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Articles from the December 17, 2020 edition


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  • Ironwood looks at water system grant options

    Tom LaVenture|Dec 17, 2020

    IRONWOOD — An Ironwood City Commission workshop on Monday revealed the benefits and consequences that come from choosing which grants to apply for in order to build a proposed water treatment and filtration system with a new pump station. Jeff Sjoquist of Coleman Engineering, said his firm is taking the lead on Michigan grant applications as the subcontractor to Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. SEH is the construction engineering firm that recommended a $9.7 million concrete, gravity filtered water treatment plant that would address manganese a...

  • MSP distributes donations to local pantries

    Richard Jenkins|Dec 17, 2020

    WAKEFIELD - Several local food pantries got an early Christmas gift Tuesday as the Michigan State Police's Wakefield Post distributed the goods collected during the post's annual Harvest Gathering food drive. "Just before Christmas, I think the pantries are going to be well supplied for the people who need it," said Lt. Donald Horn, commander of the Wakefield post. The post's food drive, in partnership with Super One, raised over 20,000 pounds of food for food pantries in Ironwood, Bessemer and...

  • County board opts against Zoom, will record meetings

    Richard Jenkins|Dec 17, 2020

    HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors and its various committees will continue to meet in person, while giving individuals an opportunity to attend remotely, after a motion to switch entirely to Zoom meetings failed to get enough support for a vote Tuesday. Supervisor Anne McComas proposed the switch to completely remote meetings due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, saying she didn’t think it was safe for the county board and its committees to meet in the boardroom in the county courthouse. “Having been elected by the people of the...

  • Community Calendar

    Dec 17, 2020

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, Dec. 17 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:45-10 a.m. EST; White Pine Township Hall, 10:20-10:35 a.m. EST; Ontonagon Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:30 a.m. EST; Mass City Resource Center, 1-1:30 p.m. EST. 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.,...

  • Joan F. 'Joanie' Buchko

    Dec 17, 2020

    IRONWOOD, Mich. - Joan F. "Joanie" Buchko, 91, of Ironwood passed away on Dec. 12, 2020, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. She was born Sept. 6, 1929, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Oliver and Frances (Kutil) Surprenant, and graduated with honors at Luther L. Wright High School. Joan was a member of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood and the former Holy Trinity Catholic Church. She valued faith, family, friends, baking, art and music. She could play the piano, accordion, and brach and...

  • Alice Marie (Urpila) Mackey

    Dec 17, 2020

    KENTON, Mich. — Alice Marie Mackey passed away peacefully the morning of Dec. 14, 2020. She was born Nov. 13, 1938, to Jack and Signe Urpila in Phelps, Wisconsin. She lived in Kenton for most of her life, other than early childhood in Chelsea, and a year working in Detroit after graduating from Ewen High School in 1956. Alice was a dedicated reader — loved her books! She enjoyed hobbies of knitting, crocheting and jigsaw puzzles, along with owning and riding horses. She was the No. 1 fan of family sports — from Donny’s baseball and softbal...

  • Tammy Jean Gill

    Dec 17, 2020

    MESA, Ariz. - Tammy Jean Gill, 60, of Mesa, passed away on Dec. 10, 2020, after a long illness, with her loving husband by her side. Tammy moved to Mesa from Montreal, Wisconsin, after she married Don Gill in 2005. Tammy was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Dec. 25, 1959, and took great pride in being a Christmas baby. She was the daughter of Ronald and Lois (Erickson) Peterson. Tammy worked for many years at Josephson's Nursing Home in Ironwood, Michigan, and took great pleasure in taking care...

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