Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By JEAN NORDINE [email protected] EWEN - Kids across the region headed back to class Tuesday. The halls were a bustling at the Ewen-Trout Creek school on the opening day of the 2018-19 school year. A "School Rocks!" poster, created by juniors Gracie Witt and Paige Berglund, was in the elementary wing and featured a school desk at which the children sat to have their pictures taken. Outside the building sported new black and gold pennant flags, E-TC's school colors. There are a total...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - When the Michigan Department of Corrections announced last week it will close Ojibway Correctional Facility by Dec. 1, it provoked ongoing protest via demonstration, petitions, signs along U.S. 2, and a whole lot of informal ire on the part of local citizens. No such objection occurred, however, at Monday's regular meeting of the Wakefield-Marenisco Board of Education. "Despite the bad news on the prison, I'm optimistic," said superintendent...
By JEAN NORDINE [email protected] EWEN — After Ewen-Trout Creek School District Principal-Superintendent Alan Tulppo accepted the position of general education director with the Gogebic- Ontonagon Intermediate School District, E-TC decided to split the vacant position into a part-time superintendent and full-time principal. Dave Radovich, former superintendent at Bessemer, has accepted the part-time superintendent job and E-TC teacher Patti Witt was hired as full-time principal. Radovich grew up in Ontonagon before leaving the area i...
IRON RIVER, Mich. - Kurt Talsma, 52, slipped peacefully into his Savior's arms July 27, 2018, at Aspirus Iron River Hospital, Iron River. Kurt was born March 12, 1966, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the son of John and Patricia (Spike) Talsma. He was baptized April 17, 1966, and confirmed May 18, 1980. Kurt attended Caledonia Public Schools and was active in the Kent County 4-H program before he moved with his family to Bruce Crossing in 1981. Kurt graduated from Ewen-Trout Creek High School in...
Friday, July 20 Festival Ironwood; live music, kids’ activity day, photo booth, pie social, farmers market, bean bag toss tournament, pool tournament, Depot Park, Ironwood. Coffee With A Cop, Contrast Coffee, 8 a.m. GOISD Special Education activity, 8 a.m., Depot Park. Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Ontonagon County Senior Fest, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Ewen-Trout Creek School. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 7...
MARQUETTE, Mich. - Reino Emil Alanen, 90, passed away Monday, July 16, at the DJ Jacobetti Home for Veterans in Marquette. He was born to Emil and Rosa (Tienhaara) Alanen on May 3, 1928, on a farm near Bruce Crossing. Reino's spent his early years on the farm. Later he worked at the Brown Lee Sawmill in Toivola and laid sod for Snowden near Bruce Crossing before moving to Detroit, where he worked on the assembly line at Packard Cars. In September 1950 he was inducted into the Army. He served in...
Thursday, July 19 Festival Ironwood; live music, art reception, dart tournament; Depot Park, Ironwood. Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Av. tennis courts, if raining, Ironwood Memorial Building. Red Cross Blood Drive, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Gogebic Community College, E4946 Jackson Rd. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. “Civil War Songs” with Charlie Sup...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Residents can once again cool off at Little Girl's Point and several other area beaches and parks, after the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department's latest round of testing showed E.coli levels had improved enough to reopen them. A total of 26 locations the health department is monitoring are reopen, according to the health department Saturday, with another seven locations under an advisory for users to swim at their own...
FOX CROSSING, Wis. - Don Johnson Jr., 91, of Fox Crossing, formerly of Bruce Crossing, Mich., passed away peacefully on March 21, 2018 at home with his family by his side after a brief illness. Don was born Oct. 4, 1926 in Bergland Township, Mich. to the late Don Sr. and Lorena (Lowe) Johnson. Don graduated from Ewen High School with the class of 1944. Don joined the Navy and served his country during World War II. After discharge from the Navy, Don returned home to work with his father at...
DES MOINES, Iowa – Tim Borseth, 48, of Truro, formerly of Bergland, Mich., passed away Saturday evening, June 16, 2018, in Des Moines. Tim was born on Aug. 5, 1969, in Wakefield, Mich., a son of Thomas and Connie (Londo) Borseth. He attended school in Bergland, Wakefield and graduated from Ewen-Trout Creek High School. Tim later attended Northern Michigan University and graduated with a business degree. Tim was active in sports. In high school he participated in basketball, baseball and tennis....
EWEN — With the resignation of Ewen-Trout Creek Superintendent Alan Tulppo, the school district is looking for a leader. The E-TC School Board accepted Tulppo’s resignation Wednesday. He said he has accepted the position of director of general education at the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District. He will begin his duties there on July 2. The school board subsequently posted several different scenarios for his replacement, including an internal posting calling for a K-12 principal, as well as external postings for a part-time sup...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Bertha Helen Huhtala, 94, a long-time resident of Bruce Crossing, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2018, at the Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield. Bertha was born on March 17, 1923, in Topaz, the daughter of William Jacob and Alina (Latvala) Maki. She graduated from Bergland High School and attended two years of college. On July 25, 1947, Bertha was united in marriage to Oscar Alfred Huhtala in Bruce Crossing. She and Oscar opened their home for many gatherings for...
By Jan Tucker [email protected] EWEN — Even as the 2017-18 school year is winding down, the Ewen-Trout Creek board is already planning for the next school year. Student scheduling and staffing took front and center at the recent ETC board meeting. Superintendent Alan Tulppo reported that student scheduling for the next year is complete for grades 6-12 and the master schedule is being developed. Tulppo noted there is a possibility of not offering physics for the 2018-19 year due to low student requests for the course, but if the class is n...
EWEN, Mich. - Dorothy was born on May 21, 1925, to Rena and Harry Fleming in Breckenridge, Minn. The family moved to Ewen and then to Maple Grove on Taylor Road. At age 12, Dorothy lived and worked for her Aunt Bernice (Taylor) Greeno at the Greeno Hotel in Ewen, where she graduated from school in 1943. After graduation she went to Detroit with Jane (McCory) Huhtala and worked for the war efforts as a stamp operator and attended beauty school. While working as a stamp operator, she injured and...
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...
