Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By PAT KRAUSE [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The annual Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department Ice Fishing Contest was held on Sunday Lake and in the Wakefield V.F.W. on Saturday during Michigan's free fishing weekend. The event brought out 350 adults and has a lot of appeal for the more than 125 kids who participated. This was in spite of early-morning temperatures that hovered around four degrees below zero with a wind chill of 20 below. "For the weather, we had a good turnout," said Jim...
HURLEY - On a sunny Saturday, snowmobilers and local residents filled the Iron County Memorial Building to raise funds to groom the trails. The White Thunder Riders snowmobile club of Oma conducted its annual winter fund-raiser. To get to the event, snowmobilers could ride the trail to Jerry's Amoco and then cross the street to obtain easy access to the Memorial Building parking lot off U.S. 51. One by one, items donated by businesses and individuals were auctioned off to the highest bidders in...
By Richard Jenkins [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — Iron County residents are headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in a primary for the state Supreme Court, with residents of the town of Mercer also voting to narrow down the field of candidates seeking seats on the town board. Six candidates are running for a pair of seats on the town board. Incumbent John Sendra is facing off against Bill Brundage, James Davis, Gordon Kohegyi, Michael Lambert and Victor Ouimette. The top four vote getters will advance to the April 5 g...
Monday, Feb. 15 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, mothers, infants, and children, 9 a.m.-noon, 100 Mill St., Bessemer. 906-667-0283. Gogebic County Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m., Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Iron County Historical Society, 2 p.m., Iron County Historical Society Museum, 303 Iron St., Hurley....
WAUPACA, Wis. — Mary Kapelka, 87, a long-time resident of Montreal, passed away Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, in Waupaca, after a lengthy illness, with her family by her side. She was born in Wabeno, on Oct. 25, 1928, as Mary Sebero. She moved to Ironwood, Mich., with her mother shortly afterwards. Mary attended St. Ambrose Catholic School in Ironwood. She moved with her mother Margaret (Baron) and step-father Jack Fonteccio in 1942 to Bremmerton, Wash. In 1944, Mary moved to Baraboo, where she met her husband, LeRoy Kapelka. They were married S... Full story