Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners 4-0 approved a resolution in support of reinstating a vetoed item from the Michigan annual budget that would have reimbursed the county for pension fund dollars. Commissioners Joe Bonovetz, James Lorenson and George Peterson III were not present. Rich Rossway, director of constituent services for State Rep. Greg Markkanen, R-Hancock, was present to update the commission on the progress of reintroducing the bill that Markkanen introduced in the ho...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Department of Human Services is now taking application for the 2019-20 Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program by appointment only. New applicants must apply in person and must set up an appointment to do so. Otherwise applicants may apply in person, over the phone or have an application mailed to them, according to program manager Diane Schmidtke. Applications will be accepted now through May 15. Not all households will be eligible. There is a formula that takes into account i...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — “Share the Joy” is the theme of this year’s St. Nicholas Project in Ontonagon County. The project is a coalition of organizations, formed in 1987, to make sure that every family in Ontonagon County has food and every child has a gift for Christmas. Although it seems Christmas is far off, the deadline for signing up to be helped by the project is near. Those who want help from the project for the holidays must complete an application by Oct. 18. Application forms are in nearly every busines...
Thursday, Oct. 10 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or 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. Red Hat Society Northwoods Divas, 11:30 a.m., Wakefield VFW. Contact Miriam Rund at 906-667-0116. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m.,...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Edward Herman Johnson, 83, of Jacksonville, passed away on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. He was born in Ironwood Township on Dec. 17, 1935, and graduated from Bergland High School. Retired from the U.S. Navy as a chief petty officer, he was a member of the Fleet Reserve and a life long member of the Blessed Trinity Catholic Church. He had a passion for woodworking, puzzles, and had various collections. He was preceded in death by his spouses, Feliza Pacua Johnson and Mercedes Herm...
SEMINOLE, Fla. - Albert Maurice Tatham, 79, went to be with the Lord and Savior on Oct. 8, 2019, in Seminole. He was born in Philadelphia, on March 21, 1940. He and his wife moved to Ironwood in 2003 after buying an old farmhouse built in 1890 to renovate it. He and his wife were very involved at HOPE Animal Shelter and the Ironwood Festival's Duck Pick, among other community activities. He is survived by his wife of 54 and a half years, Edna J. Tatham; daughter, Linda Tatham McHenry; son,...
BESSEMER, Mich. - James Andrew Westeen, 58, of Bessemer, passed away on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, at his home in Bessemer. Jim was born on Nov. 19, 1960, in Wakefield to the late Gilbert and Luretta (Tucker) Westeen. He graduated from AD Johnston High School in Bessemer in 1978. Jim loved nature and being outside, and throughout the years, he was fortunate to work at a number of places that allowed him to do that. He had previously worked in the woods alongside his brothers at Westeen Logging, then...
