Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - When Sandra Genisot accepted a position last year from the Bessemer Area School District, it was not a random decision. "I knew I was supposed to do this," said the Wisconsin native who was hired to start a choir program at the A.D. Johnston Junior and Senior High School in Bessemer. She also teaches vocal music to students in kindergarten and grades one through six at Bessemer's Washington Elementary School. When Genisot first assembled her hig...
Megan Hughes/Daily Globe The Ayer Street Voices perform “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” at their concert Friday night at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. The group, which consists of seventh and eighth grade students, performed a medley of songs that aimed to capture the spirit of the holiday....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — Christmas may have come early for the animals at the HOPE Animal Shelter as the Ironwood sixth graders collected goods to donate to the Ironwood animal shelter. Shelter staff and one of the shelter's dogs, Gus, visited the sixth graders Friday to thank them for the donations. “It will all be put to good use … it's stuff that we use on an everyday basis, so it's stuff that's needed,” said HOPE director Randy Kirchhoff. He said the shelter takes care of roughly 500 cats and dogs each ye...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — The Mercer Township Board of Supervisors on Thursday voted 4-0 to support a resolution for the Friends of the Mercer Public Library summer landscaping plans. The action was not required but the supervisors wanted public record to show support for the work to create an outdoor reading space, concrete patio and garden area. Town supervisor Eric Snow was not present. “The Friends of the Library are paying for the entire project and we are not asking for anything from the town,” said...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Dec. 21 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Dec. 22 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I... Full story
BESSEMER, Mich. - Karen Renee Jager, 57, of Bessemer, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. Renee was born on Feb. 17, 1962, in Wakefield, a daughter of Bernard L. and Karen Rachel (Grinivic) Pedrin. She grew up in Wakefield in a loving family along with her three sisters and a brother. On Aug. 31, 2002, Renee was united in marriage to Charles Edward Jager. Renee worked as a waitress, certified nursing assistant and mental health employee until she owned and... Full story
WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. - Kathleen Ada Hartley Codd, 94, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, at Wrightsville Manor. A celebration of life service will be held 2 p.m., Monday, Dec. 23, at Christ Episcopal Church in Dublin, Ga., with Rev. J. Patrick Hunt officiating. Ms. Codd was born March 22, 1925, in Ironwood, Mich., and was the daughter of the late Andrew "Butch" Hartley and Erna Bowman Hartley. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Patrick Codd; and by her son, Jon Douglas Langdon. She retired a... Full story