Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — There are new developments in the investigation into the March 12 fire that destroyed the Bear Trap Inn in Saxon, resulting in the death of a Kimball, Wis., woman. Lisa (Henning) Waldros, 52, a bartender at her sister’s tavern-restaurant business, was found dead in the rubble after the fire. Her body was found in the bathroom area of the structure, according to family members. An autopsy was performed in Madison. Iron County Judge Patrick Madden, who returned Wednesday from a trip to Ari...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners will sit down with the road commission board next month for a joint session and the location of the proposed new county garage will be one of the issues discussed. On a 4-3 vote, the county board on Wednesday moved to send a letter to the road commission saying the proposed new road commission building site off U.S. 2, on the south side of the highway and west end of Bessemer, would not be suitable for the building. “No one thinks it’s a safe site,...
MARENISCO - Ironwood resident Scott Wilson has been named the Ojibway Correctional Facility's Officer of the Year. Wilson has been working at the prison for 16 years, first as a food service leader and then as a corrections officer. He attended the Michigan Department of Corrections Officer Academy following privatization of the food service department in 2013, returning to Ojibway after graduation. "Officer Wilson has been recognized for his exemplary professionalism and attention to detail....
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Thursday, March 24 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., all welcome, The Inn Bed and Breakfast, Montreal, Wis. 906-663-0308. Pokemon Club, 4-5 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Free Community Easter Ham Dinner, 5-6:30 p.m., Wakefield United Methodist Church. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth,...
SALEM, Ore. - Margaret (Trudgeon) Kangas, 84, passed away Dec. 29, 2015, from pneumonia. Margaret once called herself a "putterist." "That's what I do; I putter," she said. In truth, she anticipated and took care of all the little details that came with supporting others. In addition to being a loved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Margaret had been a long-time school secretary, an early member of Trinity Covenant Church, a hospital volunteer and a career Navy officer's spouse....
