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Articles from the May 11, 2017 edition


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  • Mental Health First Aid Training held

    May 11, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Community Mental Health facility in Wakefield brought together a group of adults to learn about youth mental health issues and how to identify when there is a problem verses when a behavior is just being young. Philip Gardiepy-Hefner, training coordinator for Northpointe Behavioral Healthcare Systems out of Kingsford, visited CMH Wednesday for the fifteenth time to provide for a mental health first aid class. While Wednesday's class...

  • More charges brought against Ironwood man

    May 11, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — Additional charges have been brought against an Ironwood man arrested over the weekend. Daniel Allan Erickson, 28, had been arrested at approximately 1 a.m. Sunday on a charge of possession of burglar’s tools — a felony with a possible maximum punishment of up to 10 years in prison. On Wednesday, a Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team spokesman announced additional charges against Erickson. The new charges are the result of the continued investigation into Erickson, according to GIANT...

  • Flowage Fishing

    May 11, 2017

  • Gogebic Iron County Airport improvements approved

    May 11, 2017

    By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners approved three resolutions to support three separate improvement projects at the Gogebic-Iron County Airport at their meeting Wednesday evening. The bulk of the funds for each project will come from federal funds, with the remaining local portion split between Gogebic County and Iron County, Wis. The three projects include: — $625,000 tarmac replacement, with the local portion at $15,625; — $8,889 for airport awareness/advertising, local porti...

  • Community calendar

    May 11, 2017

    Thursday, May 11 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. 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. Red Hat Luncheon, noon, Ore House, Ramsay. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 U.S. 51 North in Arbor Vitae. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. ReGeneration...

  • Wilbur S. Olson

    May 11, 2017

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Wilbur S. Olson, 90, of Wakefield, passed away peacefully on the evening of May 9, 2017, at Gogebic Medical Care Facility where he had resided since 2009. Wilbur, the youngest of seven children, was born in Bergland to Alfred and Eva (Walker) Olson on Oct. 3, 1926, and graduated with the class of 1944 from Bergland High School. Uncle Sam called him into service with the U.S. Army directly out of high school, where he served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater in Leyte and Mindanao...