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Articles from the May 16, 2019 edition


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  • Wakefield event addresses stigma of mental health, disabilities

    May 16, 2019

    By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Gogebic Community Mental Health Authority aimed to "stomp out stigma" during its eighth annual Walk a Mile in My Shoes event at Wakefield VFW Wednesday. Missy Lane, the chairperson for community mental health's anti-stigma committee, said the purpose of the event is to provide education and bring awareness to the community. "We want everybody to be treated equal," she said. The actual walk is more "symbolic" and Lane said not everyone...

  • Forestry committee approves administration fees

    May 16, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Given the increased number of requests for these services, the Iron County forestry committee Tuesday approved creating a number of administrative fees for some work done by the forestry department. “These fees would basically cover my time putting (the paperwork) together and any other administrative fees we have,” said Forestry and Parks Administrator Eric Peterson. Several committee members also pointed out the time spent on the paperwork is time Peterson can’t be dealing with other i...

  • Authorities name 2 men in plane missing over Lake Michigan

    May 16, 2019

    FRANKFORT — Authorities have released the names of two men they believe were aboard a small plane that departed from Ontonagon Sunday and went missing over Lake Michigan in northern Michigan. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reported Wednesday that the Benzie County sheriff’s office lists the missing men as 65-year-old Randal Dippoid, of Perry, and 53-year-old Emanuel Manos, of Monroe. It isn’t clear which man was piloting the plane that dropped off radar Sunday night about 4 miles west of Frankfort. The plane reportedly was having engine troub...

  • Great Conglomerate Falls

    May 16, 2019

  • Community calendar

    May 16, 2019

    Thursday, May 16 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Bergland Lake Gogebic Senior Center, 9:45-10 a.m. EDT; White Pine Porcupine Mountain Senior Center, 10:20-10:35 a.m. EDT; Ontonagon Holy Family Catholic Church, 11-11:45 a.m. EDT; Mass City Resource Center, 1:15-1:45 p.m. EDT. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township....

  • Patricia J. Trevarthen

    May 16, 2019

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Patricia J. Trevarthen, 66, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away peacefully Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at her home. Pat was born on Feb. 11, 1953, in Pontiac, the daughter of Charles and Virginia (McClure) Burcham. On June 19, 1976, Pat married Robert R. Trevarthen at Houghton Lake. She was employed at the Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield and retired on July 26, 2014. Pat was a loving wife, a devoted mother, and a grandmother who absolutely adored her grandchi...

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