Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER - The Gogebic County Sheriff's Department announced Friday Marcella Boline has retired as coordinator for the Gogebic County Sheriff's Victim Service Unit. Boline began working for the unit as its coordinator 12 years ago. She said she was inspired to join the unit after being in a rollover accident in Canada. Shortly after the accident, Boline said the service unit there helped her get to a bus station and back home. Then, she said to "pay things forward," she began training to start... Full story
IRONWOOD - The city of Ironwood has finally found a suitor to occupy the industrial park speculation building that was constructed in 2003. On Monday, the city commission will consider selling the building and lots to Scandinavian Log Homes, now located off U.S. 2 in Kimball, Wis. According to a letter from Ironwood Community Development Director Michael Brown to the commission, the company would purchase the building and lot, plus an adjacent lot, for $100,000. The company would bring up to 10... Full story
HURLEY — A total of 91 students in the Hurley School District have unmet dental needs, according to Dr. Erin Cutler, who has been working with the school the past three years. She met with the Hurley School Board Monday to discuss how to get more children dental help. Through the Northlakes Dental Clinic out of Ashland, hygienists come into the Hurley K-12 school and screen children three times a year through a federal grant. When it’s determined the children have cavities, or other problems with their teeth, notes are sent home to the par... Full story
Saturday, Jan. 23 Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Sunday, Jan. 24 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org.... Full story
SHAWNEE, Okla. - Judi Forslund, 62, formerly of Ironwood, Mich., was called to be with her Father in Heaven on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in Shawnee. She was born Judith Eileen Negri on Feb. 21, 1953, at the Divine Infant Hospital in Wakefield, Mich. She was the third child of John D. Negri and Patricia J. (Hemkes) Negri. She attended school in Wakefield and later graduated in June 1971 from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. Upon her graduation, she began her education in cosmetology at... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Jeanette L. Barbacovi, 43, of West Francis Street, Ironwood, passed away unexpectedly due to medical complications on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, in Ironwood. She was born Jan. 30, 1972, in Skokie, Ill., daughter of John W. and Judith (Barringer) Barbacovi Sr. Jeannette attended Bessemer schools and graduated from the A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer with the class of 1990. She also attended Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, where she received an associate degree in... Full story
