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  • Montreal denied grant for new park

    Mar 10, 2022

    By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] MONTREAL, Wis. — Mayor Kelly Traczyk announced that the city of Montreal’s application for the Neighborhood Investment Fund grant was not approved at the common council’s regular meeting on Tuesday, but they are still waiting to hear back on two other grants they applied for. The common council hoped to use the Neighborhood Investment Fund to open a new park named Riverside Park on 22 acres of city property that would connect with regional trails and was modeled on Ironwood’s Downtown City Square. Tr...

  • Awkward Stage Drama Club returns with murder mystery

    Mar 10, 2022

    By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Awkward Stage Drama Club will return to the stage, after a prolonged intermission during the pandemic, for three performances of “Cafe Murder,” at the Golden Dragon in Ironwood on March 22-24. The youth theater group is a collaborative effort of the Ironwood Carnegie Library and the Historic Ironwood Theater. The troupe is comprised of 11 high school student actors from the Hurley, Ironwood, Bessemer, and Wakefield-Marenisco school districts, as well as some home-school students. Some...

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    Mar 10, 2022

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  • Lois Ann Maki

    Mar 10, 2022

    ISHPEMING TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Lois Ann Maki, age 64, of Ishpeming Township, and wife of Rev. Lauri O. Maki Jr., died on Sunday, March 6, 2022, at U.P. Health System-Marquette, in the loving and comforting care of her family. Born May 31, 1957, in Milwaukee, a daughter of Joseph L. and Jacquelyn Ruth (Bollinger) Struck Sr., Lois was raised in Milwaukee, graduating from Bay View High School with the class of 1976. In her later teens, Lois met the love of her life, Lauri Maki Jr., and on June 25,...

  • Angela Marie Contratto

    Mar 10, 2022

    BESSEMER, Mich. - Angela Marie Contratto passed away peacefully Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, at Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff, Wis., from dementia-related complications. The beloved and special daughter of Roy and Kathleen "Bella" Contratto was born on June 25, 1970, in Marquette. She grew up in the Bessemer area and was loved and cared for by her parents for all of her 51 years. She attended special education classes at Father Daniel Hall in Wakefield, as well as classes in Ironwood. In...

  • Marjorie M. (Wiitla) Mukavitz

    Mar 10, 2022

    MANSON, N.C. - Marjorie M. (Wiitla) Mukavitz of Manson, a former Ironwood, Michigan, resident, passed away at The Hundley Center in South Hill, Virginia, on Feb. 25, 2022. She graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood in 1953, and married Rudolph J. Mukavitz on Aug. 7, 1954. Margie started playing the accordion at the age of 12 years old. She entertained at many local parties and wedding receptions. She was later joined by Rudy Mukavitz on guitar as the Two Sharps in the 1950s....

  • Susan M. Kangas

    Mar 10, 2022

    PLOVER, Wis. — Susan Marie Kangas, our beloved aunt, passed away at age 67, on Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, at Generations Assisted Living in Plover. She was born Aug. 25, 1954, in Ironwood, Michigan, the daughter of the late Sulo and Hilma (Niemi) Kangas. Susie was a joy and a blessing to all that knew her. Having Down Syndrome made her see and love life in a simplistic way; laugh, love, and fill the days doing the things you love, and Susie did just that! When she was young, her favorite pastime was changing her Barbie’s outfits, coloring, and doi...

  • Community Calendar

    Mar 10, 2022

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, March 10 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet...

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