Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - People who run the wing T offense stick together. Zeeland West coach John Shillito, who has won three Michigan High School Athletic Association state championships, came 9.5 hours to help Hurley fine tune its wing T offense. Hurley's version of the deceptive power offense has been doing pretty well on its own in recent years, but the Midgets' coaching staff saw an opportunity to get even better. "We asked him up here to let us have a chance to fine tune some things," Hurley coach Scott... Full story
BESSEMER -The Bessemer City Council reappointed Beth Steiger on Monday to the Bessemer Housing Commission board for a five-year term. The plan to reappoint Steiger began at the Commission's meeting on May 21. Her current term is set to expire on June, 30. Steiger previously attended a Michigan Housing Directors Association Conference. According to Commission Executive Director Sheri Graham, Steiger has knowledge in finance and has demonstrated eagerness to learn about the housing commission and... Full story
HURLEY — The Iron County’s forest will soon be expanded through two Knowles-Nelson Stewardship grants from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to purchase additional land. The grants will be used for two projects, according to Iron County Forest Administrator Eric Peterson, one centered in Saxon and the other spread throughout the county. The first grant will be used to purchase 80 acres near Saxon from a private seller, while the second grant will add just over 244 acres of forest spread throughout the county and owned by the state’s... Full story
Wednesday, June 17 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. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer (Wis.) Public Library. 715-476-2366. Ironwood Carnegie Library, 10:30 a.m., Story Hour, Burger King Restaurant, Ironwood. Business Box Lunch, noon, Bessemer City Hall Auditorium. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Bes... Full story
WATERFORD, Mich. - Dominican Sister of Peace, Mary Virginia Berak, OP, 92, died on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at the Lourdes Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Waterford. She was born Margaret Berak on August 8, 1922, in Czechoslovakia, and was the youngest of four children. Her parents were Joseph and Susan Novak Berak. At the age of five, she, her mother and three siblings, Joseph, Steve and Ann, immigrated to Detroit, where her father found employment. Margaret lived with her family until... Full story
