Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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TROUT CREEK, Mich. - Russell E. Aho, 86, of Trout Creek, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at his home, with family by his side. He was born July 10, 1931, in Trout Creek, to Nels and Ida (Paivarinta) Aho. Russ is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Doris (Daly); a daughter, Sandy Zalack (Tom); three sons, Andy (Pam), Steve and Jeff (Traci); nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Wesley (Donna) and Nelson (Marcia); his sister-in-law, Sharon Aho; several...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Judith Ann Johnson, 77, loving wife, mother and grandmother, returned to her heavenly home on May 27, 2018, surrounded by family after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Judy was born to Ernest and Alice (Supple) Swanson on Aug. 12, 1940, in Bessemer Township. Judy graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood in 1958. She worked for Michigan Bell before starting her family. On Sept. 25, 1971, she married Herbert Johnson at Salem Lutheran Church. They raised t...
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Sandra Jean Mattson, 78, of Ironwood, Mich., passed away at 12:21 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, at Franciscan St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born on Friday, Feb. 17, 1939, in Reed City, Mich., to the late Ora Asa and Goldie Almeda (Richert) Borton. She married the love of her life, Reino Leonard Mattson, on June 30, 1956. They resided in Bergland, Mich. In 1970 they moved to Vincennes, for a period of five years, moved to Gordon, Ga., for 18 years and then...
BESSEMER, Mich. — Irene Hantula, 66, of Bessemer, passed away Wednesday evening, May 30, 2018. Irene was born on Nov. 21, 1951, in Wakefield, a daughter of Eino and Julia Nerva. Most recently she worked as a home health aide. Those left behind include her loving husband, Mike; siblings, Ronald Nerva (Sylvia), Evelyn Ahlborn (Don), Annette Armata (Ed), Jacki Delich (Dewey) and Randy Nerva (Sandy); and numerous nieces and nephews and their families. Cremation will take place. A family gathering will be held at a later date. Funeral a...
Friday, June 1 Coffee with a Cop, 8 a.m., Rigoni’s Bakery. Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, I...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - When it comes to the weather, statistics have a way of averaging out. So while Ironwood had almost no rain for the first three weeks of May, downpours on Wednesday sent the monthly rainfall total nearly identical to the 117-year average. A total of 1.41 inches of rain fell for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Thursday at the Gogebic-Iron Wastewater Treatment Plant weather station on the Montreal River, off Cloverland Drive. Later Thursday, scatte...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors recognized the extra hours the county’s Department of Human Services staff has been putting in the past year, voting 9-3 Tuesday to compensate three employees for additional time. The board approved paying Human Services Director Cally Kilger, Financial Manager Diane Schmidtke and Program Manager Becky Rein a total of $75,649 for the roughly 1,863 hours beyond normal work hours the three worked in 2017. Board members Ken Saari, Scott Erickson and Jay Ai...
RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] MELLEN, Wis. — The Ashland County Sheriff’s Department is continuing to lead a search for a missing Bergland woman. On Memorial Day around 4:30 p.m., the Ashland County Communications Center received a report 54-year-old Jody Lynn Newberry had traveled from her home in Bergland to Mellen to attend the Mellen Jam music festival. Newberry’s sister was concerned because the festival had ended and she had not returned home and didn’t contact the family. Newberry traveled to the festival with a man, and the tw...
