Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield was a safe place to be Thursday for emergency response. Mike Yon, Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department chief, said they had two Wakefield engines, three Bessemer Township engines and the Ironwood ladder truck on-site for the annual emergency preparedness drill. Yon described the good working relationship between the departments since at least as long as he has been on the fire department in...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - It was another successful year for the Iron County 4-H's annual pie auction Sunday at the Iron County Fair. While the final numbers are still being tallied, the 46 pies auctioned off raised around $7,125 for the county's 4-H program. That figure includes Jason Rowe's $1,000 winning bid for a cinnamon-roll-crust apple pie. "The crust was made out of cinnamon rolls ... and it was filled with apple and crumble. The judges loved it," Iron...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners Wednesday heard a presentation on how Copper Peak might qualify for Michigan Department of Natural Resources Trust Funds. Bob Jacquart, chairman of the organizing committee for Copper Peak, gave the board an update on plans to return ski flying to the site in Ironwood Township. Jacquart outlined funds that have been approved for the facility, including $125,000 in a Department of Agriculture grant. Jacquart said the drawback to attempting to tap i...
Friday, Aug. 11 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, Aug. 12... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Roland Keith Lindberg, 89, a long-time resident of Ironwood Township, passed away peacefully early Wednesday morning, Aug. 9, 2017, after a brief illness. Roland was born on May 23, 1928, in Ironwood, the son of Karlton Axel and Edna Amelia (Tillner) Lindberg. He attended A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer and graduated in 1946 as class valedictorian. On Sept. 26, 1946, Roland enlisted in the U.S. Army and proudly served his country as a technician fifth grade, while station... Full story
