Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER — The Bessemer Fourth of July planning committee is expecting “enormous” attendance at this year’s celebration of the nation’s birthday, said committee head Linda Nelson. After most events being canceled due to COVID last year, a full slate of Bessemer Blast activities are billed as the “biggest and best 4th of July celebration in the U.P.,” said Nelson. Much of the celebration will take place in downtown Bessemer on Sophie Street over the week prior to July 4, and will feature events for all ages. There will be many familiar even...
IRONWOOD - The city could assume temporary occupancy of the Pat O'Donnell Civic Center in early July, according to reports at the Monday board meeting. With the final list of items for contractors to revisit to complete or repair the work to complete the arena that started construction in the spring is nearing completion, according to board member reports, Dennis Hewitt, the former city assessor and building official who was involved in the construction process until his retirement in December....
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, June 11 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer 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. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org.... Full story
HURLEY, Wis. - MaryKay Bertagnoli, 96, was called home on June 4, 2021, with her daughters Joan and Brigett by her side. She was born Mary Catherine Cecilia Flandrena on Nov. 22, 1924, in Hurley, to the late James and Mildred Flandrena. She attended Hurley schools and St. Mary of Nazareth School of Nursing in Chicago. Upon graduating in 1947, she worked at Newport Hospital in Ironwood, Michigan, as a registered nurse. She married John R. "Jack" Bertagnoli on Aug. 5, 1950, and together they... Full story
DULUTH, Minn. - Keum Melander, 84, of Saxon, Wisconsin, passed away on Friday, June 4, 2021, at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth due to surgery complications. She has passed into the light and rests in peace with her Lord and Savior. Keum was born Chee Keum Yun on Sept. 16, 1936, in Nam Won-Kun, Korea, to Chee Man Kang and Tae Chung Soon. Keum attended schools in Korea. While Keum was working for an 8th U.S. Army Company that supplied services to the U.S. Army personnel, she met... Full story
