Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - Live music performances are possible once again, thanks in a big way to special masks for the musicians and also their instruments. Members of the Hurley School Junior and Senior High Bands performed their spring concert on Tuesday in the school gym for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions last March 2020. The school district allowed the performances to start again in part because each performer was fitted wi...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer Downtown Development Authority decided Wednesday to allow the Bessemer Area School District to hang senior banners on light poles around the city again this year if the district chooses. “Last year, just the community feedback, it was fantastic,” said DDA member Kady Meinke. “It was good seeing the kids pictures up there. It really brought a sense of community to our high-schoolers.” Fellow DDA member Cheryl Leskoviansky agreed, saying that she thought it was a good idea. Cit...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — To fence or not to fence, as well as where and how to fence, was a major topic at Tuesday evening’s meeting of the Wakefield Planning Commission. City Manager Robert Brown, Jr. said the city’s current ordinance allows residents to install a fence directly on their property line. However, he noted, that can result in problems — particularly when new neighbors settle in. Brown added that six feet and three feet are the current height maximum and minimum, respectively, but he added that city of...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, April 17 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, April 18 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I... Full story
MILWAUKEE — Thomas V. Jubeck passed away peacefully on Monday April 5, 2021, at the age of 83. He was born Dec. 8, 1937, in Ironwood, Michigan, to Thomas and Louise (Prospeck) Jubeck. He graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer, Michigan, and went to college at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan. He became an industrial arts teacher in Hesperia, Michigan until his retirement. He was the dear brother of Albert (Pam) Jubeck, surviving. Thomas was predeceased by siblings, Leona (Joe) Tauer, Raymond (Mary Jane) J... Full story
