Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — October is breast cancer awareness month and the free mammograms sponsored by the Ontonagon County Cancer Association will be held for two weeks out of the month. Cancer association president Bev Meagher announced the weeks of Oct. 10-14 and 17-21 will be free mammograms. Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., women can call (906)884-8137 to schedule a mammogram. In consideration for the employees at Aspirus Hospital, no calls for appointments should be made until Oct. 10. No insurance w...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] HURLEY - Area football fans came together to watch the Range Bulldogs play against the Ashland Oredockers at Veterans Memorial Field in Hurley. Standing alongside his players, head coach Eric Thier said football was a passion for him growing up and has enjoyed "the heck out of" coaching for the past five years. The Range Bulldogs are part of the Pop Warner football League and the team consists of fourth, fifth and sixth graders from both Michigan and...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Gogebic Medical Care Facility hosted an open house Saturday afternoon. Several staff members, including certified nursing assistant Scott Pospeck, took visitors along a tour and talked about the facility and what Gogebic Medical does. The facility is home to over 100 "fascinating people," Pospeck said as the tour walked by a resident's living quarters. He said Gogebic Medical offers residents certified nursing and extensive rehabilitation...
Monday, Oct. 3 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Wakefield Seniors, 2 p.m., Wakefield Senior Center. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 5:30 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Sports Hall of Fame, 6 p.m., Luther L. Wright K-12 School, room 205. Ironwood PTO, 6 p.m., Luther L. Wright K-12 School, room 124. MECCA Ski Club, 6:30 p.m., MECCA cabin near the... Full story
Minetha 'Midge' Ruohonen HANCOCK - Minetha "Midge" Ruohonen, 91, a former resident of Oskar and Arbor Green, passed away Tuesday afternoon, September 27, 2016, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock where she had been a resident patient since January. She was born on July 8, 1925, in Laurium, Mich., a daughter of the late John and Ina (Johnson) Carlson. As a child, she was raised in Boston Location where she attended the Boston School and was a graduate of the Hancock High Schoo... Full story
WAUSAU, Wis. - Lawrence L. Sobolewski, 85, of Ironwood, Mich., died peacefully Thursday evening, Sept. 29, 2016, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau, with his loving family by his side. He was born April 22, 1931, in Ironwood Township, son of the late Bruno and Romanda (Kowalkoski) Sobolewski. He attended Ironwood elementary schools and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1949. He then entered the U.S. Army and proudly served his country in Korea in the 2nd Infantry Division, receivi... Full story
ELKO, Nev. - Joseph Charles Knaack, 50, of Elko, formerly of Ramsay, Mich., passed away Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 28, 2016, of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Joe was born on Sept. 14, 1966, in Wakefield, Mich., a son of William and Charlotte (Dal Ponte) Knaack. He attended school in Ramsay and Bessemer, Mich., and graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in 1984. Joe enlisted in the U.S. Army after high school, completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and served in the... Full story
IRONWOOD - Carl L. Coesfeld, 70, of Ironwood, passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2016 in Ironwood. He was born August 25, 1946 in Detroit, Mich., the son of the late Elmer and Ethel (Lentz) Coesfeld. Carl grew up in the Detroit area and graduated from Edwin C. Denby High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Army serving in Vietnam where he received the Purple Heart Medal of Honor. Carl then attended college at Northern Michigan University and Lake Superior State University, graduating with a... Full story
