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Articles from the January 29, 2022 edition


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  • Gogebic County seeks funding for EMT training

    Jan 29, 2022

    By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County Board of Commissioners Chair Jim Lorenson is working with Emergency Management and 911 Coordinator Heidi DeRosso to secure grant funding from the state for first responder training. At the board’s meeting on Wednesday, Lorenson said there are two requirements for the grant: one is that the governmental units have a per capita taxable value of under $15,000, the other is that the training be completed by the end of the fiscal year. Lorenson said it would be wonderful if sta...

  • Western UP sees 5 more die from COVID-19

    Jan 29, 2022

    By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HOUGHTON — As February nears, the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department reported a decrease in the COVID-19 cases rate on Thursday. However, the updated numbers continue to show that the risk of transmission is high. “The good news is that the new case count and case rate per 100,000 population both dropped by more than 10 percent from last week,” the update says. “The bad news is that both are still extremely high and for the eighth week in a row we’ve had more than three people in the weste...

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    Jan 29, 2022

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  • Douglas Gene Brady

    Jan 29, 2022

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Douglas Gene Brady, 54, of Wakefield, passed away unexpectedly Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, due to COVID-19, at U.P. Health System-Marquette, with his loving children at his side. Douglas "Doug" was born on Dec. 14, 1966, at the Divine Infant Hospital in Wakefield, to Ida (Oinas) and Forrest Brady Sr. He graduated from Ewen-Trout Creek High School in 1986. On Oct. 22, 1987, Doug married the love of his life, Kathie Sabec, in Bessemer. They bought a house in Bruce Crossing, and later...

  • Kathie Jo Brady

    Jan 29, 2022

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Kathie Jo Brady, 51, of Wakefield, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, due to COVID-19, at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center, in Duluth, Minnesota, with her loving children at her side. Kathie was born on March 18, 1970, in Bessemer Township, to Dorothy (Brownell) and Donald Sabec. She graduated from Wakefield High School in 1988. On Oct. 22, 1987, Kathie married the love of her life, Douglas G. Brady, in Bessemer. They bought a house in Bruce Crossing, and later...

  • Frederick K. Geissler

    Jan 29, 2022

    GREEN BAY, Wis. - Frederick K. Geissler, 76, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022 in Green Bay. He was born Nov. 11, 1945, in Copper City, Michigan, to Kurt F. and Mary C. (Kopp). Fred grew up in the Calumet, Michigan, area and was a standout student at Calumet High School. He graduated with an electrical engineering degree from Michigan Tech University and earned his law degree from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. Fred worked in Detroit early in his career before raising a famil...

  • Community Calendar

    Jan 29, 2022

    Saturday, Jan. 29 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Sunday, Jan. 30 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, Wakefield, 706 Putnam St. Monday, Jan. 31 Iron C...