Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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LITTLE GIRL'S POINT - State Sen. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, toured part of Little Girl's Point to see first hand the damage to Lake Road resulting from the heavy rains and flooding following a July 11 storm. Casperson began his trip at the Michigan State Police post in Wakefield before traveling to the Point via Lake Road. The tour took roughly four hours, with Casperson stopping to look at the damage caused by the flooding, including several of the washouts on Lake Road, and talking to...
IRONWOOD - Festival Ironwood wrapped up four days of fun and frolic in Depot Park Saturday. Live music was provided under the tent by a variety of groups through the four-day event with Saturday's music including the Ranch Boys, the Gogebic Range Band and Xtra. Classic cars lined the streets downtown on a sunny Saturday. The car show offered awards in several different classes. "We have a blast every year" said Susan Tippett of Ironwood. "It's got everything - cars, crafts, food and entertainmen...
Monday, July 18 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, mothers, infants, and children, 9 a.m.-noon, 100 Mill St., Bessemer. 906-667-0283. Gogebic County Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m., Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30... Full story
ASHLAND, Wis — Most drivers can once again get to and from Ashland using U.S. 2, after the highway reopened for “car and light vehicle” traffic Saturday. The highway had been closed after storms the night of July 11 washed out part of the road and caused the Bad River to flood over the roadway. According to a post on the Ashland County Sheriff’s Department’s Facebook page, a detour around the Kakagon Bridge has been opened. Heavy trucks and semis are prohibited from using this detour and must continue to use the established detour of U.S. 51,...
OMA, Wis. - Stanley "Dee" Martin, 95, returned home to all his loved ones that passed on before him. Stanley was born on Feb. 23, 1921, to Bessie and John Martin in Ironwood, Mich. He died July 15, 2016, surrounded by those who loved him at his home on Pine Lake in Oma. While serving in the U.S. Army's 29th Infantry Division during World War II, Stan marched and ran from Omaha Beach to Berlin and then to Holland to combat the German regime for the freedom for all in Europe and the United States... Full story
WAUSAU, Wis. - Susan J. "Susie" Matusewic, 59, of Hurley, died Friday, July 15, 2016, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau. The former Susan Doane was born Oct. 1, 1956, in Wakefield, Mich., daughter of the late Elliott and Marilys (Trudgeon) Doane, and graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer, Mich. in 1974. She resided in Fort Polk, La., for three years, then returned to Bessemer. She married Daniel L. Matusewic on May 28, 1983, in Hurley where they made their home on Oak St.... Full story
