Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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MARQUETTE, Mich. — Pauline M. Aho, 88, of Gwinn, passed away on Monday, March 13, 2017, at U.P. Health System in Marquette. Pauline was born Jan. 8, 1929, in Bessemer, the daughter of the late James and Theresa (Borgaro) Brack. Pauline attended Iron Belt (Wis.) schools and graduated from Iron Belt High School with the Class of 1945. She met her future husband, Edward Aho, at an end of the war street victory party after World War II. On Nov. 5, 1949, she married Edward at St. Ann Catholic Parish in Saxon, Wis. He preceded her in death on Nov. 2...
Saturday, June 3 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Family Fun, 11 a.m., Bessemer Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, June 4 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Gogebic Range Trail Authority, 6 p.m., Pit Stop, Bessemer. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, June 5 Iron Co...
ONTONAGON - Eighteen years ago, Ben Mayer sat where the 26 Ontonagon Area 2017 graduates sat Friday night in the Ontonagon gym. Mayer, who teaches band, history and coaches the Gladiator football team, was selected by the class to be the commencement speaker. He told seniors they could end up anywhere, but his path was "to come back here. Eighteen years after my graduation, you could say I've made it approximately 30 feet." He added even though the road of his life has not taken him far, "I'd...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Area Schools' second graders took advantage of the warm weather Friday to plant native wildflower seeds along the non-motorized Iron Belle Trail through the city. The students split up along the trail to distribute the seed balls they made last month. The balls are made from a mixture of clay, compost, water and native seeds. "(The balls) are supposed to explode, and let the native seeds scatter," teacher Michelle Trier told the Daily Globe when the seed balls were made....
WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Community Garden has already won something, and it’s not even built yet. Wakefield City Manager Richard Brackney said the idea for the garden began when he saw Michigan Tech University was looking for communities interested in developing a community garden, as a group of university students were competing in a Western Michigan Project Management Institute community garden design competition. The university was looking for a community where the plan could be brought to fruition, rather than simply have it as an abs...
