Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The 4-year-olds in Ironwood's Great Start Readiness Program will have a new home next week when they return to classes Monday as the program completes its transition from the George N. Sleight School to Luther L. Wright K-12 School. "We have green lights from the state, this is a go. Monday is for real," Superintendent Travis Powell said Wednesday. "The children will be dropped off in our bus lane like the rest of our students." Those...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Donors reported longer wait times than past events Wednesday as the community turned out to the Ironwood Memorial Building to participate in the American Red Cross blood drive. "(It went) fantastic," blood drive coordinator Betsy Slabaugh said. "We didn't expect (the turnout.) We had a full list (of appointments) but still people walked in a lot." The drive - sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of the Ironwood Area - had a goal of collecting 58...
HURLEY — Voters in the Hurley School District will decide on April 2 whether the Midget mascot will remain. The school board Monday approved wording for a referendum that will ask: “Should the Hurley School District’s mascot symbol and name be changed?” School board president Joe Simonich, of Kimball, originally asked if it’s time for a name change. The board this week voted unanimously to proceed with the binding referendum on April 2. If a majority of yes votes are received, the board will begin a process to come up with a new name. Two...
Friday, Nov. 23 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. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, Nov. 24 Union...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Mary Juno, 97, a lifetime resident of Ironwood, passed away peacefully with her family at her side on Nov. 19, 2018. Mary was born on Sept. 23, 1921, in Ironwood to John and Catherine (Santacatterina) Bonato. She attended St. Ambrose School and Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. On May 10, 1947, she was married to Alex Juno by Msgr. Moriarity at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Ironwood. Mary worked at the church and school, McLellan's Store and Vertin's Department Store....
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Shirley Kapitan, 92, passed away on Nov. 20, 2018. Shirley was born on Feb. 25, 1926, in Superior, Wis. She was a graduate of Cathedral High School in Superior and the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn. In 1952, she married William “Bill” Kapitan. He preceded her in death on Feb. 26, 2002. Shirley began her career as a teacher at Puritan School in Bessemer. She was later a substitute teacher with the Ironwood Area School District. She is survived by daughters Chantel Kapitan, Jane (Brad Dalbec) Baker and Nancy (Col....
