Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — After nearly two years of preliminary work, the Ironwood City Commission on Monday approved an engineering service agreement to start the water treatment plant project. The commission, 5-0, approved the design and project management services with HDR, Inc., of St. Louis Park, Minnesota. The firm will start work on final engineering of the estimated $9.7 million concrete, gravity filtered water treatment plant and pump station to better address manganese and iron water quality issues a...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - City Manager Robert Brown, Jr. announced on Monday evening that tours of Wakefield city garage sites will begin today at 5 p.m. While presenting a related slideshow at a regular meeting of the Wakefield City Council, Brown said the tours will allow the public to compare the three existing sites used by the Department of Public Works to the projected new site in the city's industrial park, southwest of Sunday Lake. In addition to today's tour, a...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — With the Ironwood City Commission’s blight action on a long-time problem residence on Monday, the commissioners called upon all residents to clean up this spring. Commissioner Kim Corcoran said that with the commission taking action on one residence on Monday she wanted the city to consider something more constructive than punitive. She took the opportunity to drive around the city recently and noticed a number of properties with blight issues, and along Copper, Oak, and Ironwood str...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, April 14 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. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assi...
BESSEMER, Mich. - William F. Barbacovi passed away Jan. 24, 2021, at 99 years young. Bill was born April 19, 1921, in Bessemer to Agnes and Louis Barbacovi. Bill married Marie C. Richter on April 7, 1945, in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. They made their forever home on East Longyear Street in Bessemer, raising six children. You would find Bill in his garage at all hours working on cars and puttering with wood, making his famous donkey carts. Bill and Marie seldom missed a chance to kick up their heels...
AMERY, Wis. - Jerome M. Sobolewski Sr., "Pops, Papa Coot," 84, of Barron, and formerly of Iron Mountain, Michigan, passed away peacefully on April 8, 2021, at Golden Age Manor in Amery. Jerome was born to Bruno and Romanda (Kawvalkoski) Sobolewski at Grandview Hospital in Ironwood, Michigan, on March 6, 1937. He graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood in 1955, then served his country with the U.S. Army, earning an honorary discharge in 1962. He worked for many years for White...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - William "Weeps" Maki, age 92, of Ironwood, peacefully passed away in his sleep on Thursday, April 8, 2021. Weeps was born July 5, 1928 in Ironwood, son of the late Toivo and Helmi (Mattinen) Maki. He attended Ironwood schools, graduating from Luther L. Wright High School in 1946. After graduation he was employed at Beckers' trailer factory and later worked for the City of Ironwood Public Safety Department as a police officer, detective, and eventually as assistant police...
SAXON, Wis. - Jim Danielson, 62, of Ironwood, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, April 10,, 2021, while doing what he loved the most - spending time outdoors. Jimmy was born on August 19, 1958, in Wakefield, Michigan, to the late Annie (Pallin) and Don Danielson of Ironwood. Jim was a lifelong resident of the Ironwood area, except for a few years living in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was an avid outdoorsman, hunter, and fisherman and loved life in the UP. Jimmy and his brother, Donny, learn...
MADISON, Wis. - Dorrene (Sterling) Stevens, 82, of Fort Atkinson, passed away on Thursday, April 8, 2021, at UnityPoint Health Meriter Hospital in Madison. Dorrene was born on Jan. 8, 1939, in Crandall, South Dakota, to Everett and Mable (Holler) Sterling. The family moved to Jefferson, Wisconsin, in 1949. She graduated from Jefferson High School in 1957. She was married to Howard Stevens from 1957 to 1986. Throughout her life, Dorrene lived in Jefferson, Wisconsin, Mercer Wisconsin, Ironwood,...
HURLEY, Wis., – Frank P. O'Berto, 88, of Iron Belt, passed away on April 10, 2021, at the Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Facility in Hurley. Frank was born on Dec. 4, 1932, in Ironwood, Michigan, the son of Frank O'Berto and Mae (Barrett) Stella. He grew up in Cary and attended St. Mary's Catholic Grade School and J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley, graduating in 1951. He then attended the University of Wisconsin-Superior earning a master's degree in Education Administration. During the K...
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. - Earl Warren Applekamp, 86, of Topaz, passed away Thursday morning, April 8, 2021, at Victorian Pines Estates in Iron Mountain. Earl was born Oct. 15, 1934, in Topaz, to William and Adela (Grapentine) Applekamp. He graduated in 1952 from Bergland High School, and on June 18, 1955, he married Mary Elizabeth (Dembroski) Swanson at Maple Grove Hall in Paulding. He worked in the engineering group at the White Pine Copper Mine for 50-plus years. After that, he started his own...
