Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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MERCER, Wis. - Local residents worked out their minds Tuesday, during the first session of Breakfast for Your Brain in Mercer. The event is put together by Andrea Newby, family living agent for the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office, and will feature classes once a month. "The first session went really great, and it was a lot of fun," Newby said. There will be a total of 20 sessions, including different brain-building activities to help improve memory, thought processes and...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board is in a wait-and-see mode regarding the future of air service for Ironwood. Great Lakes Airlines announced Monday it is suspending service at Ironwood and five other airports effective Feb. 1, citing a lack of pilots. The airport board is now awaiting opening of bids to provide essential air service at the airport that are due by Feb. 5. Airport manager Mike Harma said Tuesday if an airline bids on providing service to Ironwood, it may...
IRONWOOD - The Gogebic Community College board discussed the launch of a Behavioral Intervention Team at its meeting Tuesday evening. The team will work with students dealing with drug and alcohol use through assessments and counseling sessions. Student services officials have identified drug and alcohol use as a factor leading to lack of academic success for some students in achieving their educational goals. "This is a pilot program to see how it works," said Dean of Student Services Jeanne...
ROMULUS (AP) - Temperatures dropped to dangerous, record-breaking lows in Michigan on Tuesday, leading to the closure of hundreds of schools. The morning low of 9 degrees below zero at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus broke the previous record low for Jan. 28 of 8 below set in 1977, the National Weather Service said. With the winds, it felt like 25 to 30 degrees below zero in the Detroit area. Meteorologist Steve Considine at the weather service office in suburban Detroit said the cold wa...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Donald C. Anderson, 64, of 301 W. Larch St., Ironwood, entered into eternal life on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Ironwood. He was born May 3, 1949, in Hurley, Wis., son of the late Kenneth and Oddny (Hagen) Anderson. Donald attended Ironwood schools, graduating from the Luther L. Wright High School with the class of 1967. In 1972, he was united in marriage with Renee Lawver in Ironwood. Donald had worked at Cohodas-Paoli, White Pine Copper Company, and over the road as a truck driver. He is survived by his wife, Renee, of I...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Helen E. Bruno, 86, a lifelong resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully Monday evening, Jan. 27, 2014. A funeral service will be held Friday, Jan. 31, at 11 a.m., preceded by visitation at 10 a.m., at All Saints Lutheran Church in Wakefield, with the Rev. Bill Jacobson officiating. A luncheon will take place immediately following the service in the church fellowship hall. Interment will be in Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield, in the spring. A complete obituary will be published in Thursday’s edition of the Daily Globe. Lak...
