Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — As the minutes ticked past the scheduled 5:30 p.m. start time for the regular board meeting, it became clear the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees was going to need more than a one-hour special meeting Monday to decide what next year’s budget should look like. While the board called another special meeting — scheduled for 9 a.m., Thursday Dec. 27 — to complete the budget process, progress did seem to have been made during the discussion prior to Monday’s regular meeting....
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - The Hurley School Board Monday agreed to seek bids for expanding the K-12 school. The school board could act on accepting bids at its February meeting. District administrator Chris Patritto was instructed to get the ball rolling to solicit bids. "This could be a catalyst for people wanting to stay here," school board president Joe Simonich, of Kimball, said of the potential of the expansion area. "This gets my support 100 percent," he said. The...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - Dean Juntunen, president of the Ontonagon Area Board of Education, said goodbye to the board Monday after 22 ½ years, most of them as president. Juntunen did not seek re-election this fall. Juntunen commented that when he came on the board over 20 years ago it was all male members. "As I leave the board will be all women," he added. He continued, "We have a very good board and I am proud to serve with them." Juntunen will have plenty to do...
Tuesday, Dec. 18 Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon., Ironwood Memorial Building. Blood Pressure Screening, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., with Regional Hospice nurses, Mill Street Garden, Bessemer. 906-663-0308. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon,...
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Robert Lee 'Tolly' Tollefson, 65, died Dec. 9, 2018. Bob was born Dec. 1, 1953, in Ironwood, Mich., son of the late Harold and Jessica (Lee) Tollefson. He attended L.L. Wright High School, graduating in 1972, and attended Gogebic Community College, where he received an Associate Degree in Business in 1974. In 1976-77, he attended Brown Institute in Minneapolis, Minn., and worked at KDAN Radio in 1977-78. He moved to Denver, Colo., in August of 1978, where he lived for many...
KIMBALL, Wis. - Rochelle "Shelley" (Vittone) Gustafson, 60, passed away peacefully at her home on Dec. 12, 2018. Shelley was the daughter of Richard and Arlene (Puisto) Vittone, born Aug. 2, 1958. She graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer in 1976 and earned her LPN degree from Gogebic Community College. Shelley was active in the community, serving as the Town of Kimball Clerk, serving on the election board, and participated in several other community organizations. Most recently...
