Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - The Iron County Health Department conducted its fifth annual Breast Cancer Awareness event at Sharon's Coffee Company Monday. Thirty-five women attended, designed to raise awareness about breast cancer, as well as honor survivors. A key focus of this year's event was the role exercise can play in reducing the risk of breast cancer. The evening began with a walk of the new Gateway Trail that starts at the Montreal River, behind Sharon's. The walk was led by Andrea Newby, the family livin...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Historic Ironwood Theatre will play Alfred Hitchcock’s famed silent movie, “The Lodger,” on Halloween at 7:30 p.m. Released to the masses in 1927, “The Lodger” is Hitchcock’s last silent movie. Legend has it Hitchcock once considered this his “true suspense film.” In the silent film, a serial killer known as the “Avenger” is on the loose, murdering blonde women in London. A mysterious man arrives at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting, looking for a room to rent. The Bunting daughter...
Friday, Oct. 23 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. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m., library. 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. Government Aging Unit of Iron County, 1 p.m., Hurley Senior...
LAKE GOGEBIC, Mich. - David L. VanDonsel, 70, of Lake Gogebic, formerly a longtime resident of Green Bay, Wis., passed away early Thursday morning, Oct. 22, 2015, after a short, but very courageous battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his loving wife, daughters, sons-in-law, grandchildren and his beloved companion, Daisy. Dave was born on Dec. 27, 1944, in Green Bay, a son of Cyril "Bud" and Marcella (Micksch) VanDonsel. He attended Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School and was a member of...
BESSEMER, Mich. - Beulah Mae "Bootsie" Banfield, 84, of Bessemer, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Bootsie was born on Dec. 12, 1930, in Hardwood, a daughter of Carl and Lena (Rudolph) Peronto. She attended Iron Mountain High School and graduated in 1948. On Dec. 15, 1951, Beulah was united in marriage to Douglas Raymond Banfield. With Doug serving in the U.S. Navy, they made their home in many parts of the United States and in Spain for two years. She was employed by the U.S. Forest Service...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Cloe Dean Livingston, 81, of Ironwood Township, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. The former Cloe Dean Mortensen was born Feb. 25, 1934, in Hurley, Wis., daughter of the late John and Signa (Peterson) Mortensen, and attended J.E. Murphy High School. She was married to Robert L. Livingston on June 30, 1951, at the First Presbyterian Church in Hurley, by the late Rev. C.L. Harries. Bob preceded her in death...
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Rachel Katherine Sollman, 94, of Custer, passed away on Oct. 18, 2015, at the Rapid City Regional Hospice House in Rapid City. Rachel was born in Bessemer, Mich., on Dec. 30, 1920, to Oscar E. and Anna (Mattson) Korpi. She is survived by her daughter, Lorna (Larry) Reichenberg, of Custer; son, Larry Sollman, of Stillwater, Minn.; Gary (Terri) Sollman, of New Richmond, Wis.; sister, Elsie Honkala, of Pittsburg, Pa.; 11 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. A graveside memorial will be held 11 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2...
