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Articles from the June 23, 2015 edition


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  • Wakefield city council hears of progress on blight control, sewer work, park improvements

    Kelsey Hansen|Jun 23, 2015

    WAKEFIELD - Work continues on tearing down an old laundromat along Sunday Lake Street in Wakefield. The building had been condemned by the Wakefield city council. At the council's meeting Monday evening, Mayor Les Schneck read a letter from a resident thanking the council and city manager Margot Anderson for taking action on the blight issues in town. "If you look today, one of the places is being knocked down and that is through the hard work of our city manager," Schneck said. "There are... Full story

  • Community Calendar

    Jun 23, 2015

    Tuesday, June 23 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer (Wis.) Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Carnegie Library, 3 to 5 p.m., Unmask Your Imagination: A Young Writers and Illustrators Workshop. 932-0203. Grades 4 and older, reservations needed. Regional Hospice, 6:30 p.m., dedicating the 2015 Plant a Memory Garden, Ironwood, Longyear Park. Woods and Blooms G... Full story

  • Nancy Carol Niemi

    Jun 23, 2015

    ONTONAGON, Mich. - Nancy Carol Niemi, 67, of Ontonagon passed away June 18, 2015 surrounded by her loving family. Nancy was born Dec. 11, 1947 in Hancock, Mich. to Harold and Estrid Reichardt. She is survived by Stan, her husband of 50 years; daughter Wendy (Brian); sons Jesse (Crystal) and Jason (Laurie); son-in-law Gregg Pelto; grandchildren Jonathon (Bethany), Jeremy, Sarah (Mike), Amber (Nick), Wade, Adam and Audrey; great-granddaughters Ariana, Stormy and Rogue; brothers Paul and Harold... Full story

  • Edward L. Neet

    Jun 23, 2015

    EAGLE RIVER, Wis. — Edward L. Neet, 54, a resident of the Northwoods for the past 15 years, passed away in his home in Eagle River, on June 11, 2015. Edward was born Oct. 1, 1960, in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was a drywall expert. He loved to fish and snowmobile. His greatest joy was spending time outside in the Northwoods. Edward is survived by his loving companion of 15 years: Angie Brownell of Watersmeet, Mich.; brother, Gary (Karen) Neet, of Pueblo West, Colo.; daughters, Victoria and Amanda Neet of Houston, Texas; Angie’s children, Tyl... Full story

  • Bessemer approves 2015-16 school budget

    Tom Stankard|Jun 23, 2015

    BESSEMER - The Bessemer School Board approved the proposed budget for the 2015-16 school year on Monday. The board heard the district received revenues of $3,843,584 for the 2014-15 school year and expenditures were $3,914,167. The fund balance at the beginning of the 2014-15 year was $216,538. The fund balance is projected to be $145,918 at the end of 2014-15. For this coming school year, the anticipated total revenue is $3,686,534, with expected expenditures of $3,704,965 and an anticipated... Full story

  • Ontonagon to add agriculture class to curriculum

    Jan Tucker|Jun 23, 2015

    ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Area Board of Education heard about a new program which will be included in the Ontonagon curriculum through the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District. Superintendent-Principal Jim Bobula said an agriculture class will be part of the science curriculum. He said the GOISD has hired an instructor, and Shawn Kolbus of the GOISD, was in Ontonagon looking for a site for a greenhouse which would be utilized as part of the agriculture curriculum. Although a credit class is for high school students, Bobula said the e... Full story