Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer city council meeting Monday evening had multiple turns and shifts. The ten prospective members of the next city council showed up and were in attendance, standing up together at one time so the residents in attendance could see them all at once in response to a question of who is running and how the election will happen during the public comment section at the end. This was the first time all the prospective candidates had...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College is celebrating 85 years in education this week in Ironwood. On Monday, GCC rolled out the proverbial red carpet to the student body and community by providing free hotdogs, bratwursts, sodas and potato chips to people dropping in. There was a spinning wheel outside the Lindquist Student Center for a free spin at a range of prizes. Jenna Thompson, a nursing student on campus, spun the wheel and took home a T-shirt...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — A December jury trial has been set for a Stevens Point, Wis., man who faces Iron County burglary charges. According to court records, Daniel Allan Erickson, 28, is scheduled for a Dec. 19-20 trial on 12 charges, including two felony burglary allegations. Erickson appeared in court earlier this month and his $50,000 signature bond remains in effect. He is being represented by Douglas Muskett. Erickson is charged in connection with burglaries in the Department of Motor Vehicles office at the H...
Tuesday, Oct. 17 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Aging Elder Benefit Specialist, 10 a.m. - noon, Boulder Junction Public Library & Community Center, Dairymen’s Meeting Room, 5392 Park Street, Boulder Junction. 715-385-2050. Blood Pressure Screening, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., with Regional Hospice nurses, Mill Street Garden, Bessemer. 906-663-0308. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Range Art Association, 1 p.m., 906 Boom, Ironwood. North Country Trail, 2 p.m., Aurora Club, Ironwood. 7... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - The Lord decided it was time for Maria Hellen, 90, of Erwin Township, to leave this earthly realm and called her peacefully Sunday morning, Oct. 15, 2017, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital, with her family by her side. She was born Maria Feraru on April 25, 1927, in Pancho, Romania, daughter of the late Vasile and Marita (Merisan) Feraru. Both her parents died when she was young and she was raised by an aunt and uncle. When World War II broke out, Maria was taken to Munich, Germany... Full story
KALISPELL, Mont. - Allan Jerome Wroblewski, 76, formerly of Bessemer, Mich., passed away at his home with family by his side in Kalispell on Oct. 13, 2017. Born on April 1, 1941, in Bessemer, to the late Andrew and Margaret (Hamel) Wroblewski, Al graduated from A.D. Johnston High School and attended Gogebic Community College. His love of travel and adventure started with his first job as a traveling sales man. The majority of his working career was at White Pine Copper Mine, Ison John Deere and... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - William J. "Bill" Vokolek, 89, of Hurley, Wis., died peacefully Thursday evening, Oct. 12, 2017, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood, with his loving family by his side. Bill was born July 3, 1928, in Nyack, N.Y., son of the late William and Marie (Pintrova) Vokolek, and graduated from high school in Spring Valley, N.Y. in 1948. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Air Force in Alabama, Korea, Alaska, Massachusetts and Vietnam... Full story
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Lillian I. Pluto, 92, of Bessemer, formerly of Ironwood, died peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017 in Wakefield. She was born August 1, 1925 in Tennyson, Ind., the daughter of the late Charles and Mrytle (Evans) Patmore. On August 11, 1941 she was united in marriage to Mike Pluto in Charleston, Mo. He preceded her in death on Feb. 2, 2002. Lillian had resided in Ironwood for many years, moving to Bessemer in 2012. Her family was the most important thing in Lillian's life. She... Full story
