Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - "It has been growing every year," former Iron County, Wis., Veterans Services Officer Bob Morzenti said of Saturday's 24th annual steak feed at the Memorial Building in Hurley. Iron County Chapter 529 of the Vietnam Veterans of America expected to serve about 450 people before the event concluded on a sunny, but cold Saturday, compared to around 430 last year. It's an annual fund-raiser that was initiated by Morzenti, who is one of about two-dozen volunteers who make the dinner a...
MARENISCO - Corrections officer Steve Greil of the Ojibway Correctional Facility was recently awarded the Michigan Department of Corrections Lifesaving Award for his heroic actions that saved a child's life this past summer. While at the beach with his family on July 5, Greil observed a child floating face down in the water in Sunday Lake in Wakefield. He rushed to bring the unresponsive child to the shore and helped clear a food item lodged in the child's throat. The child began breathing and...
WAKEFIELD – The Wakefield-Marenisco school held its second annual craft fair Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. "It's going to be held every last Saturday in April," said Title I teacher Teri Giuliano. Vendors sold candles, woodwork pieces, Avon cosmetics, blankets and more. Patricia Mann, known as the Crafty Lady, was one such vendor. She sold various styles of homemade accessories, including multicolored, beaded necklaces and "snap bags." This was her first time hosting a table at the fair. O...
The Western Michigan Mountain Bike Club hosted a fundraiser at the Maplewood Steakhouse on Sunday to raise money for five miles of new bike trail near Copper Peak. "If we can continue to build nice bike trails around here, that will bring more people to the area," said Maplewood owner Peter Palm. "It takes people like us to go ahead and make that stuff happen." Palm donated all of the food and the staff needed to pull the dinner off. He said there were also volunteers who helped host the games,...
To the Editor: Between now and this August, there may be two important issues put before the voters of the Bessemer Area School District and the Wakefield-Marenisco School District. The first, already scheduled in early May, will be to decide if voters of the Bessemer Area District should approve the sale of a bond to finance improvements and maintenance of the A.D. Johnston High School and the Washington Elementary School. If enough signatures are secured, another election will be held in August to see if the two districts should consolidate....
To the Editor: Much has been said and printed about the upcoming bond referendum facing voters on May 6. There are intelligent, passionate arguments on both sides of the table. Issues revolve around tax increases and consolidation. Because of inflation, tax increases are inevitable. Things just cost more than they did in the past. Each property owner’s taxes will increase based on the taxable value of their property. A property with a taxable value of $40,000 will increase about $11 per month. In addition, people with household incomes below $...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Odessa Lorraine Carlson, 91, of Summit Drive, Bessemer Township, died Friday, April 25, 2014 in Ironwood. For the past three years Odessa was a resident of the Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield. She was born July 25, 1922, at home in Anvil, daughter of the late Francis H. and Louise R. (Consie) Carlson. Odessa attended Anvil schools and graduated from the A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer with the class of 1939. She attended Gogebic Community College and Northern...
