Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - A recent announcement by the U.S. General Services Administration about auctioning off lighthouses has brought some confusion in Ontonagon. While the Associated Press reported "three historic Great Lakes lighthouses owned by the federal government are going on the auction block," the navigational light for sale in Ontonagon is the "breakwater light" on the pier which sticks out into Lake Superior and not the 153-year-old lighthouse on shore closer...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - People stood with hands over hearts as Festival Ironwood officially began Thursday afternoon in Depot Park. Bob Cannon, chaplain for Ironwood's American Legion Post 5 opened the ceremony with a blessing and a prayer after Veronica Bolton sang the National Anthem. "Eternal Father we pray to you to bless the Ironwood festival of 2019 and give us fair weather, give us patience and understanding, for all our patrons, young and old. Give us...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — Following several car break-ins earlier this week, the Ironwood Public Safety Department is reminding residents about steps they can take to reduce the chance they are targeted. He made clear the problem isn’t isolated to a specific area, or even to the city of Ironwood. “It was primarily over one night recently, but there’s been other nights in the past … where people have reported their vehicles have been entered,” said IPSD Sgt. Matt Sterbenz. “Not only in our area, but Hurley has ha...
Friday, July 19 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. 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. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Government Iron County...
Sharon E. (Johnson) Rickard WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Sharon E. (Johnson) Rickard, 76, of Wakefield, formerly of Eagle River and Stevens Point, Wis., passed away on July 13, 2019, at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield. Sharon was born Oct. 15, 1942, in Ironwood, the daughter of the late Carl Oscar and Myrtle Marie (Erickson) Johnson. She graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer in 1960. She worked at the local Brown's Café while in high school and college. Sharon attended Gogebic...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Judith Marie Reisch, 73, formerly of Jemez Springs, N.M., passed away peacefully Saturday, June 8, 2019 in Charlottesville surround by her family, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. Judy was born March 15, 1946 in Bessemer, Mich. to the late Emmanuel and Mary Facchinello. She was happily married to Harry Reisch for 43 years and raised three children. Judy was employed by Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church for numerous years before moving on to Medical...
