Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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ONTONAGON, Mich. — Sigrid Bonetti passed away Oct. 25, 2019 at Ontonagon Aspirus Long Term Care. She was born in Bruce Crossing on Feb. 25, 1930, to the late Charles and Sophie (Moilanen) Lindberg. She attended local schools and graduated from Ewen High School with the Class of 1948. Sigrid worked at Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company employment office in Detroit for a short time. She returned here, where she met and married Frank Osterman in 1949. He drowned at Lake Gogebic in 1955. In 1957 she married Val Bonetti in Ironwood, where they made t...
EWEN, Mich. - William Hubert Anderson, 84, was born in Ewen on March 28, 1935. He passed away Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. He was predeceased by his parents, Hubert and Olga Anderson; sisters, Doris (Leonard) Niemela, Edith (David) Waineo and Corrine (David) Coponen; his first-born, infant son, Robert and his grandson, Dean Riutta. He is survived and deeply missed by his loving wife of 62 years, Jean (Sunnarborg) Anderson; and by his six children, Ross (Kathy) Anderson, Sandra (Bradley) Riutta,...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Margaret Ellen Barlock, 82, of Bruce Crossing, passed away on Oct. 13, 2019, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital surrounded by her family. Margaret was born on Aug. 22, 1937, to Gladys (Egger) and Jack Connors in Wakefield. She attended Bergland High School, graduating in 1955. Margaret married Andrew Barlock, March 10, 1956, in Ewen. They had four daughters, Donna, Teresa, Andrea and Mary. They also raised their grandson, Travis. She worked as an administrative assistant, for the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District u...
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. - James "Jim" Edward Mott, 85, of Ewen passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain, after an extended illness. He was born in Ontonagon County on Sept. 21, 1933, to Charles Mott Sr. and Lillian VanBlarcom. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1952 as an ammunition specialist where he attained the rank of airman first class. He was stationed at Royal Air Force Base Wing in England where he met and married Ann Cawood, his...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] EWEN — People were mad for plaid on Saturday during the height of the three-day 43rd annual Log Jamboree in Ewen. Flannel in all colors and styles was the uniform of choice for participants from babies to senior citizens, with some folks also wearing fashionable “work boots” or matching hats or tennies and others featuring trendy braids or suspenders. Some kids used scooters to get around, while adults led barking dogs, pushed baby carriages, or chased excited toddlers in and around the McMillan Towns...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Margaret R. (Strancel) Wilber, 83, of Topaz, passed away peacefully on Sept. 12, 2019, following a battle with primary liver cancer. Margie was born July 15, 1936, in Dearborn, the daughter of the late Frank and Anna Strancel. She was the second youngest of five children. She graduated Bergland High School in 1953. On March 3, 1954, she married Dale B. Wilber of Crandon, Wis., who preceded her in death on Feb. 11, 2015. Margie proudly served on the Bergland School Board...
BESSEMER - The Gogebic Conservation District has a program to locate and control or eradicate Japanese knotweed and multiflora rose, among other invasive plant species, in Ontonagon County and Gogebic counties. The work is being conducted under a Joint Chiefs grant, so named because the funding is made available by the leaders of the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the U.S. Forest Service. Work so far has included development of a brochure titled "A Field Guide to Common Terrestrial...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Calvin John Kangas, 67, of Ironwood, passed away Monday, July 15, doing what he loved to do, working on the North Country Trail reroute in the Porcupine Mountains State Park. He was born June 18, 1952, in Wakefield, son of John and Signe (Franti) Kangas, of Ewen, where he grew up, graduating from E-TC High School in 1970. He earned a BS degree in forestry from Michigan Tech in 1975. Spending his entire working career in the hardwood lumber industry in the UP and Northern...
ONTONAGON, Mich. — Phyliss Rose Tulppo, 96, was called home to be with our Lord and Savior on Sunday, June 30, 2019 in Ontonagon, at the Aspirus Long Term Care Facility. Phyliss was born in Suring, Wis., to the late Albert and Rose Allie on July 28, 1922. She was raised in Paulding, Michigan and attended the Ewen schools, graduating in 1939. After graduating she moved to Detroit and worked in a bakery. In October of 1948 she married Orville W. Tulppo and moved to Bruce Crossing, where they started their own pool room and sporting good store. T...
WOODRUFF, Wis. - Glen E. Miller, 70, of Bergland, Mich. passed away on June 26, 2019 at the Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff from complications of lung cancer. Glen was born on March 1, 1949 to to the late Lee H. Miller and the late Marcella (Crabb) Miller. He has one sister, Nancy (Mike, deceased) Hillier of Bergland, Glen is also survived by his children, Amy (Tom) Livingston, Lynn (Rich) Schaffer, Glen L. (Rosemarie) Miller, Sr., Rebecca (Jared) Thompson, grandchildren, Adrien...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Thomas J. Richter, 79, of Bessemer, passed away on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, with his loving family at his side. Tom was born on May 8, 1940, in Ironwood to Erwin and Myrtle (Richards) Richter. He graduated from Luther L. Wright High School with the class of 1958. He attended Michigan Tech and received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1962. He married Sandra Spagnoletti in August 1962. Tom worked for Pratt & Whitney and began his long career in Aeronautical Engineering. He w...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — After seven years of ministering to the spiritual needs of Ironwood Roman Catholics, the Rev. Robb Jurkovich said his next role will be as chaplain of OSF St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group in Escanaba. Jurkovich is pastor of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood. The 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. masses this Sunday will be his last before moving to his next assignment. “I definitely believe there has been an overall growth and strength and love of the faith in this church,” Jurko...
EWEN, Mich. - Mary Moll Albright, 94, long-time resident of Ewen, passed away peacefully in her sister's home on June 4, 2019, with loved ones by her side. Mary was born in Flint in 1925 to Gertrude and Reginald Moll. She graduated from Ewen High School in 1943. Following high school, she attended and graduated from Lucid Secretarial School in Grand Rapids. She married Harry Albright on March 25, 1945, at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. They returned to the U.P. and resided in Ewen...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] EWEN - Sixteen students at Ewen-Trout Creek School in Ewen celebrated their graduation from high school on Friday evening. The night included a variety of class memories, as well as a class video and scholarships presented by Sandra Maki, who runs the school library and academic resource center. Superintendent Dave Radovich welcomed the crowd and presented the class, after which four class representatives gave speeches. After recounting events and...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — Locals looking for some new reading material were drawn to the Ironwood Memorial Building Saturday as the Friends of the Ironwood Carnegie Library held one of its two annual book sales. “Well it was one of our better years, there’s no doubt about that,” Friends president Marie Peterson said. “When we opened … at 7:30 this morning we probably had at least 100 people in here until 9:30-10 a.m., then it thinned out a little bit.” The money raised from the sale funds the library’s summer pro...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BERGLAND — The six districts in the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District will be starting school earlier next year after the state approved the district’s early-start waiver Tuesday. “(The waivers) were approved for a three-year period,” GOISD Superintendent Bruce Mayle said. “All the districts are planning to take advantage of that.” A state law passed in 2005 mandates districts start school after Labor Day, but allows a waiver for certain conditions. One of the exceptions can be for...
EWEN, Mich. — Grace Malnar, 95, of Ewen, passed away April 24, 2019. Grace was born in Ewen, on Jan. 4, 1924 and graduated from Ewen High School. She married James Malnar on Aug. 7, 1946. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother and husband James who passed away on Dec. 21, 1987, as well as sons Robert in 2014 and Richard in 2019. Grace is survived by her sons Jim, from Duluth, Minn., Ken (Sylvia) of Ironwood, and Ron (Kate) from Mesa, Ariz; 3 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Visitation will take place Wednesday May 1, a...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] Prom season, an annual rite of spring where area youth dress to the 9s and enjoy an evening out with their classmates will begin this weekend. Three area high schools will celebrate prom on Saturday — Ironwood, Hurley and Ontonagon. Ironwood’s junior class will host the prom at the Memorial Building in downtown Ironwood. The grand march is planned for 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:10, with music and dancing to follow. Thirty couples have signed up to attend to the evening themed “Di...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Students across the Gogebic Range are practicing as they prepare for the upcoming spring concert season. The season kicked off Tuesday with Ironwood's fifth-grade band concert and Ewen-Trout Creek's POPS concert, featuring the district's junior-senior high school band and choir. Hurley Hurley's Silver Express group will have its first concert of the spring today at 7 p.m., putting on shows at the school through Friday before touring the...
ONTONAGON — A Ewen man who claimed the “laws of nature” decree that “he did not need a license to hunt deer, was found guilty of just that in an Ontonagon jury trial Thursday. Ronald Ehinger, 68, was charged with two counts of taking an antlered deer with 8 points or more. Ehinger demanded a jury trial and a 6 person jury heard the case Thursday morning before Judge Janis Burgess. It took the jury ten minutes to find the Ewen man guilty. A sentencing date will be set. In addition to fines and court costs, Ehinger will be liable for restitu...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — Ontonagon County Equalization Director, Ann Marie Husar had some good news for the Ontonagon County Board Tuesday. Husar said the valuation of Ontonagon County in 2018 has risen by 2.5% over the previous year and the taxable value has increased by 3%. Husar gave the board the value change in each of the categories in the county, noting that Commercial Property has increased by 4.49% and residential real property by 3.04%. Husar cited the new Dollar General in Ontonagon as part of the reason for t...
WATTON, Mich. — Roy W. Mannikko, 94, of Watton, passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at Aspirus Hospital, Iron River, Mich. after a brief illness. Roy was born on April 29, 1924, in Sidnaw, Mich, to the late Aila Syrjala and Victor Manikko. He graduated from L’Anse High School. Roy married Ruby M. Fountain on April 22, 1950 in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. She preceded him in death on Oct. 3, 2007, after 57 years of marriage. Roy was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Covington, Mich. He was retired from White Pine Copper Mine where he wor...
INVERNESS, Fla. - Robert E. Manninen, 75, passed away peacefully March 28, 2019, at his retirement home in Inverness, after a lengthy hospital stay. He was surrounded by his family and loved ones. Bob was born on April 1, 1943, in Ontonagon, Mich., to Willho and Ann Manninen of Ewen, Mich. After graduating from Ewen High School in 1961, he attended Northern Michigan University. He served our country in the Air Force, then settled in Fresno and worked with the California Air National Guard. He...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - Members of the Bessemer school board of education voted Monday evening to approve the final debt payment in relation to refunding bonds in the amount of $132,436.56. The board now hopes that voters will support a resolution to facilitate what superintendent Dave Wineburner has called "a continuation of our current levy" or a "no-tax increase bond proposal." The board voted on Jan. 15 to accept that resolution and since then has been discussing...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] EWEN — The Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District continues to seek an earlier start date for its six locals districts, scheduling a public hearing on the issue in April. The GOISD submitted its application for an earlier start date to the state March 11. The hearing, set for a 4 p.m. EST April 23 at the GOISD’s Bergland office, means the application has made it through the initial part of the approval process. “We’re in the second step of the process,” said GOISD superintendent Bruce May...
