Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — A 2018-19 general fund budget of $7,095,467 that is up only about $50,000 from projected 2017-18 expenditures was approved by the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners Wednesday. There was no public comment at a budget hearing and county clerk Gerry Pelissero said no one had submitted any written comments on the budget. The budget estimates a fund balance of $939,053. The tax levy specified in the budget is $3,497,303, compared to the 2017-18 taxes of $3,449,584. After approving the b...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Downtown Ironwood was jumping with activity during the middle of the day Wednesday as 1,400 area school kids arrived in school buses to take in a show inside and out of the Ironwood Theatre. COLE's Foundation is marking its 10th anniversary and invited area schools to attend the show dedicated to the message "giving back." There were two shows - one in late morning, the other early afternoon - filling the theater with 700 kids twice....
IRONWOOD - Winners in the current art exhibit at the Ironwood Downtown Arts Place have been announced. Best of Show was won by artist Tonya Sell, for "Looking Up," a work that won a $500 award. DAP's exhibition is named "A Touch of Magenta," inspired by the color of "universal harmony." "All artists were given the opportunity to express this idea in whatever way they wanted to. Artists were able to submit paintings, drawings, original printmaking, sculptures, fiber, metal, wood and mixed...
Thursday, Sept. 27 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Avenue tennis courts, if raining, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Pokemon Club, 4 p.m., Carnegie Library, Ironwood. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30... Full story
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Julia (Kleimola) Zielinski, 84, a long-time resident of Wakefield, passed away Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 25, 2018. Julia was born on Dec. 6, 1933, in Ironwood, a daughter of Walter and Ida (Manninen) Kleimola. She attended Luther L. Wright High School and graduated in 1952. On Oct. 23, 1954, Julia married the love of her life, Anthony F. "Tony" Zielinski, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Wakefield. They made their home in Wakefield and were blessed with three... Full story