Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees approved naming Zoning Administrator Leroy Johnson as the township’s noxious weed officer at Monday’s meeting, pending Johnson’s acceptance of the position. Several board members brought up the logic in selecting Johnson for the position as there is likely a lot of overlap with his current responsibility of enforcing township regulations against blight. “Would (appointing Johnson) be a logical thing to do. A lot of times, the same nuisance things he would be checking, many times tho...
Tuesday, Aug. 25 Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer (Wis.) Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Fat Tire Bicycle Ride, 6:30 p.m., North Bessemer, gather at Bessemer Park. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Gogebic Community College Board, 4:30 p.m., room B-22 of the Jacob Solin Business Center, GCC. Iron County Human Servi...
BESSEMER - With school starting Sept. 8, the Bessemer Area School District Board of Trustees approved several staff hirings and accepted other resignation letters Monday. With the board's approval, A.D. Johnston High School Principal Dan VanderVelden accepted the role of senior class advisor and high school student council advisor. "We posted this position, and we didn't have anybody from the Bessemer area apply," BASD Superintendent Dave Radovich said. VanderVelden said taking on these roles...
BOISE, Idaho — E. William Lindberg, 79, of Wells, Nev., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, at his daughter’s home in Boise, with his wife and three daughters at his side. Bill was born to E. William and Jenny Lindberg on May 27, 1936, in Ironwood, Mich., the youngest of six children. Following his 1954 graduation from Luther L. Wright High School, Bill enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving from 1954-58 aboard two destroyers, the USS Collett and the USS Walke. Following his discharge, he attended Gogebic Community College and earned an und...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Charlotte W. Wolfe, 85, of Bergland, passed away Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, at the Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield. She was born May 10, 1930, in Ripon, Wis., to the late William and Rozella (Smick) Theil. On July 17, 1948, Charlotte was united in marriage to the late Louis “Shorty” Wolfe in Green Bay, Wis. They moved to the Bergland area in the 1950s and made their home there until his passing in 2007. Charlotte loved to play bingo, crochet and knit. Most of all she loved spending time with her family and grand...
MERCER, Wis. - Rosalie "Mickey" Watts, 77, died peacefully, surrounded by family in her home in Mercer, on Aug. 20, 2015. A Celebration of Life will be held from 1-3 p.m. at the Community Center in Mercer on Friday, Aug. 28. Mickey was born Jan. 5, 1938, and was raised in Exland. She met her future husband, Charlie, while on a date at the roller rink in Raddison; no, Charlie was not her date ... but was her soulmate. Falling in love with his charm and handsome voice, they soon married; spending...
