Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Sorted by date Results 1 - 9 of 9
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The scheduled ski flying event at Copper Peak for Feb. 28-March 2 is off. All funds collected for the event will be returned to ticket holders. Copper Peak must go through "extensive renovations" in preparation to become a USA Ski Jumping National Training Center, said Charlie Supercynski, president of the Copper Peak board of directors. The hill will be modeled after European ski jumping hills that use a specialized plastic on the landing slope. The plastic acts as snow. Wit... Full story
BESSEMER - Bessemer Area School District's Board meeting grew heated during discussion of possible consolidation, with Bill McDonald, a board member who is facing a May recall, moved to curse. Superintendent Dave Radovich said McDonald had named a local attorney as head of a committee of citizens from the Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco school districts that filed a request to begin consolidation proceedings with the state in early October. Radovich received a letter dated Nov. 19 from the... Full story
SAULT STE. MARIE (AP) - Eating healthy and supporting local farmers has become a push nationally. But it even has more importance in Chippewa County. The county is one of seven sites in the state that are taking part in the national FoodCorps program. The program has teamed up with Michigan State University Extension. What is even more exciting is that students from Malcolm High School in Sault Ste. Marie are taking an active part in a FoodCorps project, according to The Evening News of Sault... Full story
FRANKENMUTH, Mich. - Allie I. Brege, of Frankenmuth, formerly of Wakefield, Bessemer, Frankentrost and Rogers City, was called home by her Lord on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013, at Covenant Medical Center Cooper, at the age of 91 years. Allie Ahonen was born on April 7, 1922, to the late K. Hjalmer and Lempi (Anderson) Ahonen. She was married to Vernon C. Jarvi. He preceded her in death in 1956. She later married the Rev. Clifford P. Brege, who predeceased her in 2009. Allie worked for the U.S. War De... Full story
RAMSAY, Mich. - Connie Sandquist, 86, passed away peacefully Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013. She was born in Wakefield on Aug. 27, 1927, the daughter of Mildred and James Delmet. Connie grew up in Wakefield and graduated from there in 1945. On June 29, 1946, she was united in marriage to Fred Sandquist. They were married for 53 years until Fred's passing in 1998. They made their life in Ramsay. Preceding Connie in death were her parents, Mildred, James and stepfather George Grigson; husband, Fred;... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Robert W. Pollari, 88, of Ironwood, died Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. He was born Jan. 10, 1925, in Ironwood, son of the late William and Mary (Garrick) Pollari, attended Ironwood schools, and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1942. He attended Ironwood Junior College for a semester before entering the U.S. Army on Feb. 15, 1943, serving overseas as a combat medic with the 411th infantry,... Full story
ASHLAND, Wis. - Rose M. Hanninen, 86, of Whiteside Street, Pence, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, at the Ashland Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Rosetta Maddalena Suardi on Nov. 10, 1927, in Bianzano, Italy. Her parents were Giacomo Francesco and Lucia Alessandria (Jiudici) Suardi. Rose attended schools in Italy, and with her mother, came to Pence when she was 18 years old. She was employed at Simpsons Electric in Mercer, the Bessemer... Full story
