Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - To reduce costs, the U.S. Army has decided to merge several Reserve units around the country, including closing the 312th Engineer Company in Hurley. The Reserve unit has been housed in the Hurley Industrial Park for more than 30 years and has rented the training center from the Iron County Resource Development Association, Inc. "The development corporation built the building and it was designed specifically for the Reserves," said Jack Giovanoni, president of the ICRDA. "Because of...
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By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER — Ther Bessemer City Council agreed on Monday to offer the city manager position to Charly Loper, of Anaconda, Mont. Over the course of several weeks, the city council has conducted numerous interviews. “We are very pleased with the individuals that did apply, “Mayor Kathy Whitburn said. “We had really great quality applicants.” After evaluating their options, the council agreed Loper is the right person for the job, Whitburn said. Loper has tentatively accepted the position, pending r...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — With the number of heroin overdoses in Ironwood and across the nation rising, the Ironwood Public Safety Department has trained and equipped its officers with Narcan, used in drug cases. “When officers arrive on the scene of overdoses with unconscious subjects, they can administer Narcan, which reduces the side effects of the substance the individual may have overdosed on,” said IPSD Director Andrew DiGiorgio, People who have overdosed and receive Narcan are then transported to Aspir...
Tuesday, Oct. 4 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Disabled American Veterans Northern Chapter 66, 6 p.m., Ironwood American Legion. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org....
ONTONAGON, Mich. - Virginia S. (Norman) Lindrus, 80, a resident of Ontonagon, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at home. She was born on Oct. 2, 1935, in Pelkie, the eldest daughter of the late Aale and Thelma (Haka) Maki. As a child, Virginia attended grade school in Mass City and later graduated from Baraga High School with the Class of 1953. Following graduation, Virginia worked in Houghton for attorney H.C. Schulte. On Sept. 10, 1955, Virginia was united in marriage to Norman...
MCALLEN, Texas - Another Veteran has said goodbye to this world for a better place in Heaven. Harry E. "Sarge" Brunelle, of Alamo, died Sept. 12, 2016, at McAllen Medical Center. Harry was born April 5, 1927, at home in Gile, Wis., to Harry and Josephine (Valle) Brunelle. Harry "Sarge" was a very proud veteran of the U.S. Army for 26 and a half years. He served in three wars. He was drafted in 1945 and sent to Austria and Germany with the U.S. Government Forces. In 1947, he was discharged and...
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. - Glen M. Pretti, 50, died on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, at his home with family at his side. He was born Nov. 21, 1965, to Louis and Mary K. (Moha) Pretti. He graduated from Hurley High School in 1984 and attended Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, Mich., where he played basketball for the Generals. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in real estate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1989. He was an independent commercial real estate broker for...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Gerald A. Worachek, 58, of Bergland, passed away Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood. Funeral services will be held at the Cane Funeral Home’s Bruce Crossing Chapel on Friday, Oct. 7, at 2 p.m. Friends may call at the funeral home one hour prior to the start of the service. Burial will be in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Bergland. The Cane Funeral Home-Bruce Crossing chapel is assisting the family....
