Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Highway Committee awarded the contract for repairing the bridge over Oronto Creek at Saxon Harbor Monday, a key step in the rebuilding of the harbor after it was destroyed in a July 2016 storm. Merrill Gravel and Construction was the lowest of seven bidders vying for the contract, according to Iron County Highway Commissioner Mike Swartz. While it was the lowest submitted, Swartz said the company’s $1,440,712 bid was still above the initial expected cost of the pro...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Like a phoenix rising from the ashes of the downtown Ironwood fire that changed lives and the cityscape of Ironwood forever, Chelsi's Corner has returned, just three doors down from its previous location on Aurora Street. Mark Schwanz and Lynn Niemi, owners of Chelsi's Corner, lost all their stock in the fire, but have since moved in to the former Book World building. The tragic fire took three lives. Schwanz said he called his agent at...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - A Through the Lens art exhibit, on display in the Historic Ironwood Theatre entrance, opens today. Local scenery, captured by area photographers, is hung on the walls with care. Images strike out from the walls of a senior couple basking in their glory together as they look out a window stand in contrast to a young Jennifer Lawrence look-alike holding a shotgun, titled, "Shotgun Wedding." Other local scenes like the Keystone Bridge in...
Friday, April 20 Ironwood Area School Kindergarten Registration, 8-11 a.m., Luther L. Wright Elementary Cafeteria. Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - An De Lesky, 58, of Ironwood, passed away unexpectedly Monday morning, April 16, 2018, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital in Ironwood. An was born on June 24, 1959, in Wakefield, a daughter of John A. and Nancy J. (Kleimola) Leskoviansky. She attended A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer and graduated in 1977. An continued her education in Duluth, Minn., and earned a medical assistant degree. An was a fun loving and free spirited person. She was a very talented individual and... Full story
CLARKSON, Ky. - Vera Joy (Thompson) Kohegyi, 81, formerly of Mercer, Wis., was led to the Lord on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in Clarkson. Vera was born Feb. 21, 1937, to Mildred and Gordon Thompson. She was married to Joseph Kohegyi on April 25, 1953. They resided in Mercer. They had three children, Mary Kohegyi Hayse (Mitch), Clarkson; Joe Kohegyi (Kelly), of Mercer, and Gordon Kohegyi (Carrie), of Mercer; eight grandchildren: Peter Passuello (Nicole), Sarah Passuello, Joe Kohegyi (Becky), Jim... Full story
