Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER - New waste disposal services begin Sept. 2 in Bessemer and with it will come a change in pick-up days and no more blue trash bags. At its meeting Monday, the city council approved a resolution establishing the trash and recycling collection fee of $17 per month with the city's new provider, Eagle Waste & Recycling, Inc., of Eagle River, Wis. Residents who have received water or sewer services through the city will continue to get a bi-monthly utility bill, with the new trash and...
IRONWOOD - With classes set to begin Monday, Gogebic Community College administrators are gearing up for another busy year. "The whole of our existence is working with students," GCC president Jim Lorenson said. "While there's been a lot going on here during the summer break period, obviously when students and all the staff are back, it's a much more exciting time." Jeanne Graham, dean of students, said the college won't know its official enrollment until after Friday, when students are no...
Ontonagon and Baraga counties were the only two western Upper Peninsula counties to see unemployment rates improve in July, according to the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. In Ontonagon County, the jobless rate fell from 13.1 percent in June to 12.6 percent in July. A year agoit was 14 percent. The labor force took a jump of 125 to 2,550 in July and 100 more people were employed in Ontonagon County. Total unemployment stayed the same at 325. Despite that good news, Ontonagon County recorded the highest jobless rate in...
MENOMINEE — Marty’s Goldenaires Senior Drum and Bugle Corps won first place at a friendly competition with four other corps at a festival in Menominee. Marty’s Goldenaires marched and performed in the Waterfront Festival on Aug. 10 and won first place through a decision made by those in attendance. The festival brought musical acts who were members from the Small Drum Corps Association. The other performing groups were: The Blue Saints, a junior corps from Sudbury, Ontario; The Blue Notes, an alumni corps from Ispheming; the Jim Ott Brass...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Adele L. Melchiori, 82, of Ironwood, died peacefully Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, surrounded by her loving family, at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield. The former Adele Hulburd was born Jan. 20, 1932, in Detroit, daughter of the late John and Leila (Bernier) Hulburd, and graduated from Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor in 1949. She then was employed at Kodak Camera in Ann Arbor for two years. She was united in marriage to Wayne F. Melchiori on Jan. 26, 1952, at University L...
SHELL LAKE, Wis. — Hurley gave Shell Lake a rude welcome to the 2014 football season, shelling the Lakers 52-0 Friday night. Three Midgets – Nick Fink, Devin Czerneski and Adam Hendricks - had two touchdowns apiece as Hurley piled up 469 yards on the ground. The deep Midgets didn’t have much trouble with Shell Lake’s no-huddle offense, even on a humid night. “They’re running no-huddle spread all over the place and we had that depth that we could roll through our defensive line to keep some p...