Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - Tom Coverly, an international speaker and illusionist, spoke at Gogebic Community College Thursday to area middle and high school students about "destroying illusions" regarding young adult life. To begin his illusion act, Coverly asked a member of the audience who likes to read to participate and selected Jordan Giannunzio, a Luther L. High School student. Coverly and Giannunzio stood back-to-back. Coverly gave Giannunzio a copy of the...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - The Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital Board of Directors and Aspirus Inc. approved construction of an 8,210-square-foot expansion and renovation project of the hospital's emergency department. Engineering and design plans are in the process of being finalized. Project completion is set for March of 2017, according to a press release. The project will include addition of a new canopy entrance to the existing facility, new private emergency care rooms, new p...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors’ Finance Committee approved the purchase of the a videoconferencing system for the courtroom and jail Thursday. It will allow the court to conduct necessary business with both defendants and witnesses remotely. Iron County Judge Patrick Madden said the county is one of the last in the state to adopt the technology, which he referred to as “absolutely essential. “I’m going to tell you this, there are 70 counties in the state of Wisconsin that have vide...
Friday, Feb. 5 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 Village Housing, 100 Cane Court, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Friday Night Fight, 7:30 p.m., registration 4-7 p.m., Mt. Zion, Ironwood. Saturday, Feb. 6 Alcoholics Anonymous,...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Marion Esther Stierna, 99, of Ironwood, formerly of Melbourne, Fla., died peacefully Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood, with her loving daughter by her side. The former Marion Esther Juntunen was born June 17, 1916, in Holmes City, Minn., daughter of the late Edwin and Minnie (Heikkinen) Juntunen. When she was less than 11 months old, her family left Holmes City and brought Marion to a "wilderness" area north...
CRANDON, Wis. - Vernon D. McGeshick, "Ta-com-ma-wa-yoshi," 88, of Iron River, Mich., passed away Feb. 2, 2016, at the Crandon Nursing Home, Crandon. Vernon was born April 10, 1928, in Mole Lake, the son of William and Helen (Petterson) McGeshick. He was united in marriage to Ida Charlotte Ackley Oct. 8, 1949. Vernon served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He started working at Wells Manufacturing in 1955, retiring in 1995. In 1996 he moved to Iron River. He leaves behind five...
RAMSAY, Mich. — Ile R. Oja, 93, formerly of Sanders Road in Ramsay, passed away early Thursday morning, Feb. 4, 2016. She was born on Aug. 21, 1922, in Wakefield, a daughter of Elias and Maria (Hautaoja) Oja. Ile attended Wakefield High School and graduated in 1941. She continued her education at Suomi College in Hancock. Ile worked as a secretary for many years in Duluth, Minn., and Denver. She was a devoted member of All Saints Lutheran Church in Wakefield. Ile is survived by a sister, Sylvia Oja, Wakefield; her sister-in-law, Marie Oja, N...
MARQUETTE, Mich. - Donna May Jones, 71, of Watersmeet, passed away peacefully on Jan. 30, 2016, at Marquette General Hospital. She was born on May 23, 1944, in Georgetown Township. Donna is preceded in death by her siblings Rodger A. Crusan, Daniel Crusan, Marvin Lee Crusan, Norma McMaster and Dora Way. She is survived by her sister, Ruth Snyder; and eight children, Marion Visger Jr., Scott Visger, Valerie Pruden, Johnathan Jones, Amy Elko, Kathleen Wenberg, Laura Wendinger and Jeremy Jones....
