Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD — Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson will check out the cost of the city constructing a sidewalk on the south side of U.S. 2 in the 2014-15 highway reconstruction project. The sidewalk along the entire north side of the highway will be replaced in the Michigan Department of Transportation project, but the city commission must decide if a sidewalk should also be placed on the south side at the city’s expense. Erickson told the city commission Monday a south sidewalk could only ext...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A UPS cargo plane crashed into a field near the Birmingham airport Wednesday, killing two pilots and scattering wreckage over a wide rural area moments after witnesses heard the massive jet coming in at treetop level. People living near the airfield reported seeing flames coming from the aircraft and hearing its engines struggle in the final moments before impact. "It was on fire before it hit," said Jerome Sanders, who lives directly across from the runway. The plane, a...
KINGSFORD, Mich. — Norman S. Miilu Sr., 79, of Kingsford, passed away Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, at the Oscar G. Johnson Veteran’s Hospital, Iron Mountain. Norman was born on May 17, 1934, in Mass City, son of the late Michael and Irene (Nichols) Miilu. He grew up in Mass City and graduated from Mass City High School. Norman enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served from 1955 until being honorably discharged in 1961. He married Leota “Sis” LaBine on June 10, 1961, in Trout Creek. She preceded him in...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Lauri J. “Tuggers” Koski, 86, of Powderhorn Road, Bessemer Township, died Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, in Wakefield. He was born Dec. 8, 1926, in the Puritan Location of Bessemer Township, son of the late Jacob and Hannah (Ronkonen) Koski. Lauri attended the Puritan schools and A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army from March 27, 1945, until Dec. 27, 1946. Lauri was decorated with the Asiatic Pacific Service Medal, the Army of Occup...
IRONWOOD — Clyde and Sally Gasparick are closing their music service store, Gasparick Music, after 22 years in business in downtown Ironwood. It’s a second retirement for Clyde, who retired from teaching in 1996. Clyde moved to Ironwood from Bark River in 1966 to teach music in the Ironwood schools. He and his wife raised their five children in Ironwood. In 1991, the Gasparicks saw a need in the community for a music store, so they went into business. Sally worked the store during the day, while...
The three municipalities involved in a $1,160,000 improvement project at Gogebic-Iron Wastewater Treatment Plant in Ironwood approved bonding for the work this week. The city of Ironwood and Ironwood Township approved bond documents on Monday and the city of Hurley approved the borrowing on Tuesday. The three communities will borrow $465,000 through the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality in a 2 percent loan to help pay for the project. The remaining money will come from the...
