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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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TROUT CREEK, Mich. – David N. Walls, 84, of Trout Creek, passed away early Friday morning, May 11, 2018. Dave was born on Nov. 19, 1933, in Trout Creek, a son of Wilbert and Taimi (Moilanen) Walls. He graduated from Trout Creek High School in 1952 and married his high school sweetheart, Patsy Pittsley. In 1953, they moved to Grand Rapids, where Dave worked in the factories until 1963 when he became an insurance inspector. Dave was promoted to office manager for Commercial Services. At that time the family moved to Cedar Springs. In 1978, D...
IRONWOOD — While the details still need to be hammered out and the paperwork still needs to be signed, it appears the Ironwood Area Schools is concluding its superintendent search. A little more than a week after narrowing the field of candidates down to two finalists, the district’s board of education interviewed Travis Powell for a second time. Powell is the principal of Lake Superior Elementary School in Ashland, Wis. The other candidate, Ewen-Trout Creek Superintendent Alan Tulppo, declined the offer for a second interview. Prior to ans...
EWEN, Mich. - Harry Joseph Albright, Jr., long-time resident of Ewen, died peacefully in his home on May 5, 2018. He was born on Aug. 8, 1921 in Fontana, Wis., to Harry and Beatrice (Carr) Albright. Harry is survived by his beloved wife of 73 years, Mary Moll Albright, four daughters; Terri Gustavson (Jon), Katherine Davis (Ted), Gig Avromov, Peggy Galvin (Hal), daughter-in-law Sue Albright, nine grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. He is also survived by two special sisters-in-law,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — While neither has the job yet, the Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education narrowed the field for the district’s next superintendent down to two Wednesday. Ewen-Trout Creek Superintendent Alan Tulppo and Travis Powell, principal of Lake Superior Elementary School in Ashland, Wis., will both be offered second interviews. “I think we’ve been very fortunate to have two good choices,” board trustee Marilyn Carey said after the board made its selections. The pair were two of the four cand...
MALVERN, Iowa - Andrew (Andy) Kaczmarek, 48, passed away on April 25, 2018, near Malvern. Andrew (Andy) Martin Kaczmarek, one of four children of Stanley and Betty (Karling) Kaczmarek, was born on July 16, 1969, in Wakefield, Mich. He graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer in 1987. Andrew received a bachelor's degree in business from Michigan Technological University and a master's degree in public administration from Northern Michigan University. Upon graduating with his master's...
IRONWOOD — The five finalists being interviewed to be the next superintendent of the Ironwood Area Schools were announced Tuesday. The list features several with past experience as superintendents, as well as at least two with ties to the local region. The district has scheduled interviews with Martha Hasselbusch, a former superintendent with the South Central Local Schools in Parma, Ohio; Travis Powell, principal of Lake Superior Elementary School in Ashland, Wis.; Christopher Schultz, the former superintendent of the Luck School District i...
EWEN, Mich. — Linnea J. Bishoff, 71, a long-time resident of Ewen, passed away Sunday afternoon, April 22, 2018, at her home, surrounded by loved ones, after a courageous battle with cancer. Linnea was born on Dec. 2, 1946, in Marquette, a daughter of Ernest and Olga (Seppanen) Cummings. She attended L’Anse High School and graduated in 1965. On Aug. 25, 1967, Linnea was united in marriage to A. Owen Bishoff at Bethany Lutheran Church in Covington. They made their home in L’Anse until Owen finished forestry school. Then, they moved to Minne...
EWEN, Mich. — Jeannette Staff, 86, of Ewen, passed away at her home on April 18, 2018. She was born on July 20, 1931, in Ewen, to the late Joseph and Alma (Jentz) Spargo. She married John “Jack” Staff on June 2, 1951. He preceded her in death. Surviving her are her two sons, Daniel (Sue) Staff and John (Carla) Staff; two daughters, Sandy Tulppo and Nancy (Mark) Voigt; nine grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren. Jeannette was preceded in death by her father, Joseph Spargo; mother, Alma (Jentz) Spargo; brother, Francis Spargo; husband, Jack...
IRONWOOD — Last year’s Kiwanis Border Bash all-star basketball game wasn’t going to be easy to top, not with members of the three-time state champion North Central boys team filling the Lindquist Center gym and leading Northern Michigan to a victory. “That’s what everybody was telling me, but I think we got close” for this year’s games, event director Russ Maki said. “We should pack that gym again.” Ewen-Trout Creek standout Jake Witt headlines a talented group that pits many of the top boys and girls basketball players in the Upper Peninsu...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] EWEN — The Ewen-Trout Creek School District principal and superintendent Alan Tulppo has been rated “highly effective” by the E-TC Board of Education at its recent meeting. The rating followed a closed session to discuss the evaluation. The board commended Tulppo on the positive outreach he has established with parents and community as well. They also commended Tulppo’s efforts to expand student programs and opportunities. The board also said the district enrollment has stabilized under the superin...
BRUCE CROSSING, Mich. – James Alan Niemi, 62, a lifelong resident of Bruce Crossing, died early Monday morning, March 26, 2018. Jim was born on Sept. 15, 1955, in Wakefield, a son of Albert and Judy (Mattson) Niemi. He attended Ewen-Trout Creek High School and graduated in 1973. Jim made several trips out West with friends, Mike and Marvin. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and was an avid reader. Jim is survived by a brother, Bob (Stella), Wakefield; his sister-in-law, Cindy, Bruce Crossing; h...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Ironwood's Luther L. Wright K-12 School hosted its very own version of March Madness Saturday, as the school played host to the Ironwood Red Devil March Mayhem three-on-three basketball tournament. Chad Novascone, one of the tournament's organizers, said 60 teams - made up of boys and girls in grades three through 12 - signed up to compete to be the best in their respective age divisions. The tournament drew team from across the region,...
BRUCE CROSSING, Mich. — James A. Humphrey, a Bruce Crossing resident, died March 23rd, 2018 in his home. Born April 18th, 1940 in Ironwood, he was the son of the late John (Jack) and Doris (Sandell) Humphrey. He is survived by his wife, Carlene (Jarvi), daughters, Jamie Ahlskog (Carl) of Ewen, Amber Niemi of Portland, and sons, Thomas (Beth) of Marquette, Jon (Leslie) of Courtice, Ontario, and Drew Niemi (Priscilla) of Phoenix. He is also survived by four grandchildren; Lauren, Colin, Rachel, and Sean and his first wife, Nina (Haarala) H...
TOMAHAWK, Wis. - Roger William Gay, age 80, died peacefully on March 6, 2018 at Tomahawk Health Services. Roger was born on Feb. 3, 1938, in Paw Paw, Mich., to Eunice 'Chick' and Robert 'Red' Gay. He graduated from Ewen, Mich., schools in 1955 and went immediately into the Army. He married Dorothy Mattson in 1959, and they made their first home in Kenosha, where Roger was employed at American Motors. They returned to Paulding, Mich., shortly after the birth of their daughter and spent the next...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — When Kate Greenough of Bessemer began studying art at Oakland Community College, she focused on ceramics. That was years ago, and she’s had a considerable journey since then, she said in a Saturday interview at Theatre North. Specifically, she explained, “Being a wife and mother, that put me in a different direction.” Greenough, who was invited to display her works while the theatre presents the play “Marvin’s Room,” said she did not work on her art at all during most of the time she raised her...
WAKEFIELD - What a stretch of games for the Watersmeet Nimrods. They lost to No. 1 Dollar Bay Thursday night, fell to the third-place team in the conference, Wakefield-Marenisco, Friday night, 80-53, and they face back-to-back meetings with No. 3 Ewen-Trout Creek early next week. "We're playing the best teams in the U.P., some of them," Watersmeet coach George Peterson III said. "That's one way that our young guys will grow. I'm challenging them to get better every night." Watersmeet's Julius...
TROUT CREEK, Mich. - David Allan Saubert Sr., 47, of Trout Creek, passed away with his son on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, at their home. He was born Nov. 27, 1970, in Wakefield, the son of Walter and Paula (Graves) Saubert. Dave graduated from Wakefield High School with the Class of 1989. He worked for Quad Graphics in Oshkosh for a year and returned to the area and worked as Assistant Supervisor of Maintenance for the Lac Vieux Desert Casino in Watersmeet for 16 years. Dave was a kind hearted man...
TROUT CREEK, Mich. - David Allan "DJ" Saubert Jr., age 6, of Trout Creek, passed away with his father on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, at their home. He was born April 11, 2011, in Ironwood, the son of David Allan Saubert and Christina Lynn Perttula. DJ was a first grader at Ewen-Trout Creek School. He enjoyed riding his dirt bike, playing with his Tonka trucks, and wrestling with his cousin, Zach. DJ loved the outdoors and everything it had to offer. He is survived by his mother, Christina (Brandon...
RACINE, Wis. - Benjamin Wellington Ayotte, age 93, passed away Feb. 1, 2018, after a full life, well lived. Ben was born in Watersmeet Township, Mich., to Charles and Gladys (Codd) Ayotte. Ben attended Watersmeet High School and at 14 began driving logging trucks. He left school in the tenth grade to drive logging trucks full-time from the Porcupine Mountains to the sawmill in Watersmeet. Ben entered the U.S. Army on March 7, 1943, and was inducted at Camp McCoy. He was a member of Company C...
EWEN - When Eli Nordine hit Jake Witt for an alley-oop in a summer league game in 2016, coach Brad Besonen quipped that it was the first in Ewen-Trout Creek history. Except he really wasn't joking. Witt has broken the mold of the E-TC standout. For all the great E-TC players, few have been quite like Witt, the 6-foot-7, 240-pound star who has played in the extremely rarified air above the Ewen rims. "All the other good players we've had, it seems like most of them have all been guards - good...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] EWEN - There were six animals killed by wolves at five Upper Peninsula farms in 2017, according to Nancy Warren, a member of the National Wolfwatcher Coalition. She requested the information from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Department of Natural Resources through a Freedom of Information Act request. The losses in livestock were spread across the U.P. The numbers of dead animals from wolves is much lower than last year. In...
LINO LAKES, Minn. — Arthur Merle Neuman, 91, died peacefully in Lino Lakes Assisted Living on Jan. 11, 2018. Merle is survived by his wife June, children Benita (Gerry) Platzke, John (Paula) Neuman and Pam (Pete) Ranta, sibling Jane (Don) Johnson, grandchildren David (Cathy), Chad (Jacy), Geoffrey (Nikki), Ryan (Michelle), Jesse (Stephanie), Evan (Andrea), Garrett, Alexandra, Jon and Michael, great grandchildren Joey, Teddy, Henry, Sadie, Ani, Evi, Andi, Mason, Isak, Gerry, Walter, Emmett and Jack. He was preceded in death by sons Daryl and G...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners Wednesday adopted a resolution in support of the Gogebic Range Bank’s plans to develop the former Body Shop property in the Bessemer Industrial Park into office space. The Gogebic County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority received an application to develop the parcel that is considered “functionally obsolete.” Rudy Grbavcich, chairman of the GCBRA, and Neil Beckman, representing the bank, discussed the plans with the county board on Wednesday. Beckma...
Paul Alan LaBine WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Paul Alan LaBine, 57, of Watersmeet, Michigan, started his journey to the Spirit World on Jan. 9, 2018, with his family at his bedside from the Gogebic County Medical Care Facility in Wakefield. Paul Alan LaBine was born in the Ontonagon Memorial Hospital in Ontonagon, Michigan, to Beatrice and Cecil LaBine on June 28, 1960. He attended the Ewen-Trout Creek Senior High School in Ewen, Michigan, and graduated with the class of 1978. He was then employed by either the Sokaogon Chippewa Community in Mole L...
EWEN - Pass. Pass. Pass. Reset. Pass. Pass. Pass. And then maybe after 45 seconds, the Drummond Lumberjacks would put up a shot. On and on the methodical pace went, as the Ewen-Trout Creek Panthers were forced to partake in Drummond's grind-it-out style, which would be Exhibit A in why high school basketball should have a shot clock. But as disjointed as the flow became, E-TC hit just enough shots when it mattered to persevere 35-25 in a nonconference game Friday in Ewen. E-TC senior Jake Witt...
