Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County residents once again have the chance to purchase a variety of native plants for their properties, as the Iron County Land and Water Conservation Department is holding its annual native plant sale. The department is selling a variety of trees, shrubs, grasses and wildflowers that naturally grow in Iron County, with orders due by Feb. 22. “By planting natives, they are already acclimated to our soil conditions, our growing season and sunlight conditions. So they’re better adapt...
IRONWOOD - Eighty-five people participated in the seventh annual Mark Fitting Memorial snowshoe walk Wednesday evening. It was the start of the region's weekly Wednesday night Superior Snowshoe walks. "We had another good turnout," said organizer Sam Davey afterwards. "Conditions were great." This week's walk started and ended at the Michigan Information Center on U.S. 2 on a trail that begins in the parking lot and heads south along the Montreal River to Riverside Cemetery and back. The annual...
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IRONWOOD — A sexual assault victim services federal grant has been awarded to DOVE, Inc., by the Victims of Crime Act to be used for services to sexual assault victims in Gogebic County. According to Jeanine Winkowski, executive director of DOVE, “With this grant DOVE will be able to enhance the victim services in Gogebic County by hiring a full-time sexual assault victim advocate and a full-time sexual assault response team coordinator.” She said $67,000 has been received in the grant for nine months. She said the grant will increase in Octob...
Thursday, Jan. 3 Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Free Community Dinner, 5-6 p.m., Wakefield Methodist Church. Public is invited. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith Center, Ironwood. Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Pere...
SHAKOPEE, Minn. - Wayne Frederick Melchiori, 88, passed away on Dec. 28, 2018, in Shakopee. Wayne was born on April 30, 1930, in Stambaugh, Mich., to William and Irene Melchiori. He was an outstanding athlete throughout his high school career and an All-State football and basketball player. After high school, Wayne was a three-year member of the University of Michigan football team and recipient of the Fielding Yost Award. He met the love of his life in Ann Arbor, Adele Hulburd; and they were...
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. - Donald J. Hibbeln, 78, of Trevor, passed away peacefully Jan. 1, 2019 at Hospice Alliance Hospice House, Pleasant Prairie. He was born Feb. 19, 1940 in Ontonagon, Mich., the son of the late John C. and Hilma E. (Walitalo) Hibbeln. On July 13, 1968, Donald married Jennifer C. Beller in Waukesha. Donald was a parishioner at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Wilmot and a member of the Silver Lake Sportsmen's Club. He loved hunting, fishing, gardening, splitting firewood, playing...
