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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - While boaters still have a week or two before Saxon Harbor's boat launch closes May 14, the public is being asked to stay away from the harbor during construction this summer. "The biggest thing is that the facility is closed - and I mean the whole thing is closed for construction - for the safety not only of the people trying to work, but the people that are coming to look, too. Harbor Lights is going to be open, that's a good...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] BESSEMER - Marty's Goldenaires Drum and Bugle Corps is preparing for another busy summer season. Some locals got a sneak peak at the 2018 corps at last weekend's Vietnam Veterans steak feed at the Hurley American Legion, and Marty's public relations officer, Pearce Graham, released the corps' full schedule this week. A return to the American Legion National Convention in Minneapolis Aug. 26-27 is certainly a highlight of the coming season, said...
IRONWOOD — David M. Lindquist, Director of Licensing and Athletic Properties at the University of Minnesota Twin-Cities, will be the graduation speaker for Gogebic Community College’s 84th annual commencement ceremony on Friday, May 11. The ceremony will be at 6:30 in the facility named after his father, the David G. Lindquist Student and Conference Center Gymnasium. Lindquist, a GCC alumnus, holds a bachelor of science degree in Speech Communications from Northern Michigan University. He is an active member of the International Collegiate Lic...
Friday, May 4 Coffee with a Cop, 6:30 a.m., McDonald’s. Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, I...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Joseph R. Massi, 58, of Ironwood, passed away on April 29, 2018, at his home, after a seven-year battle with cancer. Joe was born on Feb. 26, 1960, in Wakefield, Michigan, to Rudolph J. and Rosalie (July) Massi. He was a graduate of Wakefield High School. He was a former employee of Steiger's Lumber Mill, Westgate Nursing Home, Gogebic Medical Center and Superior Cultured Marble. On June 25, 2011, he married his wife, Cheryl. Joe's family was very important to him. He loved...
L'ANSE, Mich. - William John "Bill" Martens Jr., 87, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in L'Anse after a long battle with cancer. Bill was, until recently, a resident of Mercer, Wis., since 1993. Recently his illness required him to move to L'Anse with his daughter, Wendy Collins. Bill was born in Chicago in 1931 and resided on the North Side in the same house his family built in the 1860s. After graduating from Lane Tech High School, Bill served in the U.S. Army and was...
RAMSAY, Mich. — A memorial service for Sandi Case will be held on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at Cornerstone Church in Ramsay. Service time is 3 p.m., with dinner to follow. Family will greet guests starting at 2:30 p.m....