Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — Two area highways may soon allow all-terrain vehicle traffic to serve as connection segments with area trail systems, following action at the Iron County Highway Department Committee meeting on Tuesday. The committee 3-0 recommended approval for all-terrain, utility-terrain, and off-road vehicles (ATV/UTV/ORV) use on state highway 169 from U.S. 2 to Vogues Road, and for state highway 122 from county highway B to the Michigan state line. The meeting was officiated by Tom Thompson Jr., v...
IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College officials announced this week one of its recent graduates is one of 72 recipients of a “prestigious” national scholarship. Jailynn Sprewer, of Bessemer, was awarded the Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship. The scholarship will provide her with up to $40,000 a year to complete her bachelor’s degree, according to a release from the college. “GCC is extremely proud that Jailynn was selected as one of this year’s recipients of the Cooke Transfer Scholarship and only one of four in the state of Michigan. It’s a...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, May 20 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:45-10 a.m. EDT; White Pine Township Hall, 10:20-10:35 a.m. EDT;... Full story
COON RAPIDS, Minn. - Theresa Marie (Fudaly) Jesberg, of Coon Rapids, passed away peacefully at her home with her husband by her side on May 13, 2021, after a six-year battle with breast cancer. Theresa was born Jan. 6, 1957, and raised in Ironwood, Michigan. She completed two years of college at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, then moved to Minnesota and married Ron Jesberg in 1983. Theresa retired from her career after the birth of her first son to dedicate herself to homeschooling... Full story
PARK FALLS, Wis. — Margaret (Barta) Smidl, of Park Falls, Wisconsin, formerly of Mercer, went home to her Lord on her 98th birthday, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. She married John Smidl in 1944 in Berwyn, Illinois, and eventually moved to Kansas City where they raised their children. She volunteered regularly at the churches and the communities in which she lived. She taught Czech language classes later in life and had made several trips to Czechoslovakia where she took classes at the university. She is preceded in the death by her husband, John; h... Full story
