Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Gogebic-Iron Area Narcotics Team's discovery of an active methamphetamine lab while executing a search warrant led to the temporary closure of a portion of Sunset Road Wednesday. Two people were arrested at E5193 Sunset Road. John Raymond Davis, 41, and Sara Anne Harris, 31, were arraigned in Gogebic County District Court in Bessemer Thursday, according to a GIANT press release. They are each charged with the same five...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER - The Gogebic County Road Commission signed an easement Thursday afternoon with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for the Ironwood to Bessemer walking-biking trail. Darren Pionk, commission manager-engineer, said the road commission is sponsoring the Michigan Department of Transportation grant. He said the DNR owns the land on which the trail will stretch. Pionk said it grants approval to construct a public recreation, non-motorize...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Walleyes in two Gogebic County lakes will be collected for mercury testing this spring after the ice cover leaves. The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission will survey Cisco and Thousand Island lakes in Gogebic County. Up to 12 adult walleyes will be taken from each lake for mercury testing, according to Mark Luehring, a fisheries biologist for GLIFWC, which has an office in Odanah, Wis. Mercury testing will be done at the Lake Superior Research Institute at the University of...
Friday, April 1 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 United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, 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,...
BESSEMER, Mich. - Margaret Elizabeth (Miskovich) Jurasin, 75, of Bessemer, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at her home, surrounded by loved ones. She was born May 10, 1940, on the Miskovich family farm just outside of Wakefield, the daughter of Steve and Mary (Grivicich) Miskovich. Margaret was one of 13 children, nine of whom were also born and raised right there on the farm. When she was about 16, a young Joe Jurasin received instructions from his father to deliver a problem...
DULUTH, Minn. — Allan John Kaare, 87, of Trout Creek, Mich., passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in Duluth. He was born on Dec. 29, 1928, in Agate, Mich., to the late Henry and Maria Kaare. On Aug. 8, 1959, Allan was united in marriage to Arlene Lespi. She preceded him in death in 1998. Allan was a graduate of Trout Creek High School. After graduation, he went on to Suomi College and then Northern Michigan University where he earned his teaching degree. Allan taught at Ewen-Trout Creek High School for 30 years, retiring in 1985. He s...
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Mary Lou Swanson, 86, passed away on March 28, 2016, in Green Bay. She was born in Muskegon, Mich., on Nov. 5, 1929. She graduated high school in Hurley. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Douglas, in 2010. The Swansons lived primarily in Upper Michigan and northern Wisconsin, and she moved to a senior independent living facility in Green Bay from Ashland (14 years) in 2014. Mary Lou is survived by four children, Christine Swanson, of Marquette, Mich., Jeannine Swanson (Troy Westervelt), of Eatonton, Ga., E...
