Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County residents who need money to pay their taxes are again offered help through the Step Forward program, according to county treasurer Sue Pertile. She told the county board Wednesday the program is again available to help homeowners by offering interest-free loans of up to $30,000 to cover delinquent property taxes, mortgage payments and condominium association fees. The loans are forgivable at 20 percent each year, as long as the property remains the homeowner’s primary res...
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer Historical Society Thursday heard from Dick Steiger of a recent donation the society received. Steiger said Jim Maccani gave the society an old ledger from the Sylvania Club, near Watersmeet. Without digging into the new historical artifact yet, some names leapt off the pages of the tome. A.D. Johnston, the namesake of the school in Bessemer, was one of the initial investors and a frequent guest at the club. Henry Ford also stayed and left his name in the ledger. Looking at t...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - If anyone happened to notice a large number of people wearing purple in Iron County Thursday, it wasn't some strange coincidence, rather the employees of the Iron County Human Services Department and other community partners wore the color to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. In Wisconsin, elder abuse applies to anyone over the age 60 being physically, sexually or emotionally abused, as well as those being neglected or financially...
Friday, June 16 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Gogebic Conservation District, 10 a.m., Natural Resources Center, Bessemer. 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, June... Full story
L’ANSE, Mich. — Susan Novak, a long-time resident of Ewen, passed away on Sunday June 11, 2017, at the Bayside Village in L’Anse. Susan was 58 years young and was born on Oct. 10, 1958, in Wakefield, to John and Mary Novak. Susan loved doing puzzles, magazines and taking walks outside. Susan was preceded in death by her parents, John and Mary Novak. She is survived by her brother, Mike (Ruth), in Green Bay, Wis.; sister, Delores Jean (Kurt), in White Bear Lake, Minn.; and brother, Robert (Alice), in Gilman, Wis. She is also survived by five... Full story
