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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The city of Ironwood has been underfunding its retirement pension plan and has been cited by the Michigan Department of Treasury to take corrective actions. A new law requires local units of government to report underfunded retirement benefits and Ironwood has been cited for underfunding its pension plan. For the first round of reporting, more than 110 out of 490 local units of government were identified as having underfunded pension plans or retirement health care plans, or both, a...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - A potential splash pad and obstacle course at Eddy Lake Park were the subject of a lively discussion at Monday's meeting of the Wakefield planning commission. Using a photo slideshow to spread enthusiasm, city manager Richard Brackney told the commission that there are "simple" plans available online that could make it possible to set up the proposed features with minimal labor, expense or expertise. In reference to the splash pad, he said,...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - Bessemer resident Shatha Beauchamp formed the Children of the Lord Foundation to conduct mission work in the U.S. and Africa. The charity is currently supporting construction of a health clinic in Ghana that will provide health care for up to 25,000 people in the Ashanti Region. Donna Frello, Bessemer resident and commander of VFW Post 3673 in Bessemer, described how the effort to build the health clinic is really in her heart Sunday...
Wednesday, March 14 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Dads and Doughnuts, 7:30 a.m.,Watersmeet School. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Spring High School Quiz Bowl, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Gogebic Community College, Ironwood. Red Cross Blood Drive, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Memorial Building, Ironwood. 906-932-5478. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley Rotar...
HURLEY, Wis. - Mary Ann Bowman, 77, of Ironwood, passed away on Friday, March 9, 2018, at Skyview Nursing Home in Hurley. Mary Ann was born on April 26, 1940, in Ironwood, Mich., to Peter and Pat (Guzek) Bruzdzinski. She graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1958. Shortly after graduation, Mary Ann worked for the Ironwood Public Schools at Norrie School until she married. On April 22, 1961, Mary Ann married Parnell Walter Bowman at St. Michael's Church in Ironwood, by the late Rev....
DULUTH, Minn. — Mary Ann Develski, 76, of Bessemer, Mich., passed away on March 12, 2018, in Duluth. Mary Ann was born to Edward G. and Myrtle E. (Olson) Strahs on Nov. 19, 1941, in Evanston, Ill. She attended Ramsay Grade School and was a 1959 graduate of A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer. She attended Northern Michigan University, where she studied practical nursing. On Nov. 23, 1963, she married Ronald Develski at Sharon Lutheran Church in Bessemer. Staying home and raising her family was her most important work. She was also employed wi...
