Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER - To teach children how to eat healthier, Megan Martell, Michigan State University Extension program instructor, educated sixth grade students at Washington Elementary School Tuesday about how to choose healthier food and drink options. At their last meeting, Martell said students learned how to interpret the nutrition information label on food packaging. While holding a bag of candy, she said ingredients on the label are listed according to...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson has received a coveted award from the Michigan Municipal League. At Monday's regular city commission meeting, acting Mayor Kim Corcoran said the Sinclair award had been announced at an MML meeting last week attended by Ironwood officials. Corcoran congratulated Erickson on the award, citing his job performance with the city. The Sinclair Exceptional Service Award, first awarded in 2008, is a...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Aging Unit of Iron County will soon have a permanent manager after the Iron County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to hire Mark Marczak for the position. Marczak, of Montreal, currently works with the county’s department of human services as a childcare supervisor for the Northern Income Maintenance Consortium. He was one of three candidates interviewed, according to information presented to the board. Marczak has already accepted the position, according to information pre...
Wednesday, March 30 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Adult Children of Alcoholics, 7 p.m., Samaritan Counseling, Iro...
ISHPEMING, Mich. - Rudolph Kemppainen, 84, of Ishpeming, entered eternal life on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016, at U.P. Health System-Bell surrounded by loving family. Pastor Rudy was born Dec. 3, 1931, as the sixth of eight children of William and Eliina (Puska) Kemppainen in Hancock. He graduated from Hancock High School in 1949; Suomi College (Finlandia University) in 1951; Suomi Theological Seminary in 1955; and the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago in 1963 with a Master of Divinity....
HURLEY, Wis. — Adelaide Marie Rainaldo, 91, of Hurley, died Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. She was born April 10, 1924, in Hurley, the daughter of the late Anton and Ann (Taglienti) Rainaldo. She attended St. Mary’s Grade School and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1942. She then completed her nurse’s training at St. Mary’s in Rochester, Minn., becoming a registered nurse, and began working in the polio ward in Rochester from 1942-1946. Leaving Rochester, she assisted her brother...
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Bertha (Morrison) Swanson, 99, passed away peacefully on March 14, 2016, in Milwaukee with family by her side. She was born to Albina and William Morrison. Bertha was preceded in death by her parents; siblings; husband; and her son. She is survived by her children, Richard Swanson, Sandra Deaton and Linda (Tony) Sczesny; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. She will be sorely missed by those who loved her. Private services will be held at a later date....
