Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - Bob and Ellen Downing, chairman and chairman's helper for the Mercer Lions Club, reported a great crowd showed up for the duck race on Aug. 5 in Mercer. The Downings said everyone had a really good time and people are already looking forward to next year's race. The Mercer Duck Race, a fundraiser for Lions International, has grown every year since its inception in 2011. The funds raised have also grown from 2011 to present, starting...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — Around 80 percent of the funding for five demolition projects approved Monday night by the Ironwood City Commission will come from a grant. The commission approved Snow Country Contracting for all of the eyesore removal projects, as follows: 142 Rowe St., $15,049; 340 E. Pine St., $26,083; 249 E. Ash St., $20,883; 433 Shale Road, $21,819; 431 Shale Road, $32,146. Snow Country knocked off $6,300 from the 431 Shale Rd. demolition because it received both Shale Road bids and the work will be i...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Those playing on the Sunset Park Baseball Field will have an easier time fielding grounders next season as the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees approved repairing the infield Monday. The township was planning to spend roughly $3,400 to completely renovate the field; according to Ironwood Township Supervisor Steve Boyd, who said the township budgeted $3,600 for the project. However, it may cost less than expected to complete the work. “We got a very good offer on the cla...
Tuesday, Aug. 15 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. ASDC Summer Drama Club Camp Orientation Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sleight School Auditorium. 906-932-0203 to pre-register. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Blood Pressure Screeni...
MARYSVILLE, Mich. - Ruth Ann Bier, 90, of St. Clair Township, died Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, at the Blue Water Hospice Home in Marysville. She was born June 25, 1927, in Ironwood, to the late William and Mary Pollari. She married William Bier on June 10, 1948, in Ironwood. They were married 66 years before his death on Nov. 26, 2014. Ruth Ann was a Rosie the Riveter, working at the Curtiss-Wright Aircraft facility during World War II. She was active in the community, serving on the Marysville...
