books and dancing were other passions. Rick loved spending time with his family and friends,... Full story
