Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Sorted by date Results 1 - 9 of 9
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Range Art Association will hold its 62nd annual show this week at the Memorial Building auditorium in Ironwood. Entries from local artists began to show up Tuesday morning and association members were busy registering and beginning to create the displays. Entries will be accepted until noon today. Judging will take place at 4 p.m. The show opens to the public Friday morning and runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — Charly Loper, Bessemer city manager, has released the Master Plan for public review and comment. The plan is available online at cityofbessemer.org or the city will mail it to residents on the residents dime. Installing a Master Plan, according to Kathy Whitburn, mayor, was one the prime objectives of her running for office, as the city will not only benefit today from the plan, but also in the future as a Master Plan is moldable and can be adjusted as the city’s needs change. “A Maste...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Area Board of Education lost a board member but gained a teacher at its monthly meeting. The board hired Heather Beck as the special education instructor at the school. Beck is a member of the school board and indicated she will resign her seat on the board because of the appointment. The board gave her a special kudos for her service on the board. The board accepted with regret the resignation/retirement of long time teacher Jerry Blake. Blake has nearly 30 years as an elementary t...
Thursday, July 20 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, 9:45-10 a.m. EST, Lake Gogebic Senior Center, Bergland; 10:20-10:35 a.m. EST, Porcupine Mountain Senior Center, White Pine; 11-11:45 a.m. EST, Holy Family Catholic Church parking lot, Ontonagon; 1:15-1:45 p.m. EST, Resource Center, Mass City; 2:15-2:45 p.m. EST, Stannard Township Ballpark, Bruce Crossing; 2:30-2:45 p.m., Watersmeet Town Hall parking lot, Watersmeet. 906-884-2106. Pickleball, 9 a.m. to noon, good weather, Hurley High School...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Arvo G. Vuorenmaa, 94, of North Star Road, Ironwood Township, passed away Monday, July 17, 2017, in Ironwood. He was born Aug. 24, 1922, at home on the family farm in Ironwood Township, son of the late Eric and Selina (Kitula) Vuorenmaa. Arvo attended Ironwood Township schools and was employed in the CCC camps. From Dec. 7, 1942, until Nov. 23, 1945, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a marine oiler. He was a technical sergeant with the 7th Camp Battery and...
WAUSAU, Wis. - Rev. Donald J. "DJ" Dominkowski, 78, went to be with his Lord on July 14, 2017, at Aspirus Hospital in Wausau. He was born in Ironwood, Mich., on Feb. 24, 1939, to John and Sigrid (Aho) Dominkowski. He graduated from Ironwood High School in 1956. On Aug. 26, 1961, he married Maxine Jarvi. Donald attended seminary at Concordia in Springfield, Ill., and graduated in 1963. Pastor Dominkowski went on to serve many different churches including churches in Westminster, Mass., Forbes,...
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. — Sharon Marie Juopperi-Dasko, 59, of Iron Mountain, entered God’s loving arms on July 15, 2017, after a long illness. She was born in Ontonagon on April 11, 1958, first born daughter to Roger and Laurie Lou (Beck) Juopperi. A graduate of Ewen-Trout Creek High School and Gogebic Community College, she moved from her hometown of Bruce Crossing to Iron Mountain and started her career in medical transcription at Dickinson County Hospital, where she remained for over 30 years. From the hospital, she moved to a small pri...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Delores Elsie Salli, 84, a long-time resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully early Tuesday morning, June 27, 2017. Cremation has taken place. The family will greet relatives and friends on Tuesday, July 25, from 10 to 10:45 a.m., at All Saints Lutheran Church, 1202 Putnam St., in Wakefield, where a ladies auxiliary program will follow under the auspices of the Wakefield Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9084. A celebration of Elsie’s life will take place at the church at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Bill Jac...
