Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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MERCER, Wis. - Neil Klemme, youth development agent with the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office, needed some help. He had an idea to revamp some marketing tools used in the past, including stickers and brochures, but required some assistance. Klemme mentioned this to Mercer School guidance counselor Breia Pfaller, who put him in touch with the publications class at the school. Students were asked to help re-create the Fe logo, a slogan used to describe the Gogebic Iron Range,...
MERCER, Wis. - Two Mercer students were surprised May 15 when they received a national award about a very well-known figure. Junior John Michael Klopatek and senior Heather Cihak received 2014 Smokey Bear National Award for "outstanding public service to wildlife prevention," through the U.S. Forest Service. The awards were presented during the school's award ceremony by Kelly Martinko, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources forest ranger in Mercer. Neither Klopatek or Cihak knew they were re...
DULUTH, Minn. - David G. Lindquist, 84, of Sunset Road in Ironwood Township, Mich., passed away Monday, May 19, 2014, at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, from complications following a recent surgery. He was born Dec. 17, 1929, in Ironwood, son of the late Albin and Mayme (Kangas) Lindquist. He attended Ironwood schools and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1948. David served in the U.S. Coast Guard, where he was stationed on the Island of Guam and COCOS Island...
DULUTH, Minn. - Judith E. Barner, 65, of Duluth, and formerly of Ironwood, Mich., died Monday, May 19, 2014, at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. The former Judith Dull was born Aug. 26, 1948, in Duluth, daughter of the late William and Annabelle (Grayson) Dull, and attended school in Milwaukee and Omaha, Neb. She worked with her family at their Greyhound Bus Station in Omaha prior to moving to Ironwood in 1969. She was then employed at the Chat-A-Wyle and Arts Unlimited in...
ONTONAGON, Mich - Louis J. Gregory, 71, died on May 20, 2014, from leukemia. He was born on Aug. 29, 1942, in Ironwood. Son of the late Louis J. and Della (Sobolewski) Gregory, he lived in Ironwood, Escanaba, Ann Arbor and Detroit, before settling with his family on the shores of Lake Superior in Ontonagon in 1969. He graduated from Holy Name Catholic High School in Escanaba with the class of 1960. He went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan in 1964 and a...
