Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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MERCER, Wis. — Mercer resident Jane Zillmer has been selected as a semifinalist for the 2013 American Quilter’s Society QuiltWeek show in Paducah, Ky., April 24-27. Her quilt, “Oh, Mexico Beach,” along with 401 others, was chosen to go on display and will be judged. Winners will receive first, second or third prizes in 15 different categories, along with nine overall awards being given. The show is expected to draw more than 30,000 people, and quilts were entered from 46 states and 11 countri...
IRONWOOD — The city of Ironwood received a “clean opinion” in the 2011-12 audit that was reviewed by the city commission in a work session on Monday. Tony Pollack, of Joki, Makela, Pollack and Ahonen, reviewed the 100-plus-page audit for the one-year period extending to July 1, 2012. A clean opinion is the best type of report an audited municipality may receive from an auditing firm. Pollack said there was a $1,264,000 general fund balance and it had increased $219,000 during the fiscal year, a good sign. The audit was somewhat unusual in th...
WATERSMEET — The Lac Vieux Desert Tribe presented its semi-annual revenue sharing funds to Watersmeet Township and Watersmeet Township School officials Friday afternoon at the casino. The funds, also known as 2 percent funds, are presented to local units of government twice a year as part of 1994 compact with the state, according to tribal board vice chair and 2 percent committee member Joette Pete-Baldwin. On Friday, the township received a check for $158,235. The school’s check was for $22,500. According to Pete-Baldwin, any group, thr...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Helen A. Kaltenbach, 88, of Ironwood, formerly of Crystal Lake, Ill., died Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Ironwood. Helen was born Dec. 26, 1924, in Toledo, Ohio, to the late Clarence and Helen (Devine) Koester. She was a member and past president of the American Legion Auxiliary, William Chandler Post 171, in Crystal Lake. She was also a member of Bethany Lutheran Church in Crystal Lake. She married George W. Kaltenbach on Aug. 3, 1946. He preceded her in death on Sept. 22, 2008. Helen is survived by two sons, Douglas (Kathy),...
SPRING HILL, Fla. — Charlotte Hecht, 74, passed away at her home in Spring Hill on March 8, 2013. Survivors include her husband, Donald; daughter, Connie Lindmeier (TJ); grandson, Jake; and special friends, Beverly and Bill Koepko and Linda and Bob Woods. Char was a nursing instructor at Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, Mich., from 1976 to 1994. Don and Char were the original owners of the Country Pub on Black River Road. During her retirement, she enjoyed golf, skiing, traveling, volunteer work for hospice and any time spent with a w...
GREEN BAY, Wis. — People say you can never go home again. University of Wisconsin-Green Bay women’s basketball coach, Kevin Borseth, is living proof that this expression can be untrue, at least in regard to Borseth’s coaching career and his travels throughout the Midwest. Many people in this area know of the Bessemer native’s coaching journey but some do not. Every place that Borseth has coached, from Gogebic Community College to Michigan Tech University to UW-Green Bay twice and to the Univers...
To the Editor: On behalf of the Western U.P. Center for Science, Math and Environmental Education, I would like to thank the Wolverine Ski Trails for the use of the trails and chalet for conducting my outdoor science field trips. During the first week in March, Ironwood students in third though sixth grade participated in hands-on ecology activities and also went snowshoeing at Wolverine. A special thank you to Sulo Romo, who volunteers at Wolverine throughout the winter. In addition to keeping the trails and chalet in order, he helped...
