Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER - Members of the Bessemer Downtown Development Authority heard an update about the Ethnic Commons project and agreed to partner with the city and fund one of three seasonal employees. City Manager Mike Uskiewicz said the city was going to hire two seasonal workers and asked the DDA if they would fund the third position, which would perform mowing, trash pickup and other duties specifically in the downtown area. The DDA agreed to fund the position at a cost of about $3,500 for 90 days....
BESSEMER — The Woman’s Club of Bessemer hosted the 2014 Senior Tea to honor Bessemer Area School’s graduating seniors, and award a scholarship to one student seeking to further their education at Gogebic Community College. Sue Abelman, president of the Woman’s Club, said in a small community members of the organization know many of the students. And if they don’t, they know the parents or the grandparents of students. “We appreciate the students and really wish them the best,” she said, adding...
BESSEMER — Members of the Bessemer City Planning Commission discussed how the city can make use of its land by creating new recreational trails and selling some for commercial development during its meeting on Wednesday. One portion of land that was discussed at the meeting is located near the southwest border of the city. The area was described as being mostly wetlands, but because of higher elevation in certain parts, commission chairman John Turkal proposed the creation of a public trail. H...
To the Editor: Before I went into education and became a teacher, I served as an assistant city manager in Texas. Politics in Texas is as rough and tumble as they say it is; yet, at the end of the day, factions would talk and accomplish something. Seeing that happen reminded me that Lyndon Johnson often invited his political foes into deliberations by quoting from the Old Testament book of Isaiah: “Come, let us reason together.” Regarding education and our schools in Gogebic County, we all have the same goal, providing the best education we...
EGG HARBOR, Wis. — Susan Harriet Maloney Casey, 86, of Egg Harbor, formerly of Northfield and Wilmette, Ill., died peacefully at her home on May 1, 2014. Susan was born Sept. 28, 1927, in Pittsburg, and later grew up in De Pere. Susan graduated from East High School in Green Bay and attended Finch College in New York. Susan met the love of her life, John J. Casey, in Chicago, and later married on June 27, 1949. Susan will always be fondly remembered for her quick sense of humor, wit, creativity and her love of others, being host to many p...