Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] BESSEMER - A law enforcement orientation program to help officers familiarize themselves with courthouse procedures was held at Gogebic County Courthouse on Friday. The new program, started by Gogebic/Ontonagon Circuit Court Judge Micheal Pope, offers members of law enforcement a tour of the courthouse along with the opportunity to meet the staff working in the building. "Most departments are very good about bringing new staff by within a short...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER - Volunteers and some summer youth labor program members helped to create a trail link from the Yale neighborhood to the Bessemer segment of the Iron Belle Trail on Tuesday. The 0.21 mile trail is on city property and starts about a half-mile east of the Moore Street trailhead of the Iron Belle. The trail departs the Iron Belle and runs between Bessemer Plywood Corporation land and the Xcel Energy transfer station up to Spring Street,...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] The 15-county Upper Peninsula employment picture has improved, but Gogebic and Ontonagon counties still lag behind much of the state, according to a Department of Technology, Management and Budget report from the state of Michigan on Thursday. The report said the U.P. civilian labor force was at 136,800 in May. This is a 0.4% annual increase from 136,300 in May 2018, and a 0.4% monthly increase from 136,600 in April 2019. U.P. unemployment was at 4.9% in May with 6,700 people reported working....
Saturday, June 29 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Community Night Meal Free Supper, 5-6 p.m., Apostolic Lutheran Church, Aurora Street, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, June 30 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer H... Full story
DE PERE, Wis. - Philip A. Kolehmainen Sr., 82, of White Pine, Mich., passed away June 25, 2019, with his family by his side, at Unity Hospice in De Pere, where he had been a patient for a short time. Phil had been valiantly battling neuroendocrine cancer for six months. It had been an enormously emotional struggle of victories and defeats. But like in all endeavors, he gave it his all. His life motto was "Never give up," and he never did, even when things looked the bleakest. Phil was born Dec.... Full story
ONTONAGON, Mich. — On Thursday, June 27, 2019, Lori K. Sheffield, 67, loving wife and mother passed away. Lori was born April 18, 1952 in Grand Rapids, to Robert and Lorraine (Letournea) Woronko. She attended Michigan State University where she studied Veterinary Medicine and later joined the United States Postal Service where she proudly worked until her retirement in 2010. Lori married the love of her life, Wayne Sheffield on April 3, 2009. Lori loved spending time with her husband and children, and watching the beautiful sunsets over Lake S... Full story
GWINN, Mich. — Carolyn Irene Hietamaki, RN, 66, of Gwinn, passed away at her home on June 21, 2019. She was born in Wakefield, the daughter of George E. and Esther Pelkola of Trout Creek on Dec. 19, 1952. She first became a Licensed Practical Nurse and then continued her education and became a Registered Nurse. As a RN Carolyn became involved in the local RN staff council, eventually being its chairperson for 20-plus years. At this time Carolyn became involved in the state and national organizations. She served numerous positions on the M... Full story
GRANITE BAY, Calif. - Evelyn M. (Ulasich) Sandin, of Ironwood, Mich., passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2019 in Orangevale, Calif. She was born on Dec., 3, 1928, to the late Matt and Marie Ulasich in Ironwood. Evelyn attended and graduated from St. Ambrose High School. She met Eugene Sandin of Bessemer, Mich., and the two exchanged vows on Aug. 21, 1948, at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Ironwood. Following World War II, the couple worked in Chicago and moved to California in 1951, Evelyn briefly wo... Full story
