Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] HURLEY - Elemetary students at the Hurley K-12 School spent Friday, their last day of class, at a Hawaiian-themed picnic sponsored by the Parent Teacher Organization. Steve Lombardo, elementary principal, said they are sending the students off in style. "Our fine PTO has a number of different stations set up all throughout the school," he said. Children at the picnic raced from station to station following a schedule of events such as minnow racing,...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD — With this coming week’s production of “Mamma Mia!” Theatre North begins its 56th season. A June launch to what is usually a three-show season is a change from the past, according to TN board president Cindy Franck. Typically, the community theater season included show in the fall, another in February and a third in the spring. Franck said the plan is to avoid a show in the middle of winter. “A lot of our patrons who buy season tickets ahead of time and make a donation with that purc...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, June 8 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, June 9 Library summer program kickoff, 12:30 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Alcoholics...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Helvia Irene Maki, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away Monday, June 3, 2019, at the age of 103. Helvia was born on May 1, 1916, in Wakefield, a daughter of Jack Ludwig and Aurora Amelia (Vatajakoski) Nirva, who were both born in Kauhajoki, Finland. She attended Wakefield High School and graduated in 1934. Helvia lived and worked in the Chicago area after graduating and married Alvin Bishop in 1936, in Illinois. She moved back to Wakefield in 1942. On June 28, 1947,...
WATERSMEET, Mich. - Judith Mackey Keller, 98, passed away Nov. 17, 2018. Judith was born in Wakefield, Mich. on Dec. 12, 1919, the daughter of John J. and Edith A. Mackey. Around the age of 2 years, Judy's family moved to Detroit. She was educated in the Detroit Public School System. She eventually earned two Bachelor Degrees, a Master's Degree, and was one of the first women in the then new Medical Technology program at what was Wayne University, which later become known as Wayne State...
