Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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WAUSAU, Wis. - Albert A. Piilola, 81, of Piilola Road, Ironwood Township, Mich., died Wednesday, July 13, 2016, in Wausau. He was born Feb. 8, 1935, in Ironwood, son of the late Nante and Femia (Waurio) Piilola. Albert attended the Roosevelt School in Ironwood Township. He worked in the woods and drove logging trucks. In Milwaukee, he was employed by Briggs and Stratton. Returning to the area, he was employed by Ahonen Lumber and then the Gogebic County Road Commission as a heavy equipment... Full story
DULUTH, Minn. - Anna M. Sullivan, 83, of Saxon, Wis., died peacefully Monday evening, July 11, 2016, surrounded by her loving family, at Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. The former Anna Ableman was born Aug. 28, 1932, in Edgerton, Wis., daughter of the late Gloyd and Elma (Reger) Ableman, and graduated from Edgerton High School. She then became a licensed practical nurse in 1952 and worked in the nursery at Milwaukee Hospital for four years. She married Jerry G. Sullivan on... Full story
Friday, July 15 Gogebic Conservation District, 10 a.m., Natural Resources Center, Bessemer. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Scrabble at the Mercer Library, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org.... Full story
MARENGO, Wis. - A third person died in the floodwaters of Monday's storm in northern Wisconsin. The Ashland County Sheriff's Department said an 82-year-old man was found dead early Thursday in a pickup truck in the floodwaters of the Marengo River. Authorities said the truck was found in the water near the bridge over the river in the town of White River. The sheriff's department said Elmer Lippo was an elected supervisor for the town of Marengo. Two others, an 84-year-old Illinois man, in...
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HURLEY — The Iron County Forestry and Parks Department has reopened most of the county’s all-terrain vehicle trails. According to information on the department’s website, all the trails are reopened, except for Trail 2, from its intersection with Trail 6 in Kimball, through Saxon and Gurney, to the Ashland County border. The trails had been closed following the storms that hit Iron and Gogebic counties Monday night, causing widespread flooding and road closures. The department asks that trail users obey all route closures, as wash-outs conti...
