Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors approved taking out a loan to cover part of the cost of building a new garage in Mercer for the county’s highway department Tuesday. The county will borrow $1 million in a 5-year loan with an interest rate of 2.5%, with the board opting to take the shorter loan than the 8-year loan Highway Commissioner Mike Swartz had originally suggested. Swartz expressed concern about the highway department’s ability to pay the more expensive quarterly payments for t...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The rain did nothing to deter volunteers from distributing 25-pound boxes of fresh produce to families at the Luther L. Wright K-12 School Wednesday. The district will continue to distribute produce boxes on Wednesdays through the end of June, according to Food Service Director Mary Hampston Kusz. The district received the delivery of 280 boxes of produce through U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farms to Families program to hand out...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Tuesday heard the latest developments on the COVID-19 response in the western Upper Peninsula. Kate Beer, the health officer and administrator for the Western U.P. Health Department, attended the virtual meeting to report on the state and regional response. Gogebic County has five positive cases and one non-Michigan resident case who is recovering in the area. Houghton County reported two new cases on Tuesday — both travel-related. “Our big concern still...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Carol Kalla-Jakkola, 65, of Wakefield, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Carol was born on May 16, 1955, in Ironwood, a daughter of Arnold and Dorothy (Hendrickson) Kalla. She grew up in a very large and loving family and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1973. Carol was a longtime valued employee of Rovelsky and Co., and also worked at Indianhead Mountain Ski Resort. She excelled in customer service. Survivors include her brothers and sisters, Jeff, Cheryl (Gary), Debra (Jim), Ronald and Bridgett; along w...
MONTREAL, Wis. - Sean O'Neal Craig, 47, of Ironwood, Michigan, lost his battle with mental illness on May 24, 2020. He was born in New Castle, Indiana, on Feb. 8, 1973, son of Robert Craig and Carolyn (McDivitt) Craig. He graduated from Tri High School in Straughn, Indiana, in 1991. After this, he studied at Indiana University East where he fell in love with radio and got his first radio gig. He then worked at Valeo in Greensburg, Indiana, for some time; and later Sean pursued his love of radio...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, May 28 Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley. area74.org. Government Downtown Ironwood Development Authority, 8 a.m., meeting via Zoom. Call 906-932-5050 ext. 126. Ironwood City Commission, 4:30 p.m., budget workshop, online or by phone. For information visit...
