Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - Sam Fontecchio of Ironwood won't have to leave Michigan for this Little League World Series assignment. Fontecchio was chosen to umpire the Junior League World Series (ages 12-14) at Taylor in Metro Detroit from Aug. 16 through Aug. 23. Fontecchio was an umpire in 2011 at the premier Little League World Series event, the 11-12 year-old series at Williamsport where the entire event is televised on ESPN. The Junior League championship baseball game will be on ESPN on Sunday, Aug. 23 at... Full story
IRONWOOD - The sun was shining and music was playing on Thursday for the first day of the Gogebic County Fair. People entered livestock and poultry. Later in the afternoon, the carnival rides opened for children and the young at heart. Under the hot sun, Jaeden Lyons, 9, and Lexi Aspinwall, 5, rode horses on the merry- go-round, engineered the train, and had fun in the fun house. "My favorite ride was the merry-go-round," Aspinwall said. Having fun at the top of the slide, Steven Worthington, 4,... Full story
HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors’ Finance Committee approved reclassifying Sarah Eder from a level 2 to a level 3 social worker Thursday. Iron County Human Services Director Carolyn Kolson-Janov said Eder has been with the county for five years — although she had worked in the county as an AmeriCorps and contract worker prior to joining the county full-time — and works with the child protective services and child welfare units. There are four levels of social workers, Kolson-Janov said, with four being the highest and applica... Full story
ARBOR VITAE, Wis. - Carol E. Giese, 90, passed away July 19, 2015, at Avanti Health and Rehab Center in Arbor Vitae. She was born Aug. 28, 1924, in Ironwood, Mich., the daughter of John Hassinen and Marie Lyons (nee Hassinen). She graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood in 1942 and from there attended Carroll University in Waukesha, graduating in 1946. Carol was united in marriage to Carlie Giese on April 21, 1951, in Ironwood at the Evangelical Lutheran Church. As a resident of... Full story
Friday, Aug. 14 Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Mercer Lions, 3 p.m. annual golf tournament, Tahoe Lynx Golf course, 3340 Pierpont Dr., Mercer. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon Village Housing, 100 Cane Court, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Government... Full story
