Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County District Attorney Matt Tingstad recently learned he won’t be facing criminal charges after a special prosecutor appointed to review his handling of a subpoena in a case found Tingstad didn’t violate Wisconsin law. At issue was a September 2019 subpoena Tingstad issued in former Hurley Fire Chief Darrell Petrusha’s case related to Petrusha’s alleged improper use of a department credit card for personal expenses. Tingstad was accused of attempting to leverage someone into sign...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - The Iron County Health Department released two additional locations in Iron County Thursday where someone who tested positive for COVID-19 was present while positive. "(The announcement) is not intended to lay blame on anyone who tests positive (people may not have symptoms during their period of communicability and may not know they are sick), any local businesses, or other locations identified," a health department spokesperson said in...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer Pumkinfest committee has canceled the 42nd annual fall festival. “It would just be too risky to try and schedule our events,” said committee chair Donna Frello. The longstanding festival usually involves an indoor craft fair, a carnival, a pet costume contest, a car show and many other events that would involve large groups in both indoor and outdoor settings. Frello said that cordoning off all the people would be “really just impossible unless a miracle happens.” Many of t...
GURNEY, Wis. - Charlotte (Youngs) Galarno, 84, passed away at home surrounded by her loving family on Monday, July 20, 2020. She was born in Gurney, at her parents home on Sept. 4, 1935, the daughter of George and Edith Youngs. On Dec. 9, 1950, she married Bill Galarno. Together they grew up and raised a family of eight children. Charlotte is well known for her wit and great stories. She was always willing to offer her advice and a "prize" or two that she picked up at a secondhand store, as she...
NEENAH, Wis. - John Ottele Hay, 90, died Tuesday, July 21, 2020, knowing his family loved him. John was born in Milwaukee on Dec. 10, 1929, to Samuel M. and Elizabeth (Ottele) Hay. Much of his childhood was spent in Manitowoc, where his parents owned Hotel Hay. Later, the family bought Northern Highland Lodge in Manitowish Waters. John graduated from Minocqua High School. He enlisted and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War with the 198th Tank Battalion from 1951-1952. John married his...
FENTON, Mich. — Lola Jaakkola, age 89, formerly of Bruce Crossing, passed away on July 22, 2020, in Fenton. Her Legacy — Lola was born on April 11, 1931, in Marquette, to Lawrence and Carmen (Comstock) Ewing. Lola married Francis (Bill) Jaakkola, on Aug. 10, 1957, in Marquette, and they celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary in 2009. Lola graduated from Northern Michigan University, and was a teacher for many years at the Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated Schools where she taught home economics. She was active in her Bruce Crossing com...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, July 25 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. 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,...
