Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Thursday, April 30 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., all welcome, The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. Chess Club, 4 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood. Wakefield United Methodist...
Porcupine Mountains - Organizers have been busy getting ready for the 11th annual Porcupine Mountains Music Festival, presented by the Friends of the Porkies. The festival is held annually on the weekend before Labor Day weekend - this year's dates are Aug. 28-30. The festival is held at the winter recreation (ski hill) area of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Ontonagon County. It was the very first music festival ever to be held in a state park in Michigan. The festival...
Editor’s note: This is the first part of a series on Proposal 1, which will appear on Michigan’s spring ballot Tuesday. ——— Voters across Michigan will decide Tuesday whether to approve a ballot proposal that could pump an additional $1.2 billion into local budgets for roads and bridges. Proposal 1 is a complicated ballot issue, but the bottom line is it would result in a great deal of extra money for road and bridge work. Darren Pionk, Gogebic County Road Commission Director-Engineer, said Wednesday if the proposal is approved, it will mean an...
BOULDER JUNCTION, Wis. — Edward C. Busse, 40, of Boulder Junction, passed away on April 27, 2015, of a massive heart attack. Ed was born in Woodruff, to Emil Sr. and Pat (Burnell) Busse. He lived in Boulder Junction all of his life, where he attended school at North Lakeland and Lakeland High School. He worked various jobs doing maintenance and cooking. He was employed at K-Care since 2008 where he was the head cook and worked maintenance. Ed really loved his job, and the people he worked with and cared for. He was preceded in death by his g...
GERMANTOWN, Wis. - Thomas P. Corda, 75, of Bruce Crossing, Mich., died peacefully with his family by his side on Monday, April 27, 2015, at the Gables of Germantown Memory Care Facility in Germantown, due to complications relating to Alzheimer's disease. He was born Sept. 11, 1939, in Ironwood, son of the late Earl B. Corda and Anna (Soltis) Corda. Tom attended Oliver and Central Grade School and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1957. He served in the U.S. Army for three years and...
MANITOWISH WATERS, Wis. - Andrew Nester Nissila, 94, passed away on April 29, 2015, at Seasons of Life Hospice, surrounded by family. Andy was born in South Cary, Wis, on Nov. 23, 1920. He is preceded in death by his father, Andrew A. Nissila, and his mother, Wilhemina Lahti Nissila, Ironwood, Mich., immigrants from Vaasan Laani, Finland; and longtime life partner, Ella Weidman; siblings Arthur Ruha, Toivo Ruha, Vienna Seppala, Jenny Osterhoudt, Samuel Nissila and Matt Nissila. He is survived by...
