Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - The July 11 storm is affecting winter tourism on the Gogebic Range. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has temporarily closed snowmobile Trail 160 because of damage from the storm, including wiping out the Mud Creek bridge. The 25-mile-long trail heads north from Trail 2 in Ironwood, connecting to the Wisconsin trail system at the mouth of the Montreal River, near Saxon Harbor. "Damage to the bridge abutments was extensive and resulted in a permanent closure until the...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield-Marenisco school has two foreign exchange students in the junior class being hosted by local families. Annelie Rodestock, from Leipzig, Germany, and Guillermo Perez, from Ibiza, Spain, arrived in Wakefield in September and will depart after the school year is complete. Rodestock was hoping for sunny and warm California when she submitted her wish list to the placement agency, but she likes Wakefield and is very happy here. Th...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley School Board agreed Monday to seek a waiver from the state Department of Public Instruction so it may start school earlier than Sept. 1. District administrator Chris Patritto said there are many reasons Hurley should start classes in August. He said the earlier start would more closely align the district with the Gogebic Community College calendar and provide more days for teacher in-service training during the school year. He said three in-service days per school year are not e...
Tuesday, Dec. 20 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. 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. Blood Pressure Screening, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., with Regional Hospice nurses, Mill Street Garden, Bessemer. 906-663-0308. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon,...
APPLETON, Wis. - Kathleen E. Huhta, 74, lifelong resident of Ironwood, Mich., passed away on Wednesday, Dec.7, 2016, at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Appleton. She was born June 10, 1942, in Ironwood, the daughter of the late Sulo and Hilma (Niemi) Kangas. Kathleen graduated from Luther L. Wright High School with the class of 1960. On Oct. 26, 1968, she married Maxwell L. Huhta. Kathleen worked for 27 years as a bookkeeper for Bentley Furniture Store and for WUPM Radio Station of...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Todd M. Westeen, 51, of Ironwood, former long-time Bessemer resident, died on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, at home. He was born Nov. 30, 1965, in Wakefield, the son of the late Gerald and Patricia (Matonich) Westeen. He had attended Bessemer Schools, graduating from the A.D. Johnston High School with the class of 1984. Todd was an avid Green Bay Packers fan. For many years, he was employed at H & M Construction in Mercer. More recently, he was the owner/operator of TMW Contracting. Todd is survived by two sons, Josh Westeen, of N...
