Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Monday, Jan. 21 Gogebic County Health and Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m., Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Tai Chi, 9-10:15 a.m., Mercer Community Center, 715-776-3993. Strong Bones class, 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.. Mercer Community Center. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Adult Poetry Group, 5:30 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church,... Full story
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] UPSON, Wis. - Despite a Friday fire that destroyed its main lodge, the Whitecap Mountains Resort was open for business on Saturday. "The lifts were operational as of 8:30 a.m. this morning," said Summer White Eagle, who handles marketing for the resort. Shortly past noon on Saturday, she said, "hundreds of people" already had visited the resort that day, which is operating from its nearby hotel and continuing to host recreational groups as planned.... Full story
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Marjorie A. "Marge" Burt, 97, of Bessemer, passed away on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, in Wakefield. Marge was born in Ironwood, daughter of the late Edward and Rose (Dalbac) Lundgren on April 11, 1921. She moved to Bessemer in 1934. She attended Bessemer schools and graduated from A.D. Johnston High School with the class of 1939. Marge was employed by The Ableman Company, retiring in 1981. On Oct. 19, 1946, she was married to Jack Burt at St. Sebastian Catholic Church in Bessemer.... Full story
MARENISCO — Two people were killed Friday evening in a head-on collision of two snowmobiles on Lake Gogebic Friday evening. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post along with deputies from the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to the call of a snowmobile personal injury accident at 7:12 p.m. The accident occurred on Lake Gogebic near the Lake Gogebic State Park, approximately 500 feet from shore, according to a Michigan State Police report. “A 23-year-old male from Riverton Ill., was involved in a head-on colli...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MERCER - Snowmobiles may have outnumbered other vehicles Saturday in the parking lot next to the Mercer Sno-Goers' groomer barn as club members threw their annual Winter Blast. The event began at 8 a.m. with a three-hour pancake breakfast, which transitioned to a pig roast that lasted for several more hours. Meanwhile, raffles, Sno-Goers merchandise sales, and children's activities took place steadily until live music began in the late afternoon. Although...
