Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By JEAN NORDINE [email protected] IRONWOOD - "Ten Magic Butterflies" was the chosen book for the Carnegie Library's story time Thursday afternoon. What made the event special was its location in the Miners Memorial Heritage Park. Library volunteer Lauren Noren, accompanied by Range Master Gardener Sharlene Shaffer, led a group of 16 children and 10 adults through the winding Sisu Lower Ridge Trail until they arrived at the newly created butterfly garden. Before entertaining the group w...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood City Commission approved a resolution at its meeting Monday to accept a Michigan Department of Natural Resources grant to help the city acquire property for a trail between Norrie Park and the Miners Memorial Heritage Park. The strip of property is a former Canadian National railroad grade. The railroad company still owns about half of the 2-mile stretch and the rest is owned by other private property owners, said Ironwood...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HANCOCK — It’s been almost two weeks since heavy rains caused flooding across parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula; and beaches across the western U.P. are starting to reopen after they were closed due to high E.coli levels from the storms. Twelve recreation locations are listed as open, according to a Western U.P. Health Department health advisory Thursday, including beaches in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties. The twelve locations are: Bete Grise, Calumet Waterworks, Eagle Har...
Friday, June 29 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Air National Guard Band of the Midwest, 7 p.m., Ontonagon Theater of Performing Arts, Ontonagon. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics...
ONTONAGON, Mich. — Elizabeth Mae Marks DeFrancisco, 97, of Ontonagon, passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital’s Long Term Care Unit. She was born Nov. 11, 1920 to the late Edward and Roslena White in Big Bay. Elizabeth married Elmer Marks, Sr. in 1937. He preceded her in death in 1966. She married Joseph DeFrancisco in 1971. He preceded her in death in 1982. Elizabeth had six children born to her and Elmer Marks, Sr.; Elmer Marks, Jr., Marjorie Bauer, Violet Pestka, Georginia Marks, Billy Marks and Ruth Marks. Eli...
FOX CROSSING, Wis. - Don Johnson Jr., 91, of Fox Crossing, formerly of Bruce Crossing, Mich., passed away peacefully on March 21, 2018 at home with his family by his side after a brief illness. Don was born Oct. 4, 1926 in Bergland Township, Mich. to the late Don Sr. and Lorena (Lowe) Johnson. Don graduated from Ewen High School with the class of 1944. Don joined the Navy and served his country during World War II. After discharge from the Navy, Don returned home to work with his father at...
MARATHON, Wis. - Esther A. Schiavetti, 96, Marathon, formerly of Ironwood, Mich., died Tuesday, June 26, 2018 under the care of Interim Hospice and Palliative Care at Copperleaf Assisted Living, Marathon. She was born March 2, 1922 in Ironwood, daughter of the late Domenic and Ida (Lerza) Gentile. On June 14, 1958 she married Angelo Schiavetti at St. Mary Catholic Church, Hurley. He preceded her in death on Dec. 28, 2003. In her earlier years Esther worked at Paul's Department Store in Hurley...
