Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - Gov. Tony Evers visited Hurley Tuesday to present Iron County officials with a coastal management grant and highlight the importance of protecting Wisconsin's natural resources. "Whether it's downtown Milwaukee or Iron County, Wisconsin; if we want to continue to have the heritage that we were given around water, we have to protect it," Evers said, while presenting the grant. The $12,995 grant through the state's coastal management program...
By Bryan Hellios [email protected] KIMBALL - Roughly 2 miles of ditch line west of Valley Road along U.S. 2 was left charred after a grass fire Tuesday afternoon. Paul Samardich, Iron County Sheriff, happened to be close by and said he was the first to respond. "It was pretty active when I first arrived on the scene," he said. The Kimball, Saxon and Hurley Fire Departments and the Department of Natural Resources foresters responded to the blaze. Montreal was paged, but Samardich said...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer City Council on Monday voted 4-0 to extend the city manager contract for four years. The contract for Charly Loper, who started as city manager in 2016, would have expired in November 2020 with her earning $61,327 in Year Four of the contract. The four-year extension comes with a 2 percent raise in years five, six and seven and a retention bonus for overseeing a $7 million sewer and water project currently underway in Bessemer, along with a $21.4 million construction project a...
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OSHKOSH, Wis. - Lilly Ann Copple, 93, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 21, at Bethel Home in Oshkosh, Wis. Known to friends and family as "Ann" or "Annie,"she was the youngest daughter of Effie Pearl (Moore) Burnett and Admiral Perry "Miral" Burnett, born on April 29, 1926, in Du Quoin, Ill. She graduated from Du Quoin Township High School in 1945. Her siblings, already passed, were Harley, Ruth, and Vinetta. Ann was preceded in death by husband, Richard Alden "Dick" Copple, who she... Full story
THREE RIVERS, Mich. - Reva Cook, 67, went to be with her Lord and Savior on May 15, 2019 at Grace Healthcare of Three Rivers. A former resident of Bessemer, and Germfask, Reva was born on Nov. 10, 1951 in Paoli, Ind. to the late Lillian Godwin and C.H. Godwin Sr. Reva grew up in Paoli, Ind. and graduated from Larwell High School, Larwell, Ind. Following graduation, she received her Certified Nurses Aid License and was gainfully employed until she had children. Reva returned to being a Certified... Full story
BRUCE CROSSING, Mich. - Doris Carol Lindberg, 86, of Bruce Crossing, went to be with her Lord and Savior on June 1, 2019, with her loving family at Westgate in Ironwood. Doris was born on March 23, 1933, daughter of the late Onnie and Toini Mattson both deceased. United in marriage to Robert Norman Juopperi, deceased, and remarried Reino Lindberg, also deceased. They resided in Bruce Crossing. Doris was a member of Our Saviour Lutheran Church in Paynesville. She loved to garden, socialize and... Full story
