Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County Road Commission Manager-Engineer Darren Pionk resigned Friday after being suspended earlier this month for allowing equipment and employees to be used at his residence for his personal benefit. Gogebic County Board of Road Commission Chair Marti Wegner, of Watersmeet, said the vote to accept the resignation at a special morning meeting after a closed session was 5-0. The road commission issued the three-week suspension on a 3-2 vote at a special meeting on Sept. 6, then met a...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - For the second year in a row, Extreme Tool's The Extreme Team won Gogebic Community College's 18 Legs vs. 18 Wheels truck pull competition. "It was an awesome day. We had sunshine and blue sky, we had rain and wind, and someone reported a little sleet, as well. It just added to the color for the event and a little bit of a challenge," GCC service learning trip coordinator Janie Williams said. Around 10 teams competed to see who could...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Sept. 29 Union Station Food Pantry/Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Community Night Meal Free Supper, 5-6 p.m., Apostolic Lutheran Church, Aurora Street, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday,... Full story
HOBE SOUND, Fla. - Donald Charles Luther Sr., 74, lost his long and difficult battle with cancer and passed away from complications after surgery on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. He was born Sept. 2, 1944, to Robert J. and Angelina (DeRubis) Luther, of Ironwood, Mich. He was a 1962 graduate of Luther L. Wright High School. Don married Kay Arlene LaBlonde on Aug. 2, 1962, in Pine City Minn., raised two children and they were together for 20 years. Through the mid part of Don's working career, his... Full story
SULLIVAN, Mo. - Ernest D. Decur, 96, of Sullivan, passed away Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in Sullivan. Ernest Dominic was born on Oct. 18, 1921, in Wakefield, Mich., to the late Dominic and Madeline (Negro) Decur. He honorably served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps. Ernest was united in marriage to Donagene Bedore on July 28, 1945, in San Diego, Calif., where Ernest was serving his country. In 1962, they moved their family to Sullivan, where Ernest was employed at P... Full story