Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Sorted by date Results 1 - 7 of 7
Friday, Aug. 9 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Gogebic County Fa...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Animals and exhibits were brought into the Gogebic County Fairgrounds on Thursday as vendors set up to prepare for the fair. Jim Lorenson, fair board president, said the weather is beautiful for set up day for the fair. "Nice moderate temperatures," he said. "Thats the forecast for the next few days." The carnival and rides were close to being set up and Lorenson said they would be open later in the evening. "It's a great day to start the f...
EAGLE RIVER, Wis. - Shawn A. Ludtke, 52, of Conover, passed away on Aug. 7, 2019, in Eagle River. He was born on Aug. 25, 1966, in Phelps to Gene and Joyce (Hegemann) Ludtke. Shawn graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer, Mich. Immediately following graduation, he left with his brother to Virginia where he worked with heating and air conditioning. He returned to Eagle River in 1996 and went to work for Rogers Control until May 2018 when he had to leave due to his colon cancer...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A Hurley man pleaded no contest to several charges Tuesday in Iron County court. Andrew Zaleski, 39, pleaded no contest to charges of false imprisonment, felony bail jumping and stalking. He also pleaded to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. A no contest plea is similar to a guilty plea but isn’t considered an admission of guilt. The bail jumping and false imprisonment charges are the two most serious he pleaded to, as both are classified as Class H felonies in the state of...
GWINN, Mich. — Mark Hedstrom, 57, of Gwinn, died Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, at his home. He was born July 8, 1962, in Wakefield, a son of the late Edmund G. and Shirley I. (Ontto) Hedstrom. He was a 1980 graduate of Marenisco High School, earned a bachelor’s degree from Michigan Tech in 1985, a master’s degree from Eastern Michigan University in 1990 and another bachelor’s degree from Northern Michigan in 2007. Mark was employed as a chemist at PRA Labs in Ypsilanti and Nelson Paint & Coating prior to earning his second bachelor’s degree. He then w...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — The city of Bessemer Downtown Development Authority approved funds for new city welcome signs and for various business programs at its Thursday meeting. The authority approved $15,000 for two new welcome signs that are expected to be ready to install by Oct. 1. Authority members Adam Zak, Jim Durkee, Kara Bjorkquist and Bridget O’Sullivan were not present. Local artist Doug Kikkebush was commissioned to create the two wood and metal signs, said Dustin Filippini, authority member. The...
