Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Ironwood Township resident Todd Maki hasn't found a lot of opportunities to use his background working with giraffe since moving to the Northwoods. So he went to Africa. Maki plans to offer a presentation about his trip and the conservation efforts he volunteered with at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Cold Iron brewery. In late October, Maki traveled to Uganda for roughly two weeks to help the Giraffe Conservation Foundation relocate a group o...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Hurley School District is getting good marks from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction but it's just a snapshot report and the work is to constantly improve, according to reports at the Hurley Public School Board meeting on Monday. "The results are overall and the scores don't fluctuate much, but the report card helps us with the goal of constantly looking for ways to improve," said Kevin Genisot, school district administrator....
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MARENISCO — Despite one opposing vote, the Marenisco Township Board of Trustees voted Monday evening to rescind an ordinance that would have allowed recreational marijuana enterprise within the township. The action followed the Nov. 5 election, in which Marenisco citizens voted 146-64 against the ordinance after having petitioned to get the matter on the ballot. The board had passed the ordinance on June 17 after a related public hearing in the spring. Trustee Dave Hagen voted against rescinding the o...
Tuesday, Nov. 19 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Pioneer Park Apartments tenants only, Ironwood, 9-10 a.m.; Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church parking lot, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments west parking lot, 11:45-noon.; Mill Trace Apartments east parking lot, noon: 12:15 p.m.; Wildwood Apartments community room, 12:35-12:45 p.m. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-5... Full story
HURLEY, Wis. - Kathleen Karen Barnabo, 80, of Hurley, formerly of Pence, went into the presence of our Lord on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. Kathleen was born to Joseph and Esther (Herlevi) Baima on Nov. 24, 1938, in Pence. She was the younger of two daughters and loved her childhood in Pence. Kathleen graduated from Hurley High School in 1956, where she participated in numerous activities. Kathleen met Robert Barnabo while still in high school, and they were married on Feb. 23, 1957. She was a... Full story
WAUSAU, Wis. - James F. "Jim" Kutz, 81, of Ironwood passed away on Nov. 13, 2019, in Wausau, Wis. He was born on Oct. 20, 1938, in Ironwood, Mich., the son of Benjamin and Minnie (Gill) Kutz. He attended Ironwood schools and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School with the class of 1957. Jim lived in Menomonee Falls from 1961 to 1966 and worked at A.O. Smith. He then moved back to Ironwood and worked at the White Pine Copper Company. He married Katherine Rosga in December of 1960. They... Full story
BLOOMER, Wis. — Pauline D. Zani, formerly of Gile, Wis., passed away Nov. 14, 2019 surrounded by her family at Aggie’s Country Living in Bloomer. Pauline was born Feb. 20, 1934, in the mining community of Montreal to Gabriel and Christian Rowe. She graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley with the Class of 1952. Pauline celebrated 64 years of marriage with Eugene Zani before he preceded her in death in March of 2016. Pauline is also preceded in death by son, Gabriel; grandson, Kyle Swetkovich; and brother, Cleo Rowe. She is survived by... Full story
