Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - Fourteen members of the Iron County Board of Supervisors were sworn-in for another term during Tuesday's reorganizational meeting; after which, Joe Pinardi was voted in as board chair. Jim Kichak was elected vice-chair. Along with determining the board's leadership, the county's two elected committees were also chosen. The Highway Committee consists of Karl Krall, Scott Erickson, Pat Hanson, Kichack and Larry Youngs. Youngs was the only...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] RAMSAY - The Bessemer Township planning commission met Tuesday afternoon for an extended discussion on the park improvement project. Anna Lovelace, of Coleman Engineering, explained the plans and the members of the commission discussed them in detail. Hope Tarnaski, member of the Ramsay Memorial Park township board and commission, said multiple times how excited she was this was coming to fruition and how long they have waited for the park to be...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley City Council re-organized without its mayor in charge on Tuesday. Because an appeals process is in effect following Paul Mullard’s one-vote victory over Joe Pinardi on April 3, Mullard can’t be sworn into office until Monday. As a result, mayor pro-tempore Steve Lombardo was briefly in charge Tuesday until he handed the reigns over to council member Joanne Bruneau, who was named to preside over the meeting. The council tabled two items until its May meeting — a proposed new contrac...
Wednesday, April 18 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, 9:45-10 a.m. EST, Lake Gogebic Senior Center, Bergland; 10:20-10:35 a.m. EST, Porcupine Mountain Senior Center, White Pine; 11-11:45 a.m. EST, Holy Family Catholic Church parking lot, Ontonagon; 1:15-1:45 p.m. EST, Resource Center, Mass City; 2:15-2:45 p.m. EST, Stannard Township Ballpark, Bruce Crossing; 2:30-2:45 p.m., Watersmeet Town Hall parking lot, Watersmeet. 906-884-2106....
ONTONAGON, Mich. - Douglas LeRoy Filppula, 75, a resident of Ontonagon, passed away unexpectedly on April 3, 2018. He was born on Oct. 28, 1942, in Ontonagon to Onni and Edith (Kangas) Filppula and was a graduate of Mass City High School, where he lettered in track and basketball and played in Art's baseball league. He received an associate degree from Suomi College in 1962 and his Baccalaureate (1964) and Master's degrees (1968) from Northern Michigan University. Doug spent his career with the...
WOODRUFF, Wis. - Jacqueline Jane Canfield Bassett, 89, passed away on Thursday, April 12, 2018, at Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff, surrounded by her family. Born on Aug. 9, 1928, in Indianapolis, Ind., Jackie attended Tudor Hall School for Girls. Even as a young woman, her interests and pursuits were varied. She read widely, rode and showed American saddlebred horses, earned her pilot's license, and drove to Alaska in 1949, before it was a state or had paved roads. After receiving a...
Brian Thomas Smollar IRONWOOD, Mich. - Brian Thomas Smollar, also known as "Smiley" and "Yipples" to family and friends, 48, of Ironwood, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 13, 2018, at his home. Brian was born on June 1, 1969, in Ironwood to Louis E. and Marilyn (Maradik) Smollar. Brian was a graduate of Luther L. Wright High School Class of 1987 in Ironwood. He worked as a handyman for local farms and in building construction, as well as HVAC. He also enjoyed driving semi trucks for...
