Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - More than 200 Luther L. Wright elementary school children attended a high-energy presentation on creative writing Monday morning. Brainstormers - a traveling acting troupe pitching writing skills and based in downstate Royal Oak - returned for Parts 2 and 3 of an ongoing writers workshop aimed at grades 2 through 6 that began in May. The three-member troupe set up a curtain at one end of the gym and set out to perform - with some help...
GILE, Wis. — A new fee to use the Gile Flowage boat landing at the park didn’t stop fishermen from heading out on the water Monday. The daily fee costs $5 and the annual fee is $25, both on the honor system, according to a poster at the park in Gile. Around a dozen boat trailers were parked at the park Monday morning on a sunny, ideal day for spring fishing, after a weekend of cold, wet weather. One boater about to head out onto the flowage approached by a reporter was unaware of the new fee, which was posted on the side of the information kio...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — While the city hasn’t settled on an overarching strategy for repairing its roads, Bessemer should soon be getting some valuable information to make the decision after the city council voted Monday to seek prices for options to repair a section of Mine Street. “It’s really not acceptable the way it is right now. So if we could do it for $7,000, would it be something we’d consider? That was the point of asking for prices, to see what the contractor says — if the contractor has any cool op...
Tuesday, June 5 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Elk and Hound. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Free Diabetes Screening and Prevention, 2-4:30 p.m., Howard Young Medical Center, Woodruff. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Disabled American Veterans, 6...
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Katherine A. O'Brien, 93, a long-time resident of Long Beach and formerly of Ironwood, Mich., died Thursday, March 15, 2018. Katherine was born on Dec. 10, 1924, in Minnesota, a daughter of James M. O'Brien and Philomena Eva (Thebert) Jacisin. She attended St. Ambrose Catholic High School in Ironwood and graduated in 1942. Kay participated in the church choir and was a member of a sewing club. She was passionate about learning and was an avid reader. Kay loved to travel a...
DULUTH, Minn. - Richard M. "Rick" DeCarlo, 52, of Ashland, Wis., passed away on May 24, 2018, in Duluth, with his family at his side. Rick was born on Jan. 24, 1966, in Ironwood, Mich. His parents are Tom and Carol (Heinske) DeCarlo. He received his diploma from the Ironwood School District and later attended Gogebic Community College, where he received an Associate Degree. He also attended Central Michigan University, studying education. After that he attended Western Michigan University. He wa...
MONTREAL, Wis. - Lilly Alana Sivula, age 3, passed away on June 1, 2018 at her home after a lifelong battle with Early Infantile Batten's Disease with her family by her side. Lilly was born on April 30, 2015 at Memorial Medical Center in Ashland to Jackie Hedman and Scott Sivula. She loved unicorns, brown teddy bears, music of all kinds, and the wind on her face. She is now riding unicorns in heaven. She will be sadly missed by her parents, Scott (fiancé Ashley Sorrels) Sivula of Iron Belt and...