Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Thursday, June 13 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Iron County Development Zone Council, noon, court house, board room. Red Hat Society Northwoods Divas, noon, Elk & Hound, Ironwood. Contact Carol Saari at 906-932-4953. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice of...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Oman's Creek boat launch and adjoining parking area was closed to the public this week as workers took soil boring samples on a barge close to shore. The launch was closed Tuesday through today, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, to allow the work to be completed. "This work is part of a site improvement project that is aimed at providing better public access and shoreline erosion control," said James...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Maxin G. LaMaide Sr., 91, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away Monday, June 10, 2019. He was born on Dec. 21, 1927, in Mellen, Wis., a son of George James and Helen (Vitek) LaMaide. Maxin proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged as a corporal on Oct. 4, 1952. On Aug. 8, 1953, Maxin was united in marriage to the love of his life, Sylvia Ann Magnuson at Zion Lutheran Church in Ashland, Wis. He was a lifetime member...
STEVENS POINT, Wis. - Adelinde "Linda" Schlicher passed away peacefully on May 26 at Ascension St. Michael's Hospital in Stevens Point. She was born Feb. 26, 1944 in Unterhaching, Germany to George and Johanna Dienstbeck Hall. In 1953 her family immigrated to Hustisford, where she completed her high school education. She worked for GTE as a telephone operator in Hustisford and later in Beaver Dam. Linda began her floral career at Reier's Beaver Floral in Beaver Dam, where she met her husband,...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - A ceremony to mark the transition of maintaining the garden box at Longyear Park will take place just prior to the Gogebic Range Concert Band concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The "Forget Me Not" flower garden is to honor the memory of people with Alzheimer's Disease. The garden is adjacent to the Mathias Holemo Band Shell in Longyear Park, 299 W. Arch St., in Ironwood. The garden had been cared for by staff and volunteers of Regional Hospice...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners listened to a 2018 audit of the county at its meeting Wednesday evening. Sue Buitenhuis, certified public accountant at Gabridge & Company, said as an auditor, they are responsible to express an opinion on the financial statements of the county. “The financial statements present fairly in all material respects the respective financial position of the governmental activities,” she said. At the close of the fiscal year combined fund balances equaled...