Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - With the temporary inflatable dome removed on Thursday, the work now starts on the new structure that will be the new permanent arena to replace the old Pat O'Donnell Civic Center. When the dome was initially deflated, the material was still wet and could not dry out as it draped like a bowl over the hockey boards and plexiglass, said Jim Collins, chair of the civic center board. The water quickly drained from the reinflated dome and it...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley Board of Education will have options to consider regarding an in-school or continued virtual learning start to the fall semester by its next board meeting. The administration is continuing to monitor the impact of COVID-19 and are preparing a multitude of scenarios and solutions for each one, said Kevin Genisot, school district administrator on Wednesday. “It continues to be a very fluid situation and final decisions will need to be made when the time gets closer to the start of...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — Area communities have somewhat of a bipolar tourism message that both encourages and discourages travel during a summer season still under the yoke of a COVID-19 pandemic. Tourism generates more than $21 million annually for Iron County, according to Kelly Klein, coordinator of Iron County Economic Development. The industry employs more than 250 people with full-time-equivalent jobs which comprises a big segment of the local economy, whether it’s from lodging, restaurant, gas or eve...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, June 5 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. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org....
ROCHESTER, Ill. - Steven J. Long, 62, of Rochester, entered into eternal life on May 30, 2020 surrounded by his loving family after a year-long battle with brain cancer. He was born in Wakefield, Mich. to the late Kenneth and Margaret Long. He graduated from Michigan Technological University with his Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering. He worked for most of his career as the Bureau Chief of Airport Engineering for the State of Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics....
DE PERE, Wis. — Robert J. Ferkovich, 88, passed away peacefully in the morning hours of May 26, 2020, in De Pere. He was born Jan. 19, 1932, in Hurley. On July 16, 1955, he married Virginia Chouinard. He worked at local mines, was a cross-country truck driver, worked for the city of Hurley and retired while working for the county. He was also involved in the local drum corps and was an Iron County highway commissioner. He was a strong man who had a heart which always supported the underdog. He was very involved with his family, spending most o...
