Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer Area Schools Board of Education held a special meeting on Wednesday to approve a bid for the installation of new windows at Washington Elementary School. The lowest bid was $610,035 from Nasi Construction. Board secretary Beth Steiger said this will leave the district with less than $168,000 for other projects. "What that means ... is that if we approve these windows, which I think we all agreed at our last working session was... Full story
WAKEFIELD — A COVID-19 drive thru test site will be available that will allow the community to be tested from the convenience of their own vehicle, according to a Michigan State Police Wakefield Post press release on Wednesday. The Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center and the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department have coordinated efforts to provide the drive-thru testing from 9:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (CDT) on Tuesday, June 23 at the MSP Wakefield Post, 100 Sunday Lake St. Drive-thru testing will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served b...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors Finance Committee is hoping a change to the county’s employee handbook will save the county some money as it voted Thursday to recommend the full board consider changing the policy regarding retiree health care. Under the current policy, county employees can choose to pay to stay on the county’s health insurance policy after they retire until they become eligible for Medicare. The committee is recommending the policy be changed so that employees would n...
WINCHENDON, Mass. - Ida May (Banovetz) George, 86, of 11 Front Place, Winchedon, died May 26, 2020, at Alliance Health, in Baldwinville. She was born in Wakefield, Michigan, on May 22, 1934, the daughter of Joseph J. and Arvilla I. (Boleau) Banovetz. Ida May attended grade school at Puritan Location and St. Sebastian schools, in Bessemer, Michigan; and junior high at Notre Dame Convent in Milwaukee. She graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer with the class of 1952. She was in... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, June 19 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. Saturday, June 20 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30... Full story
