Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD – The Gogebic Community College Foundation will not hold its 25th annual Celebration of Achievement banquet this year, due to the restrictions on large gatherings with the COVID-19 pandemic. “Normally, we love it. It is one of our favorite events. It is a reason to bring alumni back to campus. But with gatherings not being safe, we had to change our plans,” said Kelly Marczak, director of the GCC Foundation. The banquet annually honors individuals and organizations the foundation's board...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER - The congressman for Michigan's First Congressional District spoke on the issue of local network television options for county residents at the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners meeting on Wednesday. U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, said his office is involved in an ongoing effort to ensure that cable and satellite companies offer all county residents the option of selecting Michigan television stations as their local channel pref...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Even with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Northern Iron County Engaged Residents is preparing for its second annual Spooky Halloween Trail Walk. The event is scheduled for Oct. 24, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Hurley School Adventure Trail. NICER started the trail walk last year after the Hurley Fun Frolic didn’t happen. “So NICER decided to offer a fun Halloween event in its place,” said Rebecca Holm, one of the people planning the trail walk. She explained the group decided to purs...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Oct. 16 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 0Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics...
TAMPA, Fla. — Gary Douglas Masse died on Sept. 5, 2020, in Tampa. He was 74 years old, being born on July 26, 1946, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His parents were Emmett Masse of Saxon, Wisconsin, and Eleanor (Johnson) of Wakefield, Michigan. The family moved to Bessemer, Michigan, where he grew up. He graduated from the Bessemer schools and then attended Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan, graduating in 1968 with a civil engineering degree. He served as student body president in his senior year. He also received his m...
PARK FALLS, Wis. - Frances R, Hannula, 99, of Hurley, passed away on Sept. 21, 2020, at The Waterford in Park Falls. Frances was born on Aug. 19, 1921, in Rhinelander, daughter of Edward and Anna (Antes) Skaja. She attended Oma Grade School and Lincoln High School in Hurley. She married Emil Hannula on Dec. 30, 1939, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hurley. Frances worked as a sales clerk at St. Paul's Store in Hurley for 14 years and at the Ben Franklin Store in Hurley and Ironwood for nine...