Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY — Golfers couldn't see the greens and most of them couldn't feel their hands. Hurley's Jake Tenlen still managed to shoot a 40 on the front nine at Eagle Bluff and be medalist by eight strokes at Monday's Hurley Invitational. "Home-course advantage, I guess," Hurley coach Jeff Tenlen said. The Midgets won the event with a score of 192. Chequamegon finished at 201 and Prentice had 220. It was relatively warm until it started to rain heavily not long after the invite started. The fog rolled in right away and it was miserable. "You know t... Full story
MERCER - Spectators at the community baseball diamond in Mercer will soon have improved seating as they watch the ballgame as students in the Mercer technological education classes have been busy installing new bleachers at the park. In partnership with the town's parks committee, the classes are working on assembling the bleacher kit throughout the day, said tech-ed instructor Isaac Markus. "They came as a kit, just a big pile of bleacher parts and directions. So we had to sort through (the... Full story
WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield City Council heard updates on the Gogebic Range Solid Waste Management Authority, city blight properties and budget considerations, as well as made a final decision on a contract with the Gogebic County Sheriff's Department at a busy meeting Monday evening in front of a packed room. There has been a lot of discussion lately about the tonnage rates the authority has been charging. The city is charged $120 per ton for solid waste at the transfer station. John Cox,... Full story
Tuesday, May 12 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Wakefield Public Library, 10 a.m., Tiny Tot Story Hour, library, Wakefield, information call 906-229-5236. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region, Regional Prosperity Initiative for Ontonagon County meeting, 2 p.m., Village Council Chambers at 314 Quartz St. Ontonagon.... Full story
DULUTH, Minn. - Betty J. Saari, 84, a lifelong resident of Erwin Township, Ironwood, Mich., died Sunday, May 10, 2015, at Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center Hospice in Duluth, with her loving family by her side. The former Betty Miller was born Aug. 29, 1930, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Fred and Lucretia (Cramblit) Miller, attended grade school in Erwin Township, and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School. She was employed as custodian and kitchen helper at the K.P. Silberg Gra... Full story
MARSHFIELD, Wis. - Richard "Rich" Hoffmann, 61, of Mercer, passed away April 26, 2015, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield, with his family by his side. He was born on Jan. 22, 1954, in Chicago. He went to Washburn Trade School in Chicago after graduating in 1972 from St. Patrick's High School. His family moved to Mercer in 1990 to the Hideaway Bay Resort on Fisher Lake for 16 years. Along with his carpentry work and concrete work, he also worked for the U.S. Postal Service in Manitowish... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Frank “Hub” Holevac, 98, of N10305 Sunset View St. in Bessemer, died Thursday, May 7, 2015, in Ironwood. He was born Feb. 10, 1917, in Anvil, son of the late Marc and Manda (Komadina) Holevac. Frank attended local schools, graduating from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer in 1934. He began employment with Pickands Mather Company on Aug. 8, 1935. He worked for 29 years at the local district mines, and for one year at Erie Mining Company in Hoyt Lakes, Minn., as an iron ore analyst. He also worked with Universal Machine Comp... Full story
ONTONAGON, Mich. — Doris Marguerite Stripe, 96, of Ontonagon, passed away Feb. 28, 2015, at the Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital Long Term Care Unit. Born Oct. 15, 1918, daughter of De Marguerite and Earl H. Sieweke, she grew up in Riverside, Ill. She had a long life, blessed with family, career, volunteer work and travel. She was a woman of great courage. Her first husband, James John Smith, a meteorologist with the Chicago Weather Bureau, died in 1952, leaving her with four children, who ranged in age from 2 to 8 years. During the ensuing years, sh... Full story