Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD – Today is Election Day across Gogebic County. Voters can cast ballots at their local polling stations from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today. Contact the town or city office for information on polling locations or enter a name and address on the local election site location finder page of the Michigan Secretary of State website at michigan.gov/sos. Although the three cities are the only municipalities with offices on the ballot, the entire county c...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD – Theatre North will present their production of “All Together Now!” from Nov. 12 to 15. “All Together Now!” is an exclusive musical revue provided to schools and theaters by Music Theatre International. According to the MTI website, any theatre can license the musical revue and perform it free-of-charge from Nov. 12 to 15. Theatre North will perform “All Together Now!” on the same nights as hundreds of theaters around the world. “It’s to help community theaters and schools because o...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Ralph John Jurmu, 88, of Wakefield, went to his eternal rest on Thursday evening, Oct. 28, 2021. Ralph was born to J. Oscar and Eva (Pekkola) Jurmu on Nov. 2, 1932, in Wakefield, 15 minutes before his identical twin, Russell. Ralph graduated from Wakefield High School in 1950. After working on ore ships on the Great Lakes, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1953, and served as a radar operator in Seattle until his honorable discharge in 1955. He continued in the Army Reserves...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - James K. "Jamer" Tarro, 91, a lifelong resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, with his dear family at his side. Jamer was born on Oct. 26, 1930, in Wakefield, a son of Joseph and Mary (Bugni) Tarro. He attended Wakefield High School and graduated in 1948. Jamer proudly served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War. He was aboard aircraft carriers, USS Antietam, USS Shangri-La and USS YorkTown. He was honorably discharged as...
HURLEY, Wis. - Dorothy Bernice Wyzlic, 90, passed away in her sleep at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center on Oct. 25, 2021, where she had been a resident for the past six years. She was born to Polish immigrants, Kostec and Magdalena (Mankowski) Wyzlic of Lake Avenue in Ironwood, Michigan on Nov. 21, 1930. She graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in the class of 1948. She worked for the Ira Joseph family in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin, and relocated with them to Glencoe,...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Nov. 2 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis...
