Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Schools board of education approved a series of personnel changes Monday, including hiring a new dean of students. Dan Martinson will replace Dan Niemi as the district’s dean of students, after Niemi took a job as principal in Bessemer. “We’re excited to hire Dan Martinson as the new dean of students of Ironwood Area Schools. He brings us experience helping students learn from mistakes and fits well with our mission to help students learn and grow the ‘Wright Way,’” Sup...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - When the Michigan Department of Corrections announced last week it will close Ojibway Correctional Facility by Dec. 1, it provoked ongoing protest via demonstration, petitions, signs along U.S. 2, and a whole lot of informal ire on the part of local citizens. No such objection occurred, however, at Monday's regular meeting of the Wakefield-Marenisco Board of Education. "Despite the bad news on the prison, I'm optimistic," said superintendent...
By JEAN NORDINE [email protected] BERGLAND - One of the rooms at the Bergland-Matchwood Historical Society Museum in Bergland is entirely dedicated to the Bergland School. There are a variety of displays in the "school room," such as class composites, sports uniforms, trophies and more. The Bergland school district operated for 80 years, from 1904 through 1984. Class composite photos from 1929 through 1984 line the wall of the room. Although the school district began in 1904, there...
Tuesday, Aug. 21 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. Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Avenue tennis courts, if rain, Ironwood Memorial Building. Blood Pressure Screening, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., with Regional Hospice nurses, Mill Street Garden, Bessemer.... Full story
