Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Around 1,500 Xcel Energy customers were without power for about an hour Wednesday morning following an equipment failure at a local substation. An 8:41 a.m. a power regulator failure at the Ayer Street substation, at the intersection of Easy Street in Ironwood, was the cause of the outage, said Christine Ouellette, senior media relations representative for Xcel Energy's Michigan and Wisconsin office in Eau Claire. Technicians immediately... Full story
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The annual gingerbread house event at the Bessemer library is being held virtually this year, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In years past, residents would come to the library and build their gingerbread houses on a specific day. However, this year the library is providing gingerbread house kits and families are instructed to build their gingerbread houses at home and then submit a photo of their completed project to the library, so that it can be posted on the library's Facebook page... Full story
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley Police Department will support the Iron County Health Department and Wisconsin National Guard in conducting a public COVID-19 drive-thru testing event at the Hurley Fire Department on Tuesday, Dec. 8. In his report to the Police Fire and License Committee at its Monday meeting, HPD Sgt. Justin Colossaco said that the department provided support for a previous testing event. People will drive through the fire hall truck bay from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for testing in their vehicles a...
ONTONAGON, Mich. - Arlene Olson, 85, of White Pine, passed away on Monday, Nov 23, 2020, in Ontonagon, Michigan. Arlene was born to Stanley and Frances Oman on Feb 4, 1935. in Ironwood. She lived at Little Girls Point and loved all family activities (swimming, bonfires, fishing and skipping rocks) on Lake Superior. She graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1953. Arlene and Donald Olson were married on June 12, 1954, and they enjoyed 65 wonderful years building a family together. Arlene... Full story
WAUSAU, Wis. - Sean James Luoma, 44, of Wausau, passed away on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, with his family by his side, following a long battle with heart and kidney disease. Sean was born June 4, 1976, in Ashland, to Carol (Sbraggia) Vokolek and James Luoma. He grew up in Montreal, and graduated from Hurley High School with the class of 1995. Sean then attended Gogebic Community College and transferred to Northcentral Technical College in Wausau, where he received a computer-aided design and... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Dec. 4 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families, 9 a.m. Fairview Apartments; 9:30 a.m., Hillcrest Apartments, community room; 11 a.m., Sunset Manor Apartments, Community room; 10:30 a.m., Riverview Apartments, parking lot; Bessemer and Wakefield home deliveries to follow; 11:30-noon, Mill Trace Apartments; 12:15-12:30 p.m., Wildwood Manor Apartments; 1-2 p.m.,... Full story
