Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - There's stop and go lights on Lake Road near Little Girl's Point for the first time. Repair work on the Montreal River bridge at the Michigan-Wisconsin border line is under way and travel has been reduced to a single lane during repairs on the bridge. Lane dividers have also been placed on the roadway, to protect workers from passing vehicles. There will also be four other bridge projects this summer in the county, costing a total...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - To inspire children to use their imaginations, Lynne Wiercinski, of Ironwood Carnegie Library, hosted a Young Authors and Illustrators meeting this week at Luther L. Wright High School. Gathered in the school library, inspiring authors and artists sat at a table topped with magazines, word blocks and pictures. Wiercinski held up a poem she assembled from the same supplies and said the students were going to make their own. With her imaginat...
IRONWOOD — The city of Ironwood has received notification from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation it is no longer eligible to receive funding from the Community Development Block Grant Program. Eligibility is determined through the Department of Housing and Urban Development. “To qualify for grants and programs to assist in revitalizing the city of Ironwood, we are required to conduct surveys to update basic demographic information and need your participation,” said Ironwood Community Development Director Michael Brown. Millions of d...
Saturday, May 14 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Children’s Story Time, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, May 15 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Bessemer Township Fourth of July Committee, 6:30 p.m., Ramsay Fire Hall. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, May 16 Gogebic County Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m...
APPLETON, Wis. - Catherine Garvey, 90, of Appleton, died peacefully in her home on May 11, 2016, surrounded by her children and grandchildren, having lived a full and complete life. Cate was born in Bessemer, Mich., on March 2, 1926, daughter of Nicholas and Ana (Smolic) Turkal. Her parents immigrated to the United States separately from Croatia and settled in Bessemer where they raised Cate and her nine siblings. After high school, Cate enrolled at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, earning a...
MERCER, Wis. - James "Jim" A. Funk, 71, passed away on Friday, May 6, 2016. He was born on July 15, 1944, in Fort Wayne, Ind. He was preceded in death by his wife, Merry, in July 2013. Jim is survived by his brother, Terry (Peggy) Funk; stepson, Jeff (DesMarie) Smith; and nieces, nephews and cousins. A Celebration of Life for both Jim and Merry will be held Saturday, May 21, at the town recreation center in Mercer from 1 to 4 p.m. Feel free to stop by and share some stories with Jeff and...
