Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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WAKEFIELD — The reopening of the M-28 bridge over Jackson Creek east of Wakefield has been further delayed. The detour was planned to be lifted Oct. 27, but the bridge is now expected to be reopened to traffic on Oct. 31, weather permitting. Access is being maintained to businesses and residences along M-28. Eastbound traffic is detoured onto U.S.2 at Wakefield, then north onto M-64 and back to M-28. The route is reversed for westbound traffic. The length of the detour is 33.5 miles. Michigan Department of Transportation is investing $3.9 m...
Unemployment numbers reached nearly 30-year low levels in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties in September, according to the Michigan Bureau of Labor Market information. In Gogebic County, the September jobless rate was 4 percent, down from 4.4 percent in August. One year ago, the September rate was 5.4 percent. According to the bureau’s statistics, the size of the civilian labor force in the county fell from 6,075 in August to 6,025 in September. Total employment in Gogebic County was also down. Twenty-five fewer people were employed in S...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] HURLEY - Kathy Santini will celebrate her fifth anniversary next month. It's been five years since a mammogram revealed she had breast cancer. Santini said she'd been getting mammograms annually "for years," and the one in November of 2013 showed she had ductal carcinoma in situ, which she said means the cancer had not spread beyond the spot in which it was found. "If you have to get cancer," she said, "that's the kind to get." She said breast cancer did...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Oct. 27 Union Station Food Pantry/Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Community Night Meal Free Supper, 5-6 p.m., Apostolic Lutheran Church, Aurora Street, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday,...
DULUTH, Minn. - Alice Faye Kahila, 66, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, in Duluth. She was born April 7, 1952, to Oliver and Genevieve (Morrison) Kahila in Wakefield, Mich. Alice loved to sing. She was artistic, kindhearted and very generous with her spirit and a helping hand. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends. Alice is survived by her siblings, Charlene Vargovich, Denise (Dale) Marten, Paula (Dan) Olson, Sheila (Roger Negri) Kahila, Sandra Kahila, and...
