Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — A year after a devastating storm washed out much of the Little Girl’s Point area and severely damaged other locations, Gogebic County is still about $2 million short of reimbursement costs. As a result, Michigan’s state senators are supporting a change in rules used to determine federal reimbursements for storm damages so it doesn’t happen again. The July 11 storm dumped about a foot of rain in four hours and wiped out large culverts and washed away road surfaces. In a letter to the U.S. Ho...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees hired Plante Moran Wednesday to perform a forensic audit on the township’s finances in an attempt to get to the bottom of the township’s financial irregularities — including determining the potential scope of former treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso’s alleged embezzlement. The lower Michigan-based Plante Moran was one of five companies the board considered. Each company was assigned a letter during the discussions to allow the board members t...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Historical Society is looking for talent for this weekend’s Hometown Variety Show Sunday at 6 p.m. The variety show is being held in the Wakefield gymnasium and is free to enter, but there is a suggested $3 donation at the door for entrance, with all proceeds going to support the Wakefield Museum. Donna Ferson said the variety show usually lasts an hour or an hour and a half and includes demonstrations by the Bethany Ann Hellen Studios, Wakefield-Marenisco cheerleaders and...
Thursday, June 29 Pickleball, 9 a.m. to noon, good weather, Hurley High School tennis courts, bad weather: 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. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18;...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Arne E. Nasi, 88, of Ironwood, died peacefully early Wednesday morning, June 28, 2017, at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield. He was born April 3, 1929, in Montreal, Wis., son of Einar and Josephine (Pelajesta) Nasi, attended Montreal Grade School and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley, Wis., in 1947. He worked on ore boats on the Great Lakes, in the Montreal Mine for 10 years until the mine closed and as foreman at White Pine Copper Co. for 10 years. He...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Timothy J. Jagla, 70, of Ironwood, died peacefully Friday, June 23, 2017, with his family by his side, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital, following a five-year battle with multiple myeloma. Tim was born June 6, 1947, in Chicago, son of the late Roman and Evonne (Jacquart) Jagla. He attended Holy Trinity Grade School in Westmont, Ill., and graduated from St. Ambrose High School in Ironwood in 1965. He then worked briefly for International Milling Co. in Minneapolis and, upon returning to Ironwood, was employed in construction for S...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Friends are invited to attend the Rite of Committal for Donald “Don” Singleton, to be held Wednesday, July 5, at 11 a.m., at Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield. The Rev. Dominic Agyapong, pastor of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Wakefield, will officiate. Don, 76, a long-time resident of Wakefield, passed away on March 23, 2017. Jerald Rocco of Lakeside Memorial Chapel Inc., in Wakefield, is assisting the family....
