Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER — A pickup truck and a school bus collided at the intersection of U.S. 2 and Sophie Street in Bessemer on Thursday, according to a Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department release. A Hurley K-12 School bus was transporting the girls volleyball team from a game in Wakefield when it struck a pickup truck attempting to cross U.S. 2 from North Sophie Street. Sabrina Nelmark, 28, of Gile, Wis., was the driver of the bus and was “unable to avoid the collision” with the truck, driven by Nicholas Obradovich, 18, of Wakefield. One student on the...
IRONWOOD — For weeks, teachers and students have been studying and preparing and the day is almost here. On Tuesday, students across the state of Michigan will begin standardized testing. Third through ninth grade students will take the Michigan Educational Assessment Program tests which cover reading, writing, mathematics, social studies and science. According to Dan Niemi, dean of students for the Ironwood Area School District, students will have different subjects depending on grade level, w...
WAKEFIELD — Michigan state Rep. Scott Dianda, D-Calumet, called for community involvement and focus on veterans’ issues at a town hall meeting Friday at the Wakefield American Legion Geroux Post 11. Dianda was accompanied by state Reps. David Knezek, D-Dearborn Heights, and Harvey Santana, D-Detroit. The representatives focused their discussion on veterans’ issues. “Michigan is the last in the country for veterans’ benefits,” Knezek said. The state representatives proposed various ways of imp...
BESSEMER — The Rev. Benjamin Hasse is leaving his post at the Roman Catholic churches of St. Sebastian in Bessemer, Immaculate Conception in Wakefield and St. Catherine in Marenisco, effective Nov. 12. Hasse will then begin service as parochial administrator at St. Albert the Great Campus Parish in Houghton and St. Anne Parish in Chassell. The Bessemer-Wakefield-Marenisco assignment was his first pastorate, which began about a year ago, according to the Diocese of Marquette. Hasse was o...
If the current upheaval in Washington over the shutdown of the federal government and looming debt ceiling deadline teaches us anything, perhaps it should be that we need to elect reasonable people. People who are willing to do the work of governing. Isn’t that what we elected them to do? To that end, and keeping in mind the age-old adage: “All politics is local,” we challenge the community to become engaged in the Nov. 5 general election. There are key elections for city government and millage proposals across Gogebic County. In Ironw...
MERCER, Wis. — Matthew Allen Vandenburg, 41, of Mercer, went into the arms of Jesus late on Oct. 2, 2013, at home, following an almost life-long illness of epilepsy. Very early in the morning of May 4, 1972, God blessed the union of the late Kenneth Allen Vandenburg and his wife, Georgette Sylvia (nee) Voigtlande, with the gift of a son whom they named Matthew Allen. The name Matthew was chosen for its meaning, “Gift of God.” Matthew was brought into God’s kingdom of grace by the washing of Holy Baptism on May 28, 1972. When he was almost 2, he...
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Michael J. “Mike” Laamanen, 56, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Mike was born April 4, 1957, in Wakefield, Mich., to Margaret Marshalek and Floyd Laamanen. He grew up in Bessemer, Mich., and later moved to Green Bay in 1971. He graduated from East High in 1975, where he played ice hockey. Mike was an avid Packers fan and also a NASCAR fan. He also liked to read and make people laugh with his dry sense of humor. He loved...
ONTONAGON, Mich. — Michael “Mick” Hawley, 79, of Ontonagon, passed away Oct. 2, 2013, at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital. He is survived by his wife, (Mary) Jane Hawley; children, Joanie Hawley (Schluge), Colleen Debes (David), Connie Hawley (Bill Wertenberger), Dan Hawley (Mary Pat) and Pat Hawley (Marty); eight grandchildren, Ian, Erin, Mackenzie and Grace Hawley, Danny and Kevin Debes, and Camille and Jack Hawley. Mike is further survived by his brothers, Jack (John) Hawley, and Pat and (Cel) Hawley; and numerous nieces and nephews, and many...
