Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Pouring rain turned into heavy snow Friday evening and it quickly accumulated across the Gogebic Range. When the thermometer hit the low 30s, the precipitation was pure white and it was the sticky variety of snow. Driven by strong north winds, the snow fell only about a week after autumn colors had peaked late throughout the area. An Iron County Highway Department plow truck pushed the slush from the U.S. 51-Silver Street intersection in...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Don Horn, First Lieutenant and Post Commander of the state police post in Wakefield, said he bagged groceries as a 13-year-old. On Friday, he was in Super One bagging more groceries for the "Stuff a Goose" campaign. Horn said last year the Wakefield post received 22,000 pounds of donations and matches from the campaign that it donated to area food banks. This year, Horn is hoping the post can raise 30,000 pounds. Jerome Mazurek,...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — Next Friday at 7 p.m., the Historic Ironwood Theatre will host its seventh season of HIT Idol. HIT Idol is a local contest featuring area youth singing their hearts out on Friday night and the winners being announced on Saturday, Nov. 4. American Idol season 9 winner Lee DeWyze is coming to Ironwood in support of the competition. DeWyze said he did not so much “agree” to come to Ironwood and be a part of HIT Idol, “as much as I was asked to be a part of something that encourages young p...
Saturday, Oct. 28 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Gogebic Range Trail Authority off-road trail ride. 8:30 a.m. GRTA groomer barn, 708 W. Longyear St., Bessemer. 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, Oct. 29 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community C...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. – Kenneth E. Pikka, 88, a long-time resident of Wakefield, passed away early Wednesday morning, Oct. 25, 2017. Kenny was born on June 16, 1929, in Wakefield, a son of Tauno and Julia (Sampson) Pikka. He attended Wakefield High School. Kenny proudly served his country in the U.S. Army. On June 27, 1959, he married Patricia J. "Patty" Elliott at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wakefield. They were blessed with two sons. Kenny worked at the Sunday Lake Mine until its closure, and t...
