Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — Copies of the Ottawa National Forest’s proposed motorized use plan that would take effect in 2018, opening more roads and trails to off-highway vehicle use, are available for review. In a letter to the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners, Ottawa Forest Supervisor Linda Jackson said the proposal seeks to change motorized vehicle use designation for several forest roads on the Ottawa, opening many to recreational use. A total of 568 miles of roads across the massive national forest are aff...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] LITTLE GIRL’S POINT — While there still remains work to be done, the installation of culverts around Little Girl’s Point has been completed, reopening Lake Road to local traffic. Completion of the culvert work, which the Gogebic County Road Commission announced on its website Thursday, is a major step in repairing the Little Girl’s Point area after heavy rains during the July 11, 2016, storm caused widespread flooding and numerous road wash-outs. This year’s work included the replacement of eight...
ONTONAGON — State Rep. Scott Dianda, D-Calumet, will visit Ontonagon on Friday, Sept. 29, to hear concerns from western Upper Peninsula residents. He will visit Syl’s Cafe in River Street from 8 to 9 a.m. “The good people of House District 110 hear me talking about what is going on in Lansing, and now I want to hear from them and listen to their questions and concerns about the most important issues affecting them and their families,” Dianda said....
Friday, Sept. 15 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Gogebic Conservation District, 10 a.m., Natural Resources Center, Bessemer. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Carol Louraine Nyman (Erickson), 83, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, at the Gogebic Medical Care Facility. Carol was born Carol Erickson on April 12, 1934, to Lloyd and Helvi Erickson. She graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley in 1952. She worked for Michigan Bell as a telephone operator until 1961, then worked at the Red Owl deli in the 1980s. She was married to John Clifford Nyman on Aug. 6, 1955. They were married for 59 years until John’s passing in 2015. She is survived by her son, Bryan, Dot...
