Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Daniel Gerald Ferguson, 26, an escapee from the Gogebic County Jail in Bessemer on Monday, was captured Friday afternoon, ending an intensive manhunt. The sheriff's office released information it received a tip Ferguson was hiding in a residence in the city of Bessemer where he was apprehended without incident Friday around 2 p.m. Sightings with Ferguson's ex-girlfriend and other possible sightings were described on the Gogebic Cou...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission will act on awarding bids for demolishing two eyesore structures on Monday. The demolitions are part of the continuing Hardest Hit grant program that has allowed the city to remove dozens of eyesores in the past several years. On Monday, commissioners will consider approving bids to Snow Country Contracting, Inc., for the demolition and removal of structures at 213 Greenbush St. for $9,308 and 330 King St. for $12,990. A third bid for razing a commercial s...
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] While Iron County again had the worst unemployment rate in Wisconsin in May, there was substantial improvement in the job numbers. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reported this week the unemployment rate in Iron County improved from 7.6 percent in April to 5.3 percent in May. A year ago it was 7.1 percent. Ashland County improved from 4.7 percent in April to 3.8 percent in May. Vilas County went from 5.4 percent to 3.4 percent and neighboring Oneida County dropped from 4 percent to...
Saturday, June 24 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, June 25 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, June 26 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics A... Full story
IRON BELT, Wis. - Patrick Sean Mullen, 62, of Iron Belt, was lifted from the loving embrace of his children on June 16, 2017. Patrick was born in Ironwood, Mich., to Patricia (Nolan) and Donald Mullen on Nov. 12, 1954. Growing up, he helped build the family cottage along with his siblings at Island Lake. He liked to refer to himself as "the farm boy from Brooklyn," having lived there as a child. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in the early 1970s, serving aboard the USS Charles P. Cecil, a destroyer... Full story
BATAVIA, Ill. - On June 12, 2017, Clyde C. Bohn, while living at the Holmstad Retirement Community in Batavia, took his final laboring breath after years of chronic illness. The illnesses that shorted his life were Emphysema, COPD and cancer stemming from prostate cancer. In the last several months, the family was provided wonderful care through Hospice and Michealsen Health Center. Clyde's family and friends were with him in life's journey and brought great comfort through prayers and... Full story
HURLEY, Wis. - I. Elaine Esterline, 82, of Villa Maria in Hurley, and formerly of North Bessemer, Mich., passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Ironwood, Mich. She was born Dec. 23, 1934, in Bessemer, daughter of the late Carl and Ina (Kangas) Lahti. Elaine attended the Roosevelt Grade School and graduated from the Luther L. Wright High School with the class of 1953. Elaine was employed in Ann Arbor, Mich., as a telephone operator. She was also... Full story
HANCOCK, Mich. — Elsa Irene Keranen (Lukkari) Robb, a long-time resident of the Houghton County Medical Care facility, ascended to glory on June 22, 2017. She was born on Jan. 4, 1925, in Wainola to parents John and Anna Keranen. She grew up on the farm with her nine siblings and graduated from Mass High School in 1943. After graduation, Elsa worked in Detroit, inspecting airplane parts at a Packard factory and readying them for use in World War II. She returned home, met, and married Hugo Lukkari and they settled in Rousseau, where they began... Full story
