Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The present ambulance service for Gogebic County will continue into 2019, with Beacon Ambulance covering the west end of the county and Aspirus covering the east end. The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday approved a $370,000 subsidy for Beacon to provide the service. Aspirus has a current contract that runs through March and will likely be renewed then by the board for the eastern end with a $57,000 subsidy. Jim Lorenson, of Ironwood, who chairs a special ambulance c...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield city council voted Monday to adopt temporary rules regarding the use of its newly remodeled community room. In the past 10 months, a local initiative called 4 the Kids solicited donations and held fundraisers to collect about $20,000 to replace the community room floor with a sports-friendly surface, so that younger kids from the Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School would have a place to practice when older kids were using the school...
WAKEFIELD — With winter set in on the Gogebic Range, local law enforcement officials are reminding drivers to fully clean off their windshields and windows before hitting the road. Not only is cleaning windshields safer, according to Michigan State Police Community Service Trooper Jerry Mazurek, but it’s also required by law. Mazurek said in a news release Michigan law requires drivers have unobstructed windows while driving. “A person shall not operate a motor vehicle with … an object that obstructs the vision of the driver of the vehicle...
Thursday, Dec. 13 Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon., Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. WordPress 101 class, 11 a.m., Mercer Public Library. Red Hat Society Northwoods Divas, 11:30 a.m., Sharon’s Coffee House, Hurley. Reservations or cancellations to 906-932-4953. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1... Full story
KEOSAUQUA, Iowa - Royal 'Roy' Rondeau, age 85, died on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the Keosauqua Health Care Center. Roy was the son of the late Clement and Beatrice (Johnson) Rondeau, born Dec. 30, 1932. He attended school in Ironwood, Mich., and later would serve in the Army, during active duty in the Korean War. After returning home, he traveled to various states for work and adventure. He was a firefighter in Coeur d'alene, Idaho, and worked at the American Motors, in Milwaukee, Wis. Royal came... Full story
NILES, Ohio - Bruce L. Bolen, Sr. 83, of Niles, entered into eternal rest Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, at home. He was born April 30, 1935, in Wakefield, the son of Clifford and Anna (Anderson) Bolen. Bruce retired from Thomas Steel Strip Corp. after more than 30 years of employment. He enjoyed hunting and all Michigan sports, especially the University of Michigan Wolverines and the Detroit Lions and Tigers. He is sadly missed by his beloved wife of 61 years, Martha J. (Kalinowski) Bolen, whom he... Full story
WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Norma A. (Mattson) LaMaide, 65, a lifelong resident of Wakefield, passed away Wednesday morning, Dec. 12, 2018, at her residence, surrounded by her loving family, after a courageous battle with cancer. Norma was born on Feb. 20, 1953, in Bessemer Township, the daughter of Verner H. and Lois Jean (Lake Jarvenpaa) Mattson. She attended Wakefield High School and graduated in 1971. On June 28, 1986, Norma was united in marriage to Maxin G. LaMaide Jr., at All Saints Lutheran Church in Wakefield. Her hobbies included scroll saw a... Full story
