Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - As lives and day-to-day routines continue to be disrupted while people practice physical distancing and follow the stay-at-home orders in a fight to end the coronavirus pandemic, the Ironwood Public Safety Department is doing what it can to help kids in the city. The department is one of several local agencies offering to use drive by local birthday parties with department vehicles. "Things aren't normal now and kids aren't able to have b...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The well-being of students is the most important thing as Hurley School District returns to a “new normal.” Students remember how they felt and how they were treated more than what they learned, said a message posted by School District Administrator Kevin Genisot. The ongoing monitoring of each student’s mental health status as well as ensuring the basic needs will help maintain a high level of confidence going forward. “Our students will be healthier and more resilient for the rest of the...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BAYFIELD, Wis. — Bayfield County had its first death related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic last week. The Bayfield County Health Department announced Friday it confirmed the death of a county resident due to COVID-19 Friday. The person was a 78-year-old who had been hospitalized for over three weeks and had not recently traveled in the community, according to the department. It said the person had no known contact with a known positive COVID-19 case or traveled out of the area recently. T...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. – Joellyn "Joey" (Drake) Pezzetti, 78, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away at home surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, April 16, 2020, after a lengthy illness. Joellyn was born on Aug. 6, 1941, at Divine Infant Hospital in Wakefield to Francis W. and Ellen (Niemela) Drake. She attended Wakefield High School and graduated with honors in 1959. She was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Ramsay where she loved serving on the lunch committee for many y...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, April 21 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Pioneer Park Apartments tenants only, Ironwood, 9-10 a.m.; Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood, parking lot, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments, Ironwood Township, west parking lot, 11:45-noon, east parking lot, noon-12:15 p.m.; Wildwood Apartments, Ironwood Township, community room, 12:30-12:45 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous,...
