Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Work is underway to repair the Oman's Creek boat launch at Little Girl's Point after it was damaged in the flooding that resulted from the July 11 storm. Work on repairing the launch began in early October, according to Jeff Gaertner, the park manager for the Porcupine Mountains State Park and Lake Gogebic area with the Department of Natural Resources. He said the schedule calls for the work to be completed in three to four...
PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS - The A.D. Johnston High School's earth science class recently traveled from Bessemer to the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park for a copper mining field trip. Students started at the visitor center and then traveled to the miners camp at the entrance to the Carp Lake mine. Park interpreter Bob Wild of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources explained how the mine started in 1928 and stretches 1,400 feet into the escarpment where it forms a T, going 600 feet to...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — Tom Bergman will make the move across the Montreal River to accept the job as Ironwood’s Community Development Director. Bergman has been working as the Iron County Planning, Zoning and Land Department administrator in the courthouse at Hurley. Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson told the city commission on Monday that Bergman had accepted the job and will begin work on Nov. 7. Interviews were held previously. “We had some good candidates and are pleased Tom accepted the job offer...
Tuesday, Oct. 11 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
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Lawrence J. Levra, 82, of Hurley, Wis., died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, in Ironwood. Lawrence was born Jan. 28, 1934, in Iron Belt, Wis., son of the late John and Minnie (Rosetti) Levra. He attended Iron Belt schools, graduating from the Iron Belt High School with the class of 1952. From Feb. 17, 1954, until Feb. 16, 1956, he served in the U.S. Army, where he received the National Defense Service and Good Conduct medals. Locally, Lawrence was employed in the Montreal Mine and the... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Elaine V. Swanbeck, 93, of Ironwood, died peacefully early Friday morning, Oct. 7, 2016, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood, surrounded by her loving family. The former Elaine Leinonen was born April 3, 1923, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Matthew and Linnea (Krankkala) Leinonen, and attended Roosevelt and McKinley Grade Schools and Luther L. Wright High School. She was united in marriage to Herbert E. Swanbeck on Nov. 24, 1945, at... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Vivian S. Sokolowski, 85, of Hurley, Wis., and a former longtime Ironwood resident, died peacefully Sunday morning, Oct. 9, 2016, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood, surrounded by her loving family. The former Vivian Riihimaki was born March 16, 1931, in Montreal, Wis., daughter of the late Eero and Sofia (Pihlaja-Kuhna) Riihimaki. She attended Hurley schools and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in 1948. She was united in marriage to John L. Sokolowski on Feb.... Full story
