Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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GILE, Wis. - More than 400 pounds of trash were removed from the Gile Flowage during the Friends of the Gile Flowage's recent fall clean-up. "With more people coming to Iron County to discover the beautiful resource we have in the Gile Flowage, it's important to keep it clean and pristine," said FOG president Cathy Techtmann. The clean-up has taken place in the last month, according to Techtmann, and was capped off with a pontoon boat visit to several of the flowage's islands to collect the...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The Michigan State University Extension office in Bessemer is still gathering food for the “Eat Smart Knapsack” program. According to Ashley Dennis, the program is designed to provide in-need students in Gogebic County with a bag of nutritious and easy-to-prepare food over the winter and spring break. The plan is to supplement their home-cooked meals with healthy food as if they were still in school, only without the homework. Dennis said the Extension office is filling each bag with...
Preliminary data from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation shows 58 people were killed in traffic-related crashes in October, compared to 46 a year ago. Through the first 10 months of this year, Wisconsin recorded 506 traffic fatalities, higher than the 485 deaths at this time last year, and also above the five-year average of 467. “We’re approaching that time of year when weather and travel conditions can change quickly,” said David Pabst, Director of WDOT’s Bureau of Transportation Safety. “Motorists should be prepared for potential...
Friday, Nov. 3 Regional Hospice Veteran Appreciation Breakfast, 9 a.m.-noon, Mill Street Garden, Bessemer. Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Church Women United, 1:30 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to...
KING, Wis. - LeRoy Herman Kapelka, 96, long-time resident of Montreal, Wis., passed away Oct. 25, 2017, at the Wisconsin Veterans Home in King with his family at his side. LeRoy was the first born of four children to Herman and Ruth (Fitzsimmons) Kapelka, in Sauk City, Wis. At the age of 7, Leroy's family moved to Baraboo, Wis., where he grew up. He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in the late 1930s. On Oct. 15, 1940, he was inducted into the Army Company H, 128th Infantry, 32nd Red Arrow...
