Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Carnegie Library is giving away four bikes and various other prizes to encourage children to read this summer. Lynne Wiercinski, director at the library, said the contest is open to local youth and the incentives are working. "When you heard one little girl downstairs who said, 'I never liked to read, but then there was the bicycle drawing and I started reading and now I really like to read,'" Wiercinski said. "It was like...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MONTREAL, Wis. - A one-side parking ordinance on the main street of Gile has some business owners wondering why it is needed. The Montreal City Council added the rule last winter due to snow removal concerns on what is considered a narrow street in winter, Mayor Erik Guenard told the Daily Globe Thursday. Visibility issues for pedestrian safety were also a concern, he said. "The council brought together the ordinance so there would be enough room...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield city council voted Monday evening to enact monthly “Coffee with Council” sessions as a means of encouraging public input. “The purpose would be just to provide an informal setting for residents to come in and share ideas and thoughts,” said city manager Rob Brown to the council. Brown added that city officials and employees will be welcome to attend the sessions on a volunteer basis. Council members agreed to schedule the sessions on the second Saturday of the month from 9-11...
Thursday, June 27 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. “Bats of the Northwoods” reading program, 11 a.m., Mercer Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lig...
DE PERE, Wis. — Philip A. Kolehmainen Sr., 82, of White Pine, Mich., passed away June 25, 2019, with his family by his side, at Unity Hospice in De Pere, where he had been a patient for a short time. Phil had been valiantly battling neuroendocrine cancer for six months. It had been an enormously emotional struggle of victories and defeats. But like in all endeavors, he gave it his all. His life motto was “Never give up,” and he never did, even when things looked the bleakest. Phil was born Dec. 13, 1936, in Hancock, Mich., and raised in Paavo...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Lempi Marie Rouse, 94, a lifelong resident of Ironwood Township, passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2019, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital, with her loving family at her side. Marie was born to the late Henry and Hanna (Mesimaki) Kinnunen on Jan. 6, 1925. She attended Roosevelt School in Ironwood Township. On June 28, 1947, Marie was united in marriage to Irving Rouse at the Ironwood Apostolic Lutheran Church, where she was a lifelong member. They were blessed with nine children. He...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Trevor Nicholas Stephani, 29, was freed from his long battle with depression and addiction on June 20, 2019. Trevor was born on April 13, 1990, to Michele (Rosen) Seibel and Joseph Stephani. He attended grade school in Bessemer, Mich., and Hurley, Wis., and graduated from Hurley High School with the class of 2008. Some of Trevor's favorite high school memories were being a part of the Hurley High School band. Trevor spent the last year of his life in recovery as a resident...
HURLEY, Wis. - Irene (Hill) Harma, 98, passed away on June 26, 2019, in Hurley, with her family by her side. She is survived by three sons, Duane Harma, Waterford, James (Edrye) Harma of Kimball, and Stephen (Kathy) Harma of Ironwood, Mich.; six grandchildren, Daniel (Renae) Harma, Debra (Lenny) Harry, Paul (Michele) Harma, Michael (Kandie) Harma, Kari (Erik) Harma-Dennis, and Kristin (Ron) Harma-Gryniewicz; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews....
