Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By Tom Stankard [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Road Commission made progress Monday towards transfering ownership of the Lake Road spring discharge pipe to Ironwood Township. Road commissioner Roy D’Antonio said the board wants Ironwood Township to take over ownership of the spring. Darren Pionk, road commission engineer-manager, said the discharge pipe that people get water from is located on the road commission’s property. While exploring options to transfer ownership of the pipe, Pionk said the the road commi... Full story
By Jan Tucker [email protected] ONTONAGON - A public hearing on a proposed junk ordinance drew a larger than usual crowd at the Ontonagon Village Council meeting Monday night. The ordinance would not permit the storage or accumulation of any junk motor vehicles, junk equipment, debris, wreckage or parts of junk motor vehicles or junk equipment on any public right of way, public property or private property within the village unless they are wholly contained within a fully enclosed building... Full story
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — After 10 years of a fall archery deer hunt within the city of Ironwood, a 2016 season has not yet been approved. The city commission on Monday tabled a resolution that would have approved a limited hunt for this year, resulting in only 20 permits to hunters. With commissioners Rick Semo and Kim Corcoran absent, the resolution as tabled until the Sept. 26 meeting. City Manager Scott Erickson said the Department of Natural Resources still recommends having a hunt that would begin on Oct. 1. T... Full story
Tuesday, Sept. 13 Pickleball, 9-11 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Tiny Tot Story Hour, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Bessemer American Legion Post 27, 5 p.m., American Legion, Bessemer. Ironwood American Legion Post 5, 5:30 p.m.... Full story
NEENAH, Wis. - One of Lake Poygan's finest duck hunters, Robert L. Miller, 79, left this life on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, after living with multiple myeloma for 11 1/2 years. Bob was born Sept. 7, 1937, in Appleton, the second child of Nathan C. and Millicent (Eisenach) Miller. He graduated from Menasha High School in 1955, and began a career in the printing industry at the George Banta Company while still in high school. He started in the prep department and transferred to the customer service... Full story
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Nicole Suzanne Gibson, 37, and her unborn son, Kingston Bruce Gibson-Hall, formerly of Bruce Crossing, Mich., passed away unexpectedly Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, in Minneapolis. Nicole was born on May 13, 1979, at Grand View Hospital in Ironwood, Mich. She graduated from Ewen-Trout Creek High School in 1997 and attended Gogebic Community College for criminal justice. Nicole was previously employed by the state of Michigan as a corrections officer before moving to Minneapolis whe... Full story
STURGEON BAY, Wis. — Kathleen “Kathy” Ann Kujanson, 62, of Sturgeon Bay, formerly of Bessemer, Mich., passed away at her home on Aug. 16, 2016. She was born March 13, 1954, at Grand View Hospital in Ironwood, Mich., the daughter of Taisto A. Hendrickson and Elizabeth H. (Nowakowski) Hendrickson. Kathy attended St. Sebastian Catholic Church and School in Bessemer and graduated from Bessemer High School in 1972. She went on to study nursing at Gogebic Community College. On Sept. 22, 1973, Kathy married Dennis Kujanson at St. Sebastian Catho... Full story
HURLEY, Wis. - Gerri Nickel-Morin, 81, of Ironwood, Mich., passed away peacefully Saturday evening, Sept. 10, 2016, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 6, 1935, in Hurley, daughter of the late Emil and Catherine (Fragno) Hoeft. She graduated from J.E. Murphy High School where she was a member of the National Honor Society. Gerri worked for the Michigan Bell Telephone Company, P.J. Nickel Construction Company, and most... Full story
