Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] It took a bit longer than had been predicted, but the Tax Day Blizzard of 2018 arrived in full force across the Gogebic Range on Sunday. The April 15-16 storm socked the Ironwood area with 10 inches of snow for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Monday, and more was on the way, as another two to three inches of fluffy stuff had fallen by noon in downtown Ironwood. The 10-inch snowfall set a 119-year record for April 15-16. A lake effect snow advisory...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - Sylvain Collard, general manager of Highland Copper Company Inc., provided the Bessemer city council a brief before they voted on a resolution supporting the Highland Corporation's efforts to open up mines in the area. Collard outlined the three routes Highland is working on. -The Copperwood project, which will begin construction in the third quarter of 2018 and should employ 250-350 people during construction and 300-400 during full-blown...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Schools is asking for the community’s support, as the district’s board of education approved the official language of a bond measure for the August ballot Monday. The measure is asking voters to approve a tax levy averaging 1.02 mills over five years, with an initial mill rate of .71 in 2019. One mill translates to $1 for every $1,000 of taxable value. The money increases from the initial .71 mills over the course of the millage as previous bond proposals are compl...
Tuesday, April 17 Advanced Care Planning, 8 a.m.-noon, Aspirus Hurley Clinic. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, 9-10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-932-4200. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110.... Full story
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - John Michael (Lichaczewski) Ruditis, 67, of Wakefield, passed away on April 15, 2018 at home after a long and courageous fight with stage-four cancer. John was born on May 12, 1950, in Ironwood, son of the late John and Rose (DiGiorgio) Lichaczewski. At age 6, he was adopted by Anton P. and Margaret (DiGiorgio) Ruditis. He attended St. Ambrose Catholic School and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood in 1968. John joined the Navy on May 28, 1969 as Logistics... Full story
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Elwyn Sell, 98, of Marenisco, (formerly of Tecumseh), passed away several weeks shy of his 99th birthday at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield, on March 21, 2018. Elwyn was born on April 9, 1919. in Lenawee County in southern Michigan to Dayton and Hazel Sell of Clinton. He graduated from Clinton High School and served his country during World War II in the Air Force, mainly at Carlsbad, N.M., as a sergeant in the Quartermaster Corps. While stationed out West, Elwyn... Full story
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. - Karen (Johnson) Koski, of Iron Mountain, passed away on April 14, 2018, surrounded by her family, after a lengthy illness. She was 74. Karen was born on July 3, 1943, in Ironwood, to Archie Johnson and Eva (Erspamer) Johnson. She graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood in 1961, and received a bachelor of arts degree in education from Northern Michigan University. On Aug. 8, 1964, she married David C. Koski at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Ironwood. They li... Full story
WAUSAU, Wis. - Beverly A. Krznarich, 76, of Merrill, passed away on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital, while surrounded by her loving family. Beverly was born on March 8, 1942, to the late Gorman and Katherine Dahly in Minot, N.D. She met and fell in love with John Krznarich, and the two exchanged wedding vows on March 25, 1968. He preceded her in death on Dec. 6, 2017. Beverly was a stay at home mother and homemaker for most of her adult life. She did enjoy providing day... Full story
