Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER — Kathy Whitburn was selected by the city council as Bessemer's mayor Monday evening. Prior to Whitburn's selection, Clerk Jim Trudgeon swore in the new council — Whitburn, John Frello, Linda Nelson, Rob Coleman and Al Gaiss — elected Nov. 3. Gaiss nominated Whitburn to be mayor. Without hesitation, the council approved and Whitburn accepted the gavel from Trudgeon then sat in mayor's seat. “I am privileged and honored to serve as mayor for the city of Bessemer,” she said. Moving forward w...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Some Ironwood Township residents may see reduced insurance rates in the future. The price reductions would come from the township's improved Insurance Services Office rating, according to information presented at the township Board of Trustees meeting Monday. The township scored an ISO score of 6/6y, according to the information, a score determined by a recent Public Protection Classification survey that involved analyzing the "f...
Tuesday, Nov. 10 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Tiny Tot Story Hour, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Marine Corps Birthday Party, 5 p.m. social, 6 p.m. program and dinner, sponsored by Gogebic-Iron Detachment of the Marine Corps League, Elk & Hound, Ironwood. Reservations at 906-932-4024 or 906-285-0475. Bessemer American Legion Post...
HURLEY, Wis. - Stanley A. Kubacki, 87, of 303 Taconite St., Hurley, formerly a lifelong resident of Kimball, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, in Hurley after a brief illness. Stanley was born Nov. 17, 1927, in Ironwood, Mich., son of the late Steve and Mary (Skowronski) Kubacki. He received his high school diploma from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood after his military tour of duties. He entered the U.S. Army at the age of 17 and served during the World War II campaign and...
SUPERIOR, Wis. - Corrine Violet Bensoni, 87, of Superior, former longtime Hurley resident, died peacefully early Saturday morning, Nov. 7, 2015, at Villa Marina Health and Rehabilitation Center in Superior, with her loving family by her side. The former Corrine Calgaro was born Nov. 21, 1927, in Hurley, daughter of the late Sylvio and Adelaide (Del Boni) Calgaro. She attended St. Mary's Grade School and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley in 1945. She then was employed as cashier...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Eileen Walto Collick, 88, passed away on Nov. 4, 2015, in Newport Beach. She was born May 28, 1927, to John and Serafina Walto, who immigrated to Ironwood via Canada from Finland prior to Eileen's birth. Their three daughters were Billie, Helen and the youngest, Eileen. John was an iron ore minor in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Eileen lost her mother when she was very young after a lengthy illness. She remembered her dad brushing her mother's hair each night before...
MORRIS, Ill. — Lona E. (Holman) Huvila, 76, passed away Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, surrounded by her family at Walnut Grove Village, in Morris. She was born in Joliet, the daughter of the late Willis and Lona (Rokser) Holman. Lona is survived by her six children, Rachel (the late William) Condron, Maureen Pinnell, Donna Huvila, Earl (Karen) Huvila, Stormy (Thomas) Reiter and Carol and (Darren) Cissell; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; fond sisters, Mary (Gerald) Maki and Susan (James) George; and brother, Joseph (Sue) Rokser; also l...