Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners approved a Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund grant Wednesday. According to chairman Joe Bonevetz, the grant approval will allow the Western Gateway Trail Authority to continue. Gogebic County Prosecuting Attorney Richard Adams said he agreed with the boards approval. “It’s a worthwhile project that potentially benefits the area,” he said. “I know that has been the experience in communities that have sponsored trail projects.” In the past, Adams said he’s been involved with the proj...
HURLEY - The Hurley City Hall's meeting room was converted into an amateur art space Wednesday as the Hurley Library held its second summer kids reading program with help from the North Lakeland Discovery Center in Manitowish Waters. The activity allowed participants to turn leaves into artwork - either as part of bandana or as a bookmark. The kids began by collecting a variety of interesting looking leaves from around the outside of the city hall building. Once the leaves were taken inside,...
HURLEY - The talent of the area's artists will be on display this weekend as the Range Art Association holds its 60th annual art show at the Iron County Memorial Building beginning Friday. The show will feature over 70 entries in a range of artistic mediums, said association Treasurer Gerry Traczyk. "There is leather work, there is pencil, acrylic, water color and oil paintings," Traczyk said, "there is also wood working and wood burning, from many many different artists." The show will also...
SAXON, Wis. — Vivian M Lantta, 92, passed away peacefully on March 12, 2015, with her son, Jim, at her side. Vivian was born on Oct. 22, 1922, in Ramsay, the daughter of the late John and Hilma (Hill) Tapanila. Vivian’s family moved from Ramsay to Saxon in 1928, when she was 6 years old. On the first day at school, she only spoke Finnish but quickly learned English in first grade. When she was 14, her mother died and she had to take care of her three sisters, Bertha, Vi and Betty, and brother, Tauno; and she missed a year of school. When she we...
Thursday, July 23 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. Mercer Public Library, 1p.m., Storytelling with Tracy Chipman, 2648W Margaret Street, Mercer. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., all welcome, 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; Lighthouse Faith...
IRONWOOD — The 21st annual Gogebic Community College Basketball Golf Classic will be held Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Gogebic Country Club. This tournament is conducted as a fundraiser for the GCC basketball program. The format will be a two-person scramble starting at noon. Men’s, women’s and mixed teams are welcome. To reserve a spot sign up at the Gogebic Country Club Pro Shop, contact men’s coach Dennis Mackey at 906-307-1244, or contact women’s coach Mark Movrich at 906-364-0730. For additional information, visit gogebic.edu...
