Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By JUSTIN LIBERTOSKI [email protected] IRONWOOD - The weather did not seem to deter locals from getting out to Luther L. Wright K-12 school Saturday for the annual Jack Frost Gingerbread House Workshop. Parents and kids busied themselves putting together gingerbread houses. The contest started about 20 years ago according to Arlene Schneller, vice president of Snow Country Contracting and former coordinator of the event. It has been held at different locations throughout the years such as...
By JUSTIN LIBERTOSKI [email protected] HURLEY - The Hurley K-12 School was filled with curious shoppers meandering their way through the tables filled with everything from wreaths to homemade teddy bears. Booths were set up in the commons area as well as the gymnasium and each had plenty of hand crafted jewelry, clothing and many other items. There were also tables set up so that people could enjoy the food that was offered during the event. The event saw a lot of people throughout the...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Historic Ironwood Theatre is showing Warren Miller’s latest movie, Here There and Everywhere on Nov. 26 at 7:30 p.m. for fifteen dollars. Miller, camera in hand for the past 67 years, has awed audiences world wide with skiing adventures most people lack the imagination to even dream of. The movie showcases the talent of JT Holmes, Jeremy Jones, Grette Eliassen, Collin Collins, Ingrid Backstrom, Tyler Ceccanti, Wendy Fisher, and more as they travel to Alaska, Montana’s Glacier Count...
Monday, Nov. 21 Gogebic County Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m., Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Government Bessemer Housing Commission, 8:30 a.m.,...
HURLEY, Wis. - Clayton A. "AJ" Aijala, 84, of Ironwood, Mich., died peacefully Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 8, 2016, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Nov. 17, 1931, in Ironwood, son of the late Uno and Luella (Kompsie) Aijala, and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1949. He then attended Gogebic Community College for two years. While a student at GCC, he played basketball for the Samsons. Clayton worked for Moland...
HURLEY, Wis. — Elisabeth Sophie Synkelma, 86, of Margaret St., Ironwood, Mich., died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, in Hurley. She was born Aug. 7, 1930, in Straubing, Germany, the daughter of the late Otto and Kathrina (Nussbaum) Roth. She attended school in Straubing, Germany and made her career as a beautician, employed from 1949 to 1952. She was married to the love of her life, Reuben H. Synkelma, on May 16, 1952, at a Military Air Base Army Chapel, by Major Juliano. Together they moved to Ironwood, where she was a homemaker and very much l...
WATERSMEET, Mich. — Martin Schutte, 83, a resident of Watersmeet since 1986 and formerly of Milwaukee, passed away on Nov. 2, 2016, at his home. Martin was born on Nov. 7, 1932, in Ironwood, to Martin and Edith Schutte. After graduating high school, he proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict. He married his wife, Jean, on June 25, 1955. Martin worked for 25 years as a general foreman at Caterpillar in Milwaukee. He served as the Watersmeet town treasurer and was a member of the Watersmeet Volunteer Fire Department. M...
