Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College held its 22nd annual Celebration of Achievements banquet Thursday evening, honoring three people and a band. Kelly Marczak, executive director of the GCC college foundation and James Lorenson, president, worked the crowd, welcoming everyone for coming and thanking them for their presence and time. Charlene Newhouse, foundation president, provided opening remarks to the crowd and honorees. Lorenson provided the...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Gogebic County Forestry and Parks Commission met in Bessemer Thursday before hitting the road to visit parks and some timber holdings under their management. While in Bessemer, the commission agreed to donate an extra half-ton truck to the sheriff's department for use by the Search and Rescue team. According to the commission, the current vehicle the SAR team uses to pull the trailer is insufficient for the job and the truck would make...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] LONGUEUIL, Quebec — Highland Copper Company is reporting the latest mineral resource estimate for its Copperwood Project — located in northern Ironwood and Wakefield townships — shows more minerals on the site than previous test drillings indicated. According to a company press release issued Thursday, the resource estimate prepared by an independent consulting firm shows a 46 percent increase in the site’s measured and indicated resources from the previous estimate dated April 15, 2015. “There...
Friday, Oct. 20 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Gogebic Conservation District, 10 a.m., Natural Resources Center, Bessemer. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - John G. Moon, 62, of Ironwood, died unexpectedly Monday evening, Oct. 16, 2017, at home. He was born Feb. 24, 1955, in Ironwood, son of Mary "Liz" (Edyvean) and the late Orlo Moon, attended Ironwood schools and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1973. While in high school, he exceled in football and wrestling. Following graduation, he entered the U.S. Army, serving his country in Germany and Turkey. Upon his honorable discharge from the Army, John was employed as a... Full story
SARASOTA, Fla. - Yvonne Marie Younk, of Bergland, Mich., and Sarasota, our dearest mother, wife, sister and friend, passed away Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 18, 2017, with her family by her side. Yvonne is survived by her husband, George; four daughters, Denise, Sharon, Tina and Tracy; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; brothers; and nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, Walter J. and Margaret A. "Peg" Borseth; and a son, Danny, in 1977. Many people say there is nothing like a... Full story
