Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Sorted by date Results 1 - 5 of 5
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - Users of the local segment of the popular Iron Belle Trail are going to be able to travel further east later this season as construction is expected to start next month on extending the trail to Ramsay. "It's taken over a decade worth of planning and work to get to this point, but we're excited to be getting to build it this summer," said Paul Anderson, a project manager with Coleman Engineering who is overseeing the project. Anderson...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — The celebration of 14 Mercer Public School graduates will be moving, literally, with spectators congratulating the students from passing cars and trucks. The school announced this week that the tribute to the graduates will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 24. Vehicles with families, friends, and community members will drive slowly along Margaret Street where the seniors will be on the sidewalk to receive the public tribute, said Natalie Allen, office secretary. The state’s shu...
LANSING (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday that retail businesses in much of northern Michigan, including restaurants and bars, can reopen starting Friday. The bars and restaurants will have to limit their capacity to 50%. Groups will be required to stay 6 feet apart and servers will have to wear face coverings. Office work also will be able to resume if work cannot be done remotely. The move will affect two of the eight regions identified in the governor’s gradual reopening plan amid the coronavirus pandemic: one covers the Upp...
WHITE PINE, Mich. - Danny Wayne Floyd, 69, of Ontonagon, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2020, at his home in White Pine, with his wife Dawn by his side. Danny was born at the Ontonagon Memorial Hospital to Lempi Foeller and Roy Floyd on Aug. 8, 1950. He attended school in Rockland until he came to Ontonagon to graduate as a Gladiator in 1969, and what a Gladiator he was. He earned a sports scholarship to Northern Michigan University, but decided school wasn't something he enjoyed. Shortly after...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, May 19 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Pioneer Park Apartments tenants only, Ironwood, 9-10 a.m.; Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood, parking lot, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments, Ironwood Township, west parking lot, 11:45 a.m.-noon, east parking lot, noon-12:15 p.m.; Wildwood Apartments, Ironwood Township, community room, 12:30-12:45 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous,...
