Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Blowing snow, combined with wind chill readings of 40 below, closed Gogebic Range schools for the second time this week on Wednesday. Visibility was poor and traffic was light on Wednesday morning. Overnight winds of up to 30 mph were reported throughout the area. The sun popped out in Ironwood around 10 a.m. Wednesday, but the downtown temperature still stood at minus 9 around noon and the thermometer wasn't predicted to hit positive numbers until today. At the Luther L. Wright School in...
IRONWOOD - The Aspirus Grand View Home Health team will soon begin offering home telemonitoring services to patients. Marcia Nelson, manager of AGVHH, said the new program is "a real opportunity for us to make a difference for the patients." The system has already set up at Aspirus Wausau and Aspirus Keweenaw, and Nelson said the programs at both locations seem to be working really well. The recording program is accessed through a tablet and can be used through a phone line, wifi or satellite....
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MINOCQUA, Wis. - Thomas T. Thompson, 88, of Hurley, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, in Minocqua,. He was born April 9, 1926, in Erwin Township, son of the late Theodore and Jennie (Niemi) Thompson. He was a graduate of the Lincoln High School in Hurley. Tom had worked in numerous positions as an equipment operator. On April 10, 1948, he was united in marriage with Doris L. Jenkin at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Ironwood by Father Moriarty. She preceded him in death on Nov. 9, 2014. Tom was a...
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — Mark Clifford Bruneau Jr., 72, of Chesterfield, died peacefully in the company of his family on Jan. 2, 2015. He was born in Milwaukee, Wis., July 16, 1942, to Gloria and Mark Bruneau, Sr., and moved as a baby to Hurley where he attended St. Mary’s Grade School and was raised by Gloria and James Enrietti. He graduated from J.E. Murphy High School and from Gogebic Community College. He also attended Kenosha Technical Institute, East Central Community College and the University of Tennessee. In 1971 he married Patricia Kraft i...
WICHITA, Kan. — Stella Light, 85, of Bruce Crossing, Mich., passed away Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, in Wichita, Kansas. She was born February 12, 1929, in Paynesville to George and Mary (Nayback) Nurkkala. She worked as a bookkeeper for the Co-op Creamery. She married Donald Light on Sept. 15, 1962, in Bruce Crossing, where they made their home. Stella was a member of the Ewen United Methodist Church and enjoyed skiing, hiking, baking and knitting. Stella is survived by her daughter, Gwen (Jeffrey) Young, of Wichita; grandchildren, Ken, Brendan, Kayl...
