Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Chicken: It can be an insult, an egg layer, a flavoring and a meal. According to Kathy Makela, fourth grade teacher at the Wakefield-Marenisco School, her class is taking on a new project this spring - the incubation of eggs and the birthing of chicks. Karen Kangas, who raises chickens; and Angie Libertoski, parent of a fourth grade student, brooded and hatched a plan to expose the kids to raising chickens. Kangas visited the fourth grade...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Township residents will once again be able to pay certain township bills automatically, after the board of trustees passed a resolution accepting electronic payments Monday. The electronic payments will be able to used for sewer and water payments, according to information presented at the meeting, as well as garbage payments. The township previously offered this service, but eliminated it last fall. Township residents have been inquiring about it, according to township o...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission learned Monday that bids for the city’s Hardest Hit demolition project will be opened on Thursday. City manager Scott Erickson said the bids will likely come before the city commission for action at the next commission meeting. On Monday, commissioners released a lien on property at 324 E. Oak St. so a house can be torn down there as part of the summer project. Earlier in the meeting, city code enforcement officer Jason Alonen noted 136 blighted structures in...
Tuesday, April 25 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Life Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Woodland Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anony...
HURLEY, Wis. - The man. The myth. The legend. John "Jack" Giovanoni, 82, croaked (as he would say) on April 18, 2017, at the Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, surrounded by his loving family. As Jack liked to say, he "never had it so good!" Jack was bigger than life, with a dry wit and sense of humor to match. Even when he was laid low by illness, he never complained, just treated each situation with the same matter-of-fact style. He loved to drop one-liners and stand back...
BESSEMER, Mich. — Thomas I. Maki, 73, of E. Gold St., Bessemer, passed away peacefully at home, Friday, April 21, 2017, with his family by his side. He was born Aug. 28, 1943, in Chicago, the son of the late Viljo and Irene (Koski) Maki. Tom attended the Bedford High School in Bedford, Ohio, graduating with the Class of 1961. He attended Gogebic Community College and the University of Wisconsin-Superior, where he received a bachelor’s degree in political science. Tom also attended Northern Michigan University, where he received his mas...
