Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The First Friday promotional effort for downtown Ironwood businesses has been extended. The city commission met on Monday and city manager Scott Erickson said the night gatherings have been so well received this summer that the effort has been expanded. September was originally scheduled to be the last First Friday of the year, but the commission on Monday talked about First Fridays in October and December. The next First Friday will be on Oct. 6 and city officials also plan one for Dec. 1...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - There will hopefully be more butterflies in the Miners Memorial Heritage Park in the upcoming years, after the Friends of the Miners Park dedicated a butterfly garden in the park Wednesday. The garden had been in the works since 2014, and is located on the park's Sisu Lane. "We've chosen an area that's out along the Sisu Lane because it has water near it, and because skiers and other people walk past there all the time," Carol Erickson sa...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon County Economic Development Corporation remains in contact with the U.S. Corps of Engineers in its request for dredging of the Ontonagon Harbor. Tom Poisson reported to the board that contacts have been made with the Corps in Duluth and in Detroit asking that Ontonagon be placed in the appropriations for dredging in the 2018 season. Poisson said because of the build up of silt, it is important the dredging occur in the spring after the run-off of the Ontonagon River. Last year one h...
Thursday, Sept. 14 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Red Hat Society Luncheon, noon, Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m.,...
NEW BADEN, Ill. - Caroline Mary Kasieta, 91, O'Fallon, Ill., formerly a resident of Ironwood, Mich., passed away peacefully Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, at Clinton Manor Living Center, with loving family by her side. Caroline was born on Sept. 24, 1925, in Ironwood, the daughter of Sofia (Buraglio) and Bert Incisi. She graduated from St. Ambrose High School in 1943, and was class salutatorian. She attended St. Elizabeth School of Nursing in Chicago and was employed by Dr. Michael Gertz. On Sept. 5,...
ONTONAGON, Mich. - Rosalie M. "Peggy" Younk passed away on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, at Aspirus Ontonagon Long Term Care at the age of 90. She was born on July 4, 1927. She was the only daughter of William and Julia (LeMoine) Harris. She grew up in Green and graduated from Ontonagon High School in 1944. On May 28, 1949, she married Walter J. Younk. The couple made their home in Ontonagon and raised two children, Mary Patricia and James Walter. She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church....
ONTONAGON, Mich. — William "Bill" Walter Kovalainen, 73, passed away peacefully at the Aspirus Hospital in Ontonagon, on Sept. 12, 2017, after a brief illness. Bill had grown up and went to school in Ontonagon. At a young age, he joined the military and served in the U.S. Army. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. Bill is survived by his mother, Edna Mabel Trasti; brother, Randall (Elizabeth) Trasti; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his father, Walter K...
