Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER — The three-year audit for Gogebic County is up for renewal, so the county board of commissioners decided to seek bids from companies to perform the work. At its meeting on Wednesday, the board received only a single audit bid and it came from Gabridge and Company, of Grand Rapids, the business that performed the most recent audits for the county. Gabridge bid $19,680 for each audit in 2017, 2018 and 2019. That led to a discussion of Gabridge’s past performance and whether the board should seek to re-bid the audit. Commissioner Joe...
Saturday, Sept. 30 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. North/South Vista Hike, 10 am, Upson,Wis., ironcountyoutdoors.org Friends of Mercer Public Library Fall Celebration, 5-8 p.m., Mercer Public Library and Community Center, 2648W Margaret St., Mercer. mercerpubliclibrary.org. 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, Oct. 1 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m.,...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Charles Leonard Groesbeck, 93, of Bessemer, went to be with the Lord on Sept. 24, 2017. Charles was a resident of the Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield at the time of his passing. He was born on Sept. 1, 1924, in Warren. He was raised on a farm in Warren at the corner of present day Studebaker and Van Dyke. Charles graduated from Lincoln High School in 1942, where he played baseball. After turning 18 years old he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard and served...
ONTONAGON, Mich. - Russell Graham Cleary, 62, passed away Sept. 22, 2017. He was a great father, brother, uncle, friend and boss. Born in Ontonagon on Feb. 5, 1955, to the late Richard G. and Kay Jane (Jamison) Cleary, he grew up in Ontonagon with his brothers and was an active member of the community there. He graduated from the Ontonagon Area High School in 1973, leading his classmates through many endeavors such as drum major on the Ontonagon Mountaineers Drum and Bugle Corps, captain of the...
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Clifford Roy Saari died Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, at Woodside Lutheran Home with his family at his side. He was 95 years old. Cliff was born June 6, 1922, in Ironwood, Mich., to the late John A. Saari and Pearl (Ronn) Saari. He grew up on the family farm in Kimball Township, about 10 miles west of Hurley. He attended grade school in a one-room school house near the farm. He started school at 4 years old and graduated from Hurley High School at the age of 17 in 1939. A year...
