Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — Pat Gallinagh had some grim statistics for the Ironwood City Commission on Monday. The suicide rate in Ontonagon County is the highest in the state and Gogebic County ranks seventh among the 83 counties, he noted. The Ironwood resident, a former area educator and high school football coach, believes the lack of psychiatric counseling on the Gogebic Range plays a big factor in the high suicide rate here, in addition to alcohol and drug abuse and the availability of firearms. “The sca...
GURNEY, Wis. - With the construction of a new boardwalk and viewing platform, visitors are once again able to easily take in the Lower Potato River Falls. The previous platform and cliff supporting it were washed away during the rain and flooding that hit northern Iron County during the same July 11, 2016 storm that destroyed Saxon Harbor. While reconstruction of the harbor remains in the planning stages, the Iron County Forestry Department's staff began work on the new observation platform in...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — Ontonagon has a new mine inspector. Doug Roberts, Bruce Crossing, was named to fill the vacancy created by the death of Bob Niemela. Niemela was elected in November, but died in May. The appointment was made by the county executive committee of clerk Stacey Preiss, prosecutor Michael Findley and probate judge Janis Burgess. Roberts worked for many years at the White Pine Copper Mine. Commissioner Gray Webber reported on a meeting held to investigate the possibility of a county-wide building i...
Wednesday, Aug. 16 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, 9-10 a.m., Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood. 906-932-4200. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Ironwood American Legion Auxiliary...
APPLETON, Wis. - Roy W. Swanson, 93, of Ironwood, Mich., passed away Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Heartwood Homes in Appleton. He was born June 20, 1924, in Marquette, Mich., the only son of the late Victor and Ruth (McCombie) Swanson. Roy graduated from John D. Pierce High School in 1942 and enlisted into the U.S. Navy, honorably discharged as Petty Officer Radioman in 1946. He was recalled into the Korean Conflict where he was fortunate to stay stateside and he taught radio theory at the...
STILLWATER, Minn. - Mary Kinney-Kangas, 87, long-time Hurley, Wis., resident, died peacefully Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, at a Minnesota assisted living facility. Born Dec. 20, 1929, Mary Alice was born in Monroe and grew up on Wisconsin dairy farms, the oldest of Harry and Mildred Burcalow's eight children. She earned a bachelor's degree in home economics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Mary's first career job was working as a university Extension home economist in Hurley, teaching...
BULE, Minn. - Gary Paternoster, 56, of Bule, formerly of Hurley, Wis., died on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, of a drowning accident. He was born on Oct. 10, 1960, in Wakefield, Mich., son of Victor and Gail (Soine) Paternoster. He attended Hurley schools and graduated from Hurley High School in 1979. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1979 to 1985. On Aug. 11, 1990, he was married to Christine Poole. She passed away on April 3, 2014. He worked for many years for Wayne Transport Company, driving...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Scott Alan Nasi, 56, of Wakefield, died Monday evening, Aug. 14, 2017, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital, Ironwood. He was born Jan. 23, 1961, in Wakefield, son of RoseMarie (Smith) Hakari and the late Donald Nasi. Surviving are his mother, RoseMarie Hakari, Ironwood; two brothers, Kevin (Teresa) Nasi, Kimball, Wis., and Jeffrey Nasi, Hurley, Wis.; two nieces, Melissa Worthington (Wes Walowinski), Pence, Wis., and Senja Nasi, Milwaukee; and three nephews, Aaron (Cat) Nasi, Cleveland, Ryan Nasi, Stevens Point, Wis., and Dylan N...
