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Articles from the May 24, 2022 edition


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  • Bessemer VFW holds fundraiser for Honor Flights

    May 24, 2022

    By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] BESSEMER — The Honor Flight Network celebrates America’s veterans by inviting those who served from 1941-1975 on all-expenses-paid trips to Washington D.C. to visit and reflect at the nation’s memorials. Since each flight is funded entirely through donations, the Bessemer Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3673 hosted a fundraiser dinner on Saturday to help veterans from the Upper Peninsula travel to the capital. Before the dinner, Louis Raykovich sang the National Anthem and Post Commander Donna Frell...

  • Northwoods Manufacturing holds open house

    May 24, 2022

    By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY - Hurley School District students enrolled in the Northwoods Manufacturing program had a chance to show how the student-run business functions on a day-to-day basis to the community as the department had its annual open house on Friday. Northwoods Manufacturing students continued to work as normal while visitors came in and out throughout the day to get an inside look at operations, including working on a bulk order of 250 cribbage boards commi...

  • Susy Gusman

    May 24, 2022

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Susy Gusman, 70, of Wakefield, passed away on Monday, May 16, 2022, after a long-courageous battle with multiple sclerosis. Susy was born on Jan. 30, 1952, in Wakefield, a daughter of Nels M. and Edith Elizabeth (Mikkola) Krook. She attended Wakefield High School and graduated in 1970. On July 21, 1972, she was united in marriage to the love of her life, Dan Gusman, in Bessemer. She loved cats, enjoyed riding in their 1934 Ford Coupe and was an excellent cook. Susy is survived...

  • Community Calendar

    May 24, 2022

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, May 24 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Bessemer St. Vincent de Paul, financial assistance, 9-10 a.m.; food pantry, 10 a.m. to noon. 906-663-4436. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Ironwood St. Vincent de Paul, food pantry and financial assistance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., located behind Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. 906-932-4325. Breakfast...