Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Qualifying races on Tuesday served as an opener for the 2019 Stock and Junior National Championships taking place this week on Sunday Lake in Wakefield. During the event, Eddy Park has taken on a new culture, with rows of small, colorful tents and resting boats that feature nicknames such as "Dadeo the Mad Polock" or "Brother Thunder." A running commentary on each race division blared from a loudspeaker as race participants, crew, family and fr...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD — Citizen’s Tempers flared during Ironwood’s City Commission meeting on Monday. Ironwood resident Paul Grbavcich expressed his dissatisfaction on how he feels city officials have not addressed Ironwood’s water quality. “You did not answer these people’s questions, you were not prepared, you people don’t care,” he said. “You people do not care about this water.” Grbavcich referenced a water quality workshop on July 9 which he said the citizens were ignored and not allowed to voice their conce...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — In an effort to help defray costs, the Iron County Human Services Board sent a resolution to the full county board Monday asking the state to seek an exemption from a federal rule restricting Medicaid funding for certain treatment facilities. Iron County Human Services Director Cally Kilger said federal rules prohibit Medicaid reimbursements for placements in certain facilities unless a state seeks a waiver. “If we have to place an individual in an IMD (Institute for Mental Disease), whi...
Wednesday, July 24 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Bergland... Full story
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Our long goodbye has ended, Rita Anne Ryan, 83, passed away on July 20, 2019 in Federal Way. Rita (Reets to her good friends) was born to David F. and Frances (Fannie Salo) Ryan in Puritan, Mich. on Jan. 15, 1936. This day established a record (known as the wreck) with two of her brothers celebrating the same birthday with different birth years: John (Jack) P. Ryan in 1922, and James (Jim) Ryan in 1930. She attended Puritan Grade School in Puritan and St Ambrose School in... Full story
MARQUETTE, Mich. — Patricia Ann Blake, 85, of Marquette, passed away Monday afternoon, July 22, 2019 at U.P. Health System-Marquette with her loving family at her side. Pat was born on Dec. 22, 1933 in Ladysmith, Wis., a daughter of the late Hugh and Delia (Sybers) Yankee. She graduated from the College of St. Catherine Department of Nursing in St. Paul, Minn. in 1954. On May 7, 1955, Pat married William Joseph “Joe” Blake at Ladysmith. Pat worked as a registered nurse in St. Paul, Ladysmith, and in Michigan at hospitals in Ironwood, Lauri... Full story
