Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — At the Iron County Forestry and Parks Committee meeting last week, department head Eric Peterson said they anticipated that the county ATV/UTV trails would open by the end of the month. On Monday, officer manager and trail coordinator Tara Krall confirmed that they will indeed open at 8 a.m. on Friday. “Please stay on marked ATV/UTV trails and routes, as off trail riding is trespassing and can cause loss of trail use. Be aware of changing trail conditions due to wind or rain,” Krall said...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Monica Kay Valkama, age 50, of Ironwood, passed away on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, unexpectedly at her home. Monica was born on Jan. 1, 1972, daughter of Donald and Janice Valkama of Saxon, Wisconsin. She graduated from Hurley High School in 1991, and attended Gogebic Community College to earn her degree in cosmetology. Monica is survived by her significant other, William Mieloszyk; mother, Janice Valkama; children, Michael Jr., Kaycey and Kodey Henning of Hurley; brother, Richie...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD - The author of the 2021-2022 Great Michigan Read "The Women of the Copper Country," Mary Doria Russell, was invited to Cold Iron Brewing by the Ironwood Carnegie Library for a "meet the author" session on Thursday. Russell said that the idea for her historical fiction novel "came literally out of left field" as she was sitting in her living room waiting for a baseball game to start one afternoon. She then stumbled upon a PBS documentary...
MONTREAL, Wis. - Paul Michael Henning, 59, of Montreal, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at his home. Paul was born on April 17, 1962, in Tacoma, Washington, a son of Michael Paul and Lynda Kay Paulette (Eilo) Henning. He grew up in Kimball and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley with the class of 1980. Paul proudly served his country in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1981 to 1995. He was an active member of the Mercier-Kero American Legion Post 371 in Saxon. On Aug....
DULUTH, Minn. — Kevin R. Luoma, “The Luoma-nator,” 71, of Ironwood, Michigan, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, at Essentia Health Hospital in Duluth with his family by his side. Kevin was born in Bessemer, Michigan, on Aug. 9, 1950, to the late Roy Luoma and Helen Niemi. He graduated from J.E Murphy High School in Hurley, Wisconsin, in 1968. Kevin served in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1970 to 1976. He was then employed as a laborer throughout his lifetime by Schultz Mobile Homes, the S...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Lynne Michelle (Manzanares) Pedri, 59, of Hurley, passed away unexpectedly Friday, March 4, 2022, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital. Lynne was born Sept. 12, 1962, in Ironwood, the daughter of Joe and Joyce (Olson) Manzanares. She attended Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood and graduated in 1980. She was previously married to Allan "Elmo" Pedri for 23 years. She recently retired after 32 years at the Hurley Public Library. While there she made many lifelong friends and...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - Terra-X - a new kind of snowmobile racing created by the Mid America Snowmobile Tournament of Expert Riders - took over the Iron County Fairgrounds on Saturday. The event was brought to Saxon by the Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce, White Thunder Riders, and the Iron County Fair Board. "This is only the second time that it was ever done. It went very good. Everybody from the drivers to the parents was very happy and they're all hoping we do...
GURNEY, Wis. - William "Bill" Galarno, a longtime resident of Gurney, Wisconsin, passed away on Monday Feb. 21, 2022, where he resided at the home of his daughter Denise and son-in-law Jeff Sprangers in Woodruff. Bill was born in Ashland, on May 3, 1930, the son of David and Helen Galarno. On Dec. 9, 1950, he married his soulmate Charlotte Youngs. Together they raised a family of eight children. Bill had many interesting jobs during his life including a diamond driller, a wheel's man on the...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] SAXON, Wis. — The Mid America Snowmobile Tournament of Expert Riders will bring their latest form of racing — Terra-X — to the Iron County Fairgrounds in Saxon on Saturday. T he event is sponsored by the Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce, White Thunder Riders, and the Iron County Fair Board. Hurley Chamber Director Rita Franzoi said that Terra-X is “one of the most fun forms of snowmobile racing,” in a press release. Terra-X racing is a new form of snow oval sno-cross snowmobile racing that incorpora...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - After a 10-year hiatus, the snowmobile hillclimb returned to Copper Peak this past weekend. Participants had a simple goal to make it to the top of the extremely steep Copper Peak hill, zigging and zagging around gates. The top prizes went to those who made it to the top in the shortest time. Tyler Robinson, of Afton, Wyoming, was named King of the Hill in the Mod Class with a winning time of 42.06 seconds. Matt Tingstad of Bessemer claimed...
HURLEY, Wis. - Elizabeth J. "Dee Dee" Soderman, 79, a lifelong resident of Hurley, passed away peacefully on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Dee Dee was born on April 21, 1942, in Ironwood, Michigan, a daughter of Albert "Abba" and Betty (Erspamer) Constantini. She attended J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley and graduated in 1960. On June 25, 1966, Dee Dee was united in marriage to George A. Soderman in Melrose Park, Illinois. They were blessed with two sons. Dee Dee was a faithful member of St. Mary's...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - John Henry Steinmetz Jr., 90 of Ironwood and formally a long-time resident of Saxon, Wisconsin, passed away at the Aspirus Hospital in Ironwood on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. John was born to John H. Sr. and Edna C. (Demers) Steinmetz on June 21, 1931, in Ironwood. John proudly served in the U.S. Navy, welding as an aircraft mechanic. He was a member of the Mercier American Legion Post 424. John worked as a welder for several local mines and in Texas making mine shafts. He had...
MEQUON, Wis. - Betty Jane Salli died peacefully Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, at the age of 89 at Columbia St. Mary's Hospice in Mequon. She was born Nov. 28, 1932, in Saxon, daughter of the late John and Hilma Hill Tapanilla. On Dec. 6, 1952, she married Tarmo "Tom" Salli in Ironwood, Michigan. Together they raised seven children, have 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She worked various factory assembly jobs over the years. She was a member of St. Peter's United Church of Christ in...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Sheriff Department is interested in purchasing an incident command trailer to act as a mobile command post during prolonging incidents, Sheriff Paul Samardich said to the Iron County Law Enforcement Committee at their meeting on Monday. “Quite often, our search and rescue functions are utilized in the summertime where heat would be an issue for changing people in and out,” Samardich said to the Daily Globe. “We had several incidents in the last few years where somethi...
WAUSAU, Wis. - Lynn Marie Tijan, 61, of Saxon, passed away on Jan. 26, 2022, at Aspirus Hospital in Wausau. She was born on May 13, 1960, in Ashland, the daughter of Edward and Diana (Hmielewski) Raarup. After graduating high school she went on to work in laundry at a nursing home in Ashland. She married Michael Tijan on Sept. 3, 1988, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hurley. Lynn ran a home daycare service in Ashland and later worked as a caregiver for Avanti home health. She loved taking care...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — Five high school students from Hurley School District were sworn into the Iron County Board of Supervisors as student representatives at the board’s meeting on Tuesday. The students were introduced to the board by Neil Klemme, 4-H youth development educator with the University of Wisconsin-Madison – Extension Iron County. “The goal of the program is to provide an opportunity for the youth to have a voice in county decision making. Our county is trying to find ways to attract and retain...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Carolyn J. Erickson, 55, of Ironwood, passed away Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021, in Ironwood with her family at her side. The former Carolyn Luoma was born June 1, 1961, in Ashland, Wisconsin, to Donald and Nancy (Wennersten) Luoma. She graduated from Luther L. Wright High School with the class of 1984. Carolyn worked at Copps and later attended Gogebic Community College where she received her associate degree in 2010 for cosmetology. She then worked at Smart Style where she loved wo...
WATERSMEET, Mich. - Melvin Brunk Jr., 40, of Watersmeet, peacefully walked on Dec. 16, 2021, at Aspirus Iron River Hospital. He was born in Chicago on Dec. 17, 1980, to Melvin Brunk Sr. and Mary Jane (McGeshick) Brunk. Melvin loved the Chicago Bears, Blackhawks, Cubs and Bulls. He had a fondness of classic trucks and cars. Melvin was known to his family and friends as a loving protector willing to help anyone who came to him. He was a very talented mixologist and bartender. Melvin will be...
ONALASKA, Wis. - Theodore R. Lepore died on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. He was born on March 26, 1929, in Chicago, the son of the late Benedetto and Margherita (Russo) Lepore. He graduated from Crane Technical High School in 1946. He attended the Northern Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago graduating with a Doctor of Optometry degree. He served stateside during the Korean War as a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He started a practice in Hurley in April 1956 and continued until October 1995,...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] The Iron County snowmobile and winter ATV trails will open on Monday at 8 a.m. after the conclusion of the four-day antlerless deer hunt in Wisconsin. "Early season riding conditions can change rapidly. Riders need to use caution as low snow conditions, open water or icy conditions may exist," Iron County Forest Administrator Eric Peterson said. Iron County has more than 500 miles of snowmobile and winter ATV trails. The trails are maintained by...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] Iron County Human Services, with the help of the Iron County Fire Association and Northern Iron County Engaged Residents (NICER), is working to see that every child in the county has something under the tree on Christmas. “It’s all about the kids,” said Diane Schmidtke, of the Iron County Human Services Department. “Thanks to the community for their great response.” Each year the Human Services staff start identifying families in the fall and distribute forms to gather information about the age,...
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ASHLAND, Wis. - Dorothy Catherine Berg, 96, of Saxon, passed away on Oct. 13, 2021, at Ashland Health Services with her family and beloved dog at her side. She was born on Oct. 26, 1924, in Ironwood, Michigan, the daughter of Joseph and Ella (Lamerand) Zuchowski. She attended both grade school and high school in Saxon. She was a housekeeper in Ironwood, Bert's Camp in Land O'Lakes, and in Green Bay, where she also mended socks for Packer players. Dorothy married Axel Berg in 1942. For the next...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Daniel Koeppel, 74, died at home on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. He was born on May 25, 1947, in Antigo, Wisconsin, to the late Norbert and Caroline (Lex) Koeppel. Dan graduated from Antigo High School in 1965. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving during the Vietnam War (1966-1968). In his younger years, Danny enjoyed playing modified pitch softball and logging. He also loved shooting a good game of pool and shaking dice. As an avid sports fan, Danny liked watching the Green Bay...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — With a projected $13,000 shortfall for 2022, the Iron County Transportation Coordinating Committee will seek additional funds from the county following a Wednesday meeting. The committee approved a $109,000 request from the County Elderly and Disabled Transportation Assistance Program (85.21 Grant). The items within the request include $55,000 for Highline Corporation, $4,000 for volunteer drivers and $50,000 for the county Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC). The $13,133 s...
