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Articles from the October 28, 2019 edition


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  • Community calendar

    Oct 28, 2019

    Monday, Oct. 28 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Government Bessemer Township Board, 5 p.m., Township Hall, Ramsay. Mercer School Board,...

  • Locals, dignitaries celebrate O Kun de Kun Falls project

    Oct 28, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BRUCE CROSSING - A crowd gathered at the trailhead parking lot for O Kun de Kun Falls near Bruce Crossing Saturday for a ribbon cutting to mark the completion of a project to improve the hiking route to the waterfall. "I think it's a testament of just what we can get done when we work together. Now we have a situation where the resource has been taken care of - this trail is now accessible to so many that in the past it wouldn't have been - and...

  • James T. Sullivan

    Oct 28, 2019

    MERCER, Wis. - James T. Sullivan, 80, of Mercer, Wis., formerly of Hurley, Sauk Village and Chicago, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at his residence. Jim was born on Feb. 15, 1939, in Chicago, a son to Patrick and Rose (Serafinski) Sullivan. He married Dolores C. Mlynarczyk on Feb. 11, 1961, at St. Florian Catholic Church, in Chicago. Surviving is his wife, Dolores Sullivan of Mercer; daughters, Kathy (Ron) Henchel of Madison, Sheila (Jeff) Gize of Mercer and Jenny Luse (Chip Orlikowski...

  • Sigrid Bonetti

    Oct 28, 2019

    ONTONAGON, Mich. — Sigrid Bonetti passed away Oct. 25, 2019 at Ontonagon Aspirus Long Term Care. She was born in Bruce Crossing on Feb. 25, 1930, to the late Charles and Sophie (Moilanen) Lindberg. She attended local schools and graduated from Ewen High School with the Class of 1948. Sigrid worked at Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company employment office in Detroit for a short time. She returned here, where she met and married Frank Osterman in 1949. He drowned at Lake Gogebic in 1955. In 1957 she married Val Bonetti in Ironwood, where they made t...

  • Wakefield-Marenisco 'Fun Frolic' draws busy crowd

    Oct 28, 2019

    By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - A Saturday "Fun Frolic" in Wakefield was a chance to celebrate Halloween early with no end of candy, games, fun and fright. Held in the gym of the Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School, the event was a huge success, maintaining a full crowd throughout a two-hour period in the late afternoon and early evening. The room was full of energy as cowboys, ballerinas and basketball players happily mingled with dinosaurs, wild animals and Air Force troopers....

  • Markkanen proposes plan for affordable energy

    Oct 28, 2019

    LANSING — State Rep. Greg Markkanen, R-Hancock, announced Wednesday he is proposing a plan to make it easier for utility customers in the Upper Peninsula to access clean and affordable energy. His “Powering Michigan Forward” plan focuses on a state law restricting how many residents can participate in renewable energy efforts. “Not only will this plan give people throughout the Upper Peninsula the energy freedom they deserve, it also will support jobs in our communities and help our local economy continue its forward momentum,” Markkanen...