Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The towns of Gurney and Saxon have declared a state of emergency following Wednesday’s ice storm, enabling them to qualify for state funds for the clean-up effort. The declarations are required to receive funds from the Wisconsin Disaster Fund, according to Iron County Emergency Management Director Stacy Ofstad. “It’s a source for the towns (to get reimbursed) some money when it’s a small enough event it doesn’t need state or federal designation,” Ofstad said. “It’s ... a mechanism to help...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - It did not take long Monday for the divisions on the city council to rear their head. It began with mayor Kathy Whitburn reading Star Kolesar's letter regarding the noxious fumes near her house. John Frello followed Whitburn by reading his own letter for addition to the Documents and Correspondence of the city regarding what he considered Ad Hominem attacks on his person at previous meetings. Frello wished to address events from past...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — Veteran weather watchers on the Gogebic Range were scratching their heads to remember an ice storm quite like the one that arrived Wednesday and blanketed the Gogebic Range for two days. The storm caused numerous Xcel Energy power outages that lingered through Saturday in the Saxon-Gurney area as thousands of trees and branches came down under the weight of the ice. All of that ice came crashing to the ground when the temperature hit the 40s on Friday. The sound of the melting ice was a...
Tuesday, May 2 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Finnish American Chorus Practice for Juhannus, 6 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Life Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Woodland Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m.,...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Robert S. Rickard, 76, of Wakefield, formerly of Eagle River, Wis., and Stevens Point, Wis., passed away Monday, May 1, 2017, at Gogebic Medical Care Facility, surrounded by his family. Bob was born Sept. 22, 1940, in Houghton, a son of Edwin George and Angeline Anna (Turk) Rickard. He attended A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer and graduated in 1959. Bob proudly served his country in the U.S. Army from 1959 to 1961. On July 28, 1962, he married Sharon Elizabeth Johnson....
Mercer, Wis. - Sandra Engler Hassberg, of Mercer, died at her home on Thursday, April 27, 2017, Sandra "Sandy" was born March 10, 1941, to Ethelynn Johnson of Waukegan, Ill. She attended schools in Germany and in Waukegan. On June 24, 1961, Sandy married Alan Engler of Webster Groves, Mo. Following Alan's discharge from the U.S. Navy, they lived in Waukegan. In August of 1971 Sandy, Alan, and their two children moved to Mercer. Throughout the years, Sandy worked for Tri-State Homes, Northern Hig...
GERMANTOWN, Wis. - John B. Koehler, 89, of Menomonee Falls, passed away on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at Tender Reflections Assisted Living Center in Germantown. He was born Dec. 3, 1927, in Milwaukee, the son of the late Bernhard and Mary (Lauer) Koehler. John attended Shorewood High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in World War II. He worked as a steel cutter for Interstate Drop Forge Company in Milwaukee for many years, until his retirement in 1990. He married the former Joyce...
