Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD - To help students from Luther L. Wright K-12 enjoy the warmer weather and learn about the western Upper Peninsula's history of mining communities, Downtown Art Place volunteers collaborated with Ironwood Area Schools staff and the Ironwood Carnegie Library for an outdoor art project during school hours Wednesday afternoon. Daniel Negro, Judy Balchik and Rebecca Sim's fourth grade classes used a somewhat uncommon medium for this project:...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD — Now that Chad Lashua has taken on the role of vice president of business services, Gogebic Community College now has all its vice presidential positions filled. Lashua is the former director of business services at Nicolet Area Technical College in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, where he held various business-related roles since 2010. He has worked in business and industry fields since 2001. He has a Master of Business Administration degree from Western Governors University, a bachelor’s deg...
GOODVIEW, Minn. — Alvin David Jarvinen, age 94, died peacefully at his home on Saturday, May 14, 2022, after an illness of several months. Al was born on March 28, 1928, and was raised in Wakefield, Michigan, the eleventh of twelve siblings. After graduating from Wakefield High School in 1946, Alvin moved to Waukegan, Illinois, where he met and married Barbara Delores Asplund on June 30, 1951. Al and Barb returned to Michigan in 1956. He worked as a supermarket meat cutter for over 30 years. D... Full story
BESSEMER, Mich. - Elizabeth Anne (nee Jurakovich) Little, 62, of Bessemer, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Elizabeth was born on Sept. 8, 1959, in Wakefield, the daughter of Mathew and Rose (Petroff) Jurakovich. She attended A.D. Johnston High School and graduated in 1977. Liz continued her education at Gogebic Community College and received her education degree from Michigan Technological University. For many years, she was a substitute teacher throughout Gogebic County. Liz always had a... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, May 20 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Saturday, May 21... Full story
