Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY, Wis. - Jane Ann Kennedy, 91, of Hurley, formerly of Ironwood Michigan, and Lake Gogebic, Michigan, passed away Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. Born on Nov. 8, 1930, in Madison, Jane was the daughter of Gerald and Edith Pearce. She graduated from Madison East High School in 1948, and then continued her education at the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Madison, where she graduated as a registered nurse in 1951. On Dec. 27, 1951, she was joined in marriage with William "Bill" Kennedy....
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD — The annual holiday concert season for local schools returns this month. The Ironwood Area School District kicks off festivities with the Luther L. Wright High School band concert on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. The Luther L. Wright elementary K-4 Christmas assembly will be held from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 15 in the school gym. The fifth and sixth grade students will have their Christmas concert at 7 p.m. the following day, Dec. 16, also at the school. The Ironwood m...
SUPERIOR, Wis. - Edward Stouffer Jr., 47, of Superior, died unexpectedly Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021, in his home. He was born in White Pine, Michigan, on May 7, 1974, the son of Edward Stouffer Sr. and Sandra (Hasenberg) Gustafson. Edward graduated high school and worked as an Operator in construction for many years. He was a member of the Local 139. Edward enjoyed music and was an avid fisherman. He loved being on the water and especially loved big ships that sailed the Great Lakes. He was a...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Dec. 1 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant,...
CHELSEA, Mich. — Viola “Vi” Hilliard, of Chelsea, passed away on Oct. 25, 2021. Vi was born to John J. and Hilma (Sahinoja) Polkky in Hancock, on April 12, 1926. She was one of four children. The family moved to Bruce Crossing, where Mr. Polkky managed the Settlers’ Cooperative store for many years. Vi was a graduate of Ewen High School. Vi married Carl Wallen, and they lived in Ewen for many years. Together they ran the Ewen Real Estate and Insurance Agency until Mr. Wallen’s death in 1967. Vi married the Rev. James R. Hilliard in 1969. The...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Nov. 30 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - A complimentary holiday meal brought forth by the Bessemer VFW Post 3673 gave many members of the community a place to go this Thanksgiving and a reason to be thankful. "I'm so glad that I could come here. Otherwise I would have had nowhere to go," said Vicki Duray, of Ironwood, who attended the dinner with her son, Dylan. She said she found out last minute about the dinner and said she was so thankful to the person she spoke with at the...
EWEN, Mich. - Constance (Potter) Platske passed away peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, with her children by her side. Connie was born in Milwaukee, to Eugene and Donna (Hanson) Potter on Nov. 18, 1928. She grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and received her high school diploma from J. Sterling Morton high school in Cicero, Illinois. She attended Bryant and Stratton College in Chicago where she received a secretarial degree. She loved being a secretary! After moving to Ewen, Connie met...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Nov. 11 VETERANS DAY SCHOOL PROGRAMS Mercer: Coffee, 8:30 a.m.; breakfast, 9; program, 10. Ontonagon: Breakfast and program, 9 EST. Watersmeet: Program in gym, 9 a.m. Bessemer: Program in A.D. Johnston High School gym, 9:30 a.m. Hurley: Program in gym, 10 a.m. Ironwood: Program in main gym, 1 p.m. Wakefield-Marenisco: Program in gym, 2 p.m. Ewen-Trout Creek: postponed. TBA. Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, I...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Nov. 10 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2...
BRUCE CROSSING, Mich. - Kevin James Laubenstein Jr., age 20, passed away Oct. 5, 2021, with his family by his side, due to injuries sustained from a tragic accident on Oct. 2, 2021. Kevin was born Sept. 4, 2001, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to Shanon and Kevin Laubenstein Sr. Kevin Jr. enjoyed the outdoors especially mud running in his "Dirtymax" as he called it. He also loved his family and would sometimes push his sisters in the right direction, on occasion, a little further than they would like....
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College held its annual College Day on Tuesday afternoon. The event provided an opportunity for high school students to learn about college and military opportunities available after they complete high school. Kim Zeckovich, GCC director of admissions, marketing and community relations, said representatives from nearly three dozen colleges and the military were available to answer student questions about programs, costs,...
DE PERE, Wis. - Shirley Jane "Shirl" Reince, of Green Bay, entered eternal life on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, at Unity Hospice in De Pere, Wisconsin. Shirl was born Sept. 28, 1949, in Wakefield, Michigan, to Ray and Ellen Franti and raised in Ewen, Michigan. She graduated from Ewen High School in 1967 and continued her education at Gogebic Community College, completing a one-year business program. Shirl then moved to Green Bay where she worked for Kellogg Bank, now Associated Bank, as a secretary/...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, Sept. 1 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families — North Ontonagon County: Ontonagon Community Action Agency from 2 to 4 p.m. EDT; South Ontonagon County and Watersmeet: Community Action Agency, 20142 M-28 in Ewen from noon to 2:30 p.m. EDT. Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial A...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Aug. 31 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics...
KENTON, Mich. - John Edward Bonin, 55, of Kenton, passed away Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, at his home. John was born on April 8, 1966, in L'Anse, a son of Robert and Gladys (Maxfield) Bonin. He attended Ewen-Trout Creek School. On July 19, 1991, John was united in marriage to Shelly Winberg. They made their home in Kenton and were blessed with three sons. John worked as a log home builder for many years until he took employment at the Toumey Nursery. He also worked at Connors Flooring until he was...
WAUSAU, Wis. - Ned Joseph Fors, 59, of Watersmeet, Michigan, died at Aspirus Wausau Hospital of a massive cerebral hemorrhage. He was born Jan. 24, 1962, in Wakefield, Michigan. Following his 1980 graduation from Ewen-Trout Creek High School, he was a licensed insurance representative in Mankato, Minnesota. He later transferred to Maki Insurance Agency in Ironwood. In June 2004, he suffered an aortic aneurysm and became blind. Survivors include his mother, Ruth; and brother, Reg Thomas. He was...
LEONARD, Mich. - Denver William Leinonen, 88, of Almont, Michigan, passed away on Sunday, March 28, 2021, at Caremore of Oxford Retirement and Assisted Living in Leonard, Michigan. He was born July 26, 1932, at the Finnish Hospital in Ishpeming, Michigan. His father, William and mother, Alma (Tarvainen), were both of Finnish descent. Leinonen, who grew up in Covington, graduated from L'Anse High School in the class of 1950. He attended elementary school in Covington. Following high school, he...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] Area residents in need of groceries can find both relief and support in two federal programs aimed at helping persons who meet requirements relating to income, age and location. According to Linda Cossi of the Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency in Bessemer, the Food and Nutrition Service - an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture - offers both of the following programs: 1. The Commodity Supplemental Food Program is a monthly program aimed at...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, June 2 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency Quarterly Commodity Distribution: North Ontonagon County: Ontonagon Community Action Agency from 2 to 4 p.m. EDT; South Ontonagon County and Watersmeet: Community Action Agency, 20142 M-28 in Ewen from noon to 2:30 p.m. EDT. Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Feeding America-Union Station Food Distribution, 9:30 a.m., Union Station, 352 E. Ayer...
Tuesday, June 1 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson Courts, Ironwood. If rain: Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. 906-932-4325. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Wakefield Seniors, noon, Wakefield Senior Center. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis.,...
EWEN - A Thursday Evening of the Arts at Ewen-Trout Creek School welcomed an appreciative audience, starting with a highly colorful art show and ending with a concert encore and a standing ovation. "Every student that I see has an art work here tonight," said K-12 art teacher Nina Fiorucci. Drawings and paintings were set up on divider walls in the room normally used as a cafeteria. Additional displays of ceramics and other projects were displayed on round tables. Younger students' artwork also...
EWEN, Mich. - Leon Matthew Wagner, 61, Ewen, passed on May 11, 2021. Born May 4, 1960, in Wakefield, Leon spent his entire life in an area he loved, around people he loved. Leon graduated from Bergland Community Schools in 1978, and pursued his various interests. His love for his family and his community, his love for the vast forests of the U.P., and his love for machines, especially muscle cars, lead to Leon starting his own business, Wagner Trucking, hauling logs in his beloved U.P. One of...
IRON RIVER, Mich. - Jon Nathan Fors, 56, of Watersmeet, died Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at Iron River Care Center as a result of cancer. He was a member of Bethany Ev. Lutheran Church of Bruce Crossing and was a 1983 graduate of Ewen-Trout Creek High School. After a year at Northern Michigan University, he was employed as a commercial roofer and carpenter. He is survived by his mother, Ruth; brothers, Ned and Reg; other dear family members and special friends. Jon will be greatly missed by all who...
BRUCE CROSSING, Mich. - Catherine Barbara Strnad, 86, of Bruce Crossing, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Catherine was born Feb. 25, 1935, in Shawano, Wisconsin, to Louis and Rose Stengel. She was affectionately known as "Kitty" by her siblings. She graduated from East High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1953. She married Pete Strnad on June 30, 1956, in Milwaukee. Later, in 1956, they moved to Pete's family farm west of Ewen. Catherine...
