Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Tuesday, Jan. 29 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon., Ironwood Memorial Building. A Matter of Balance, 10 a.m.-noon, first floor conference room, Aspirus Ironwood Hospital, 906-663-4045. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention, 4 p.m., Bessemer city hall a...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood City Commission at its Monday meeting approved a new ordinance outlining rules about the consumption of alcohol in various city parks. The ordinance was re-written to specify which parks allow the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages and which ones will require a permit. Even the parks where consumption is allowed - Curry, Randa Field and Norrie parks - still require a permit for groups of 10 or more. City...
GURNEY, Wis. - Robert "Snuffy" Parrell Ofstad, 88, of Gurney, Wis., passed away with his family by his side on Jan. 27, 2019. Robert was born Aug. 5, 1930 in Superior, Wis., to parents Inga (Swanson) and Parrell Ofstad, of Superior. He attended Superior Central High School in Superior; and after graduation, he moved to Gurney, Wis. He met Doris Rowe, and they married in 1952. In 2018, they celebrated 66 years of marriage. Over the years, Robert worked at various locations through the region...
ONTONAGON, Mich. - Germaine Marie (Kaiser) LeMoine, 101, a longtime resident of Ontonagon, passed into Heaven on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Germaine was born on April 1, 1917, in Rockland, a daughter of Victor Lawrence and Exilda Agnes (Verville) Kaiser. She attended Roger Clark School and graduated from Rockland High School in June 1934. Following graduation, Germaine attended secretarial school at Ferris State College and earned her bachelor of arts degree from Green Bay Business College in...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Robert Gust "Butchie" Kangas, 80, of Wakefield, and a resident of Gogebic Medical Care Facility, died on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. He was born in Ironwood on Jan. 17, 1939, son of Gust and Lillian Kangas. Robert is survived by his siblings, Marvin (Helen) Kangas, Bessemer, Bernice (Florian) Supercynski, Aurora, Colo., Joyce Hession, Saline, Deloris (John) Stefanik, Greendale, Wis., Arla (Sulo) Romo, Ironwood and Larry (Diane) Kangas, Wakefield; brother-in-law, Donald Cvengros, as...
TOMAH, Wis. - Gregory David Arthur, 62, of Tomah, passed Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. Greg was born Aug. 15, 1956, in Milwaukee, to David and Shirley (Albanese) Arthur. He was a graduate of Luther L. Wright High School, in Ironwood, Mich., served in the U.S. Army as a tactical circuit controller, and worked in the Illinois and Wisconsin area. He is survived by his brother, Steve (Ann) Arthur; sister, Carol (Greg) Collien; daughter, Angela (Christopher) Kortemeier; grandchildren, Mariah and Aydan; his...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield city council voted Monday to offer a contract to Robert Brown, Jr. of Belding, Mich., who interviewed for the position of city manager. The council met with Brown, 36, on Jan. 14. Three other candidates were interviewed on Jan. 17, after which the council met on Jan. 23 to determine their first choice to fill the role from which Richard Brackney will retire on May 24. Brackney said mayor John Granato drew up the contract, which...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The township board heard from its ad hoc salary committee Monday. However, with competing motions both failing, it’s unclear what the board will do with the information. Trustee Marlene Saari-Mieloszyk led the committee — that also included Trustee Kevin Lyons and resident Sharon Hallberg — tasked with examining how the three township officials that work in the office should get raises this year. She said they discovered the clerk and treasurer haven’t been compensat...
