Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Gogebic Range Trail Authority held an all-terrain vehicle safety course on Saturday at Gogebic Community College. Deborah Fergus, certified Instructor through the Michigan's Department of Natural Resources, stressed to a class of 13 the importance of riding safely and respectively so trails will remain open. "If you go downstate below the bridge, you can not ride like we ride up here," she said. Many roads in the upper peninsula can be...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] HURLEY - Penokee Range 4H Livestock Club hosted a "Haymakers 'n Hotdogs" fundraising event Friday at Cary Mine Market. The event raises money for the club, which in turn is partly used for the "betterment of Iron County's fairgrounds," 4H leader Brock Swartz said. "We have our main show at the market sale," he said. "The kids all display their animals at the fair." The club has installed concrete in the barns to contain any biohazards, he said,...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] MARENISCO — A dozen nature lovers joined an Ottawa National Forest hosted hike to Kakabika Falls on Saturday. The falls is gaining popularity after being selected by the U.S. Postal Service as one of 2019’s ‘Wild and Scenic River’ postage stamps. Ian Shackleford, botanist for the forest service, led a tour down a short trail to where photographer Tim Palmer stood to take his picture of the river back in June of 2013. “I found the very spot,” he said. While walking to the falls, the guide pointed out...
Monday, June 17 GOCAA distribution Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, GOCAA, 100 S. Mill St., Bessemer, from 9 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m.; Wakefield VFW, 9-9:30 a.m.; Sunset Manor Apartments community room, 9:40-9:55 a.m.; Riverview Apartments parking lot, 10-10:15 a.m.; Hillcrest Apartments community room, 10:30-10:45 a.m.; Fairview Apartments community room, 10:50-11 a.m. Alpha Delta Kappa, noon, Sharon’s C...
BESSEMER, Mich. - Marvin E. Kangas, 91, a longtime resident of Bessemer, passed away peacefully Thursday, June 13, 2019, with his dear family by his side. Marvin was born on June 8, 1928, in Ironwood Township, a son of Gust E. and Lillian (Manninen) Kangas. He graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. On July 5, 1947, Marvin was united in marriage to Beverly C. Ellis at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Ironwood. She preceded him in death on April 1, 2004. On Aug. 5, 2005, he married...
MARINESCO, Mich. - Richard L. "Dick" Johnson, 73, of Marenisco, formerly of Albany, Ill, died Thursday, May 2, 2019, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau, Wis. Dick was born October 28, 1945, in Morrison, Ill., to Richard L. and Betty F. (Glass) Johnson. He was a graduate of Tampico High School in Tampico, Ill. Dick married Sandra K. Olinger on May 22, 1965, in Prophetstown, Ill. He was employed by 3M of Cordova, Ill, retiring in 2009. Dick was a former member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles...
