Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER — The Gogebic Range Trail Authority is seeking volunteers to assist in trail clean-up efforts. The more than a foot of heavy snow that has fallen was accompanied by strong winds that downed many trees, making most of the trails impassable, according to GRTA trail boss Deb Fergus. The club is asking people to volunteer to help clear the downed tree limbs, with 95 miles of impassable trails that need to be cleared about a month away from the traditional opener for snowmobiling. People are being asked to go out on their own on the u...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MARQUETTE — A former Bessemer resident has been sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking and unlawful gun possession. Jeremy James Whitebird, 34, was sentenced to 17 years, eight months in prison for possession with intent to distribute meth. He was also sentenced to 10 years in prison for a firearms charge, but a Department of Justice press release announcing the sentences said they would be served concurrently. He was also sentenced to five years supervised release after he l...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - Gabridge and Company, represented by Sue Buitenhuis, provided a clean financial bill of health for the Bessemer Area Schools on Oct. 24. Buitenhuis issued, "The highest opinion you can receive and this is the standard you should shoot for." She followed that statement by comparing the BAS to other school districts and saying Bessemer has a low amount of debt compared to other school districts. The total long-term debt as of June 2017 for Be...
Thursday, Nov. 2 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood. Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Pere Menard Assembly 471, 6 p.m. business meeting, KC Hall, Ironwood. Lecture: What a...
WOODRUFF, Wis. - Dean H. Mattson, age 84, of Ironwood, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 at Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff. He was born Nov. 28, 1932, in Iron Belt, Wis., the son of the late Edwin and Florence (Olson) Mattson. Dean attended schools in Iron Belt, graduating with the Class of 1951. He was a corporal in the U.S. Army serving during the Korean Conflict. On Oct. 12, 1957, Dean was united in marriage to Darlene "Dolly" Holappa. She preceded him in death on Aug. 29, 2008....
HURLEY, Wis. — Blanche A. Novacich, 86, of Ironwood, Mich., passed away peacefully Friday morning, Oct. 27, 2017, at Sky View Nursing Center in Hurley. The former Blanche Kowaleski was born Dec. 11, 1930, in Hurley, daughter of the late Michael and Stella (Kuicyinski) Kowaleski. She attended the Cary School and St. Mary’s Catholic Grade School and graduated from J.E Murphy High School in 1949. She was united in marriage to Matt L. Novacich at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Hurley. Blanche was a member of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ir...
