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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Michigan State Police Wakefield Post 86 recently had three troopers join its ranks. Stefin Robinson, Paul Maxinoski and Evan Fezatt completed 28 weeks at the MSP's training academy and all three said the training was "intense." "I thought I was in good shape going in, but I'm definitely in better shape now," Fezatt said. F/Lt. Donald Horn, commander of the Wakefield Post, recognized how difficult it is to become a trooper. "For a recru...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Given the proximity to the township’s existing system, the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees agreed to take over responsibility of a water line Tuesday. Located on Country Club Road, the line will be under the roadway to tie in the Gogebic County Country Club and Elk & Hound restaurant into the township’s system. The property is currently part of the city of Ironwood’s water system. Ironwood Utilities Manager Bob Tervonen said the property is at the end of the city’s...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield city council voted Monday evening to appoint Dale White to a seat left vacant when former member Pat Mann resigned, effective Feb. 28. White has been a member of the planning commission for a decade and is in his third term as the chair. After mayor John Granato declared White the best candidate, he and members Kay Wiita and Jim Anderson voted for the appointment and mayor pro tempore Amy Tarro voted against it. When White interviewed for the job by phone last Saturday, he t...
Tuesday, April 9 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Tiny Tot story time, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Mercer Lioness Blood Drive, noon – 4 p.m., Mercer Community Center, 2648 W. Margaret Street, for appointment, call 7...
BOERNE, Texas - Betty (Gill) Carlson, 98, of Boerne, passed away after a short illness on Sunday, March 31, 2019, with family by her side. Betty was born on Nov. 11, 1920, to the late John Gill and Esther (Newberg) Gill. Betty grew up in Ironwood, Mich., and graduated in 1938 from Luther L. Wright High School. She attended Gogebic Community College and worked for the Ironwood School District prior to her marriage to Eugene Carlson, also of Ironwood, in 1942. Betty and Eugene lived in Montreal an...
HURLEY, Wis. - Neaomi Matisin, 91, of Hurley, passed away at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center on April 6, 2019. She was born to Oscar Tieman and Nellie Lydia (Tripp) Wentzell Dec. 21, 1927 in Moorhead, Minn. She married William J. Matisin on Jan. 2, 1954 at Holy Trinity by the late Rev. Ambrose Matejik. She attended Moorhead Schools and graduated high school in 1945. Neaomi worked as a credit clerk at Herbst Department Store in Fargo, N.D. She moved to Ironwood in 1954. She worked...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Charlotte "Charlie" Temlin, 76, passed away Friday, April 5, 2019. She was born in Rockwood, Tenn. Charlie was a wife, mother, and homemaker most of her life as well as an Avon Lady for 45 years in Tampa, Fla. Charlie enjoyed bowling with the Splits and Misses bowling league for 45 years and made many lasting friendships over the years. Upon moving to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Charlie joined the Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post of Wakefield, enjoyed the beauty of the four seas...
NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Gordon James Moyle, 84, of North Road, Negaunee Township, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, April 6, 2019 at the Marquette County Medical Care Facility with his loving family by his side and under the care of UP Home Health & Hospice. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at noon at St. Paul Catholic Church on Thursday, April 11, with Rev. Larry Van Damme officiating. Visitation will take place at Koskey Funeral Home Wednesday evening from 5 p.m. until 7:30 p.m., at which time a parish prayer s...
