Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - While the temperatures didn't necessarily reflect the event's name, area runners took to the streets of Bessemer and Bessemer Township Saturday for the Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency's annual Frozen Rundra walk and run. Participants could choose either a 2-mile run, 3-mile walk or 6-mile run, according to race organizer Missy Rhenlund, along a course that would run through Anvil Location with turn offs for the shorter...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER - With lights flashing and the horn sounding, a fire truck delivered Santa to the Mercer Community Center Saturday night. The kids gathered at the center ran out to meet Santa before following him inside and forming a line to tell him what they wanted for Christmas. Each child got the chance to sit on Santa's lap to tell him what they wanted for Christmas and have a photo taken. At least 30 children attended the event, and received gift bags...
ONTONAGON — The annual Aspirus Ontonagon Christmas Concert will be held Friday, Dec. 11, at the Ontonagon Theater of the Performing Arts. The event will benefit both the Aspirus Laboratory and Long-Term Care Facility. The 7 p.m. concert, which is organized and staged by Foundation President Jim Jessup, will feature some familiar voices and some new to the Christmas show. Jessup, Yvonne, Blake, Jennifer, Genevieve and Veronica Weaver, and Jim Brogan return to the stage and are joined this year by Bob Hiltunen, who is not new to the Ontonagon T...
Monday, Dec. 7 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Chess Club, 4 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library, Ironwood. Carnegie Young Authors and Illustrators Group, 4:30 p.m., Luther L. Wright school library. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Sports Hall of Fame, 6 p.m., Luther L. Wright School, room 205. Iron County Republican Party, 6 p.m., Oma Town Hall. MECCA Ski...
BRUCE CROSSSING, Mich., — Garlen WesIey “Butch” Nara, 66 of Bruce Crossing, passed away on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015 at his home surrounded by loved ones. Butch was born in Wakefield to Wesley and Gerty Nara on March 19, 1949. He attended high school in Ewen and graduated from Northern Michigan University. He worked for Chrysler Corporation untiI he retired and moved back home to the U.P. Butch is survived by his father, Wesley, his daughter Amanda (Mandy) of HazeI Park, Mich., Sheila (Ches)Johnson of Kenton, Mich., his twin sister Gail (Bill...
