Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - With fall here on the Gogebic Range, the first year of the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District's agriculture program wrapped up recently. Two Bessemer students spent much of the summer working on Taiga Farm in Ironwood Township, participating in a "totally unique learning opportunity for students," according to Abbey Palmer. Palmer, the education coordinator at the Michigan State University Upper Peninsula Research...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon County Jail is over 50 years old and sheriff Dale Rantala told the county board Tuesday there are some needed repairs. The most serious need is to repair showers. He explained the plumbing in the jail needs to be redone. Rantala said plumbers have indicated it is getting harder and harder to find replacement parts. He explained currently three of the five cells need water turned on to have the showers work and if not turned off, they run continuously. “This causes unnecessary wor...
ONTONAGON — Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials said Tuesday 759 lake sturgeon have been released into the Ontonagon River. The fish were stocked on Sept. 19 in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, according to the DNR. Over the spring and summer, the DNR and its partners released more than 12,000 juvenile lake sturgeon into public waters, part of an effort to rehabilitate the species. This year’s total is twice the number stocked in 2017. Total lake sturgeon stocked numbered 12,374. Lake sturgeon eggs and larvae...
Thursday, Oct. 18 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Avenue tennis courts, if raining, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic-Ontonagon County Remonumentation Peer Review, 9 a.m., Natural Resources Center, Bessemer. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, 9:45-10 a.m. EST, Lake Gogebic Senior Center, Bergland; 10:20-10:35 a.m. EST, Porcupine Mountain Senior Center, White Pine; 11-11:45 a.m. EST, Holy Family Catholic Church parking lot, Ontonagon; 1:15-1:45 p.m. EST, Resource Center, Mass City; 2:15-2:45 p.m....
IRONWOOD, Mich. — It is with great sadness that the family of Mark Steven Bunjevac, 59, announces his passing on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. He was born on Dec. 6, 1958, and his family shared a lifetime of memories and blessings together. Despite the challenges of his Down Syndrome condition, Mark was always happy. He impacted lives of many by simply placing his trust in those who cared for him, and through sharing his unconditional love and joy with others. We will miss his precious grin that was known to melt your heart. Mark has resumed the s...
