Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — An outbreak of COVID-19 within the Bessemer Area School district has forced the cancellation of multiple events, according to district superintendent Dan Niemi. The district was forced to cancel three football games and a scrimmage that were scheduled between Oct. 4 and Oct. 15. The junior high football game against Lake Linden-Hubbell scheduled for Oct. 5 was cancelled, along with today’s junior varsity football scrimmage against Mellen, Wisconsin. The varsity football games that were sch...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD - Students from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood celebrated homecoming on Friday with a parade through downtown Ironwood, a football game and a homecoming dance for grades nine through 12. The parade was led by the school marching band and included floats for the freshman, sophomore, junior and senior classes, as well as one with the homecoming court. The parade started near the Ironwood Public Safety Department and went through...
IRONWOOD - Joel Wesley "Jody" Graser Sr., 70, of Ironwood and formerly of Des Plaines, Illinois, has courageously lost his third battle of cancer, with his family by his side, on Oct. 3, 2021, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital. Joel was born on Feb. 7, 1951, in Chicago, to Gilbert "Bud" and Diana (Norris) Graser. Joel did not graduate from high school, but decided in his junior year to enlist in the U.S. Navy in 1968 to serve his country for the next three years during the Vietnam war. On March 16,...
TOWN OF OMA, Wis. - Susan Marie Abelson, 69, a longtime resident of Oma, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. Susan was born on Nov. 14, 1951, in Bessemer Township, Michigan, a daughter of Eugene J. and Arlene M. (Yurich) Abelson. She attended Oma Grade School, Cary School and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in 1969. Susan worked at Look Up Workshop later named Highline Corporation for just shy of 48 years. She retired in May 2018. Susan loved her family, Cornerstone...
MERCER, Wis. — Dorothy Margaret Fern (Schultz) Snow, 96, of Mercer passed away on Oct. 8, 2021. Dorothy was born in Blue Island, Illinois, on Jan. 17, 1925, to Henry and Louella (Reichert) Schultz She met Robert Snow as a pen pal during World War II, and they were married on Nov. 27, 1945. He preceded her in death on April 1, 1995. She has been a long-time Mercer resident and attended Mercer United Methodist Church where she held several offices with the United Methodist Women. She also worked at Snow’s Family Market for several years. Dor...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Terry D. Erickson, 64, of Ironwood, passed away peacefully Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, at his home. Terry was born on June 24, 1957, in Ironwood, a son of Floyd E. and Ruth M. (Wolfe) Erickson. He attended Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. On June 30, 1979, Terry was united in marriage to Denise Ann D’Antonio at Riverside Bible Church in Ramsay, by the Rev. Walter Nordin. He was employed at the Ottawa Forest Products Inc., in Ironwood. Terry is survived by his beloved wife of 42 years, Denise; two children, Jason (Ju...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Oct. 12 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics...