Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer Area School District Board of Education shrugged off the cold Thursday morning to elect new officers and vote on a school bond application. In a unanimous vote, the board accepted a motion to forward a bond application to the state’s treasury office. The bond requires demolishing of the Washington Elementary School and expansion of the A.D. Johnston school to be split and considered separate efforts, although the district is not beholden to destruction and can still sell the...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A Ramsay man was sentenced to prison on drug and other charges in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Martin Daniel Stein, 32, was sentenced to a minimum of 28 months in prison and a maximum of 15 years for possession of methamphetamine. He was also sentenced to 90 days for a misdemeanor illegal entry charge. Stein pleaded guilty to the two charges in November as part of a plea agreement that dismissed a charge of possessing meth on school/library property. The agreement also called f...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Seven years ago Mark Fitting had an idea to start a regular snowshoeing group in Ironwood for local residents to get together and walk the trails. He talked to his friend, Sam Davey, about organizing the weekly events and said he would take care of the post-walk chow arrangements if Davey would organize the walks. Davey agreed and the Superior Snowshoe Walking group was born. On Wednesday evening, the group met at the Michigan welcome cente...
Friday, Jan. 6 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. EDT, 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. Saturday, Jan. 7 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School...
MARENISCO, Mich. - Annette Koliba, 96, of Marenisco, passed away peacefully Tuesday evening, Jan. 3, 2017, at her home, surrounded by her loving family and friends. Because of her playful nature and kindness and generosity towards all who met her, she was affectionately given the name Grandma Loop by her dear friends. Annette was born on Sept. 16, 1920, in Detroit, to Polish immigrants, John and Mary (Strzepak) Dybowski. She lived most of her life on the same street in an established Polish...
