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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — Grant funding the city of Bessemer was hoping to get through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to cover the replacement of lead service lines might be more difficult to obtain than the city had originally thought. This is because the grant monies are highly sought after, and the city already has loan funding for the project, according to city manager Charly Loper. “This one’s kind of frustrating because at first it was looking really promising like we could get grant funded. Now we’re...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - Seven Hurley K-12 students were recently honored for participating in the annual Jalonen Writing Contest. A selection committee chose seven essays for top honors from among 40 contestants who wrote stories that were based on an interview with a family member or someone in the community, said Shannon Peterson, high school English teacher at Hurley K-12 School. "The story had to teach a lesson or be based on values or morals," Peterson said....
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — With in-school learning policies continuing for another month at Hurley K-12 School the plans are already being put in place for graduation. The Hurley Board of Education on Monday approved the administrator’s request to continue in-school learning with no changes to the “Return to School” document regarding protocols for learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Monday, the school had one staff member and nine students who were in a quarantine status, according to board reports...
BESSEMER, Mich. - Helen R. (Reising) Grebner, "Aunt Honey," 81, of Bessemer, formerly of Peoria, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Helen was born on June 21, 1939, in Peoria, a daughter of Joanna A. (Kovachevich) and Edward J. Reising Sr. On Nov. 16, 1963, she married Bernard J. Grebner at St. Mark Catholic Church in Peoria. Helen is survived by a son, Todd A. (Sue Bolton), Bessemer; a brother, William (Patti), of Michigan; a sister, Catherine Reising-Jones (Jeffrey), of Maine.... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Feb. 18 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:45-10 a.m. EST; White Pine Township Hall, 10:20-10:35 a.m. EST; Ontonagon Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:30 a.m. EST; Mass City Resource Center, 1-1:30 p.m. EST. Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall;... Full story
