Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - The midway wasn't officially open until 6 p.m. Friday, but that didn't stop hundreds of people from coming early to play games, eat food and listen to music at the Iron County Fair. "I really like the fair," said Tate Guenard, 19, of Hurley, who sang the national anthem to open the Iron County Fair. "It's a community happening that brings people together, and makes money for 4-H and the area farms." Guenard has been a singer his...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Although a brief rain shower cut one concert short, there was plenty of music in downtown Ironwood Friday for the city's August First Friday celebration. A section of East Aurora Street was closed off in the evening as people set up lawn chairs or took a seat on the curb to enjoy a performance by Four Shillings Short at the Ironwood Carnegie Library. Comprised of Aodh Og O'Tuama and his wife, Christy Martin, Four Shillings Short...
ONTONAGON — Representatives from Ontonagon County Emergency Management and the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department are working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency following an accidental mercury spill at an abandoned garage and vacant lot in Mass City. “The spill was small, has been contained and is not a threat to the surrounding neighborhood,” said a press release Friday from Michael Kocher, Ontonagon County emergency management coordinator. The incident was first reported to law enforcement on Sunday, according to the relea...
Saturday, Aug. 3 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Aug. 4 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Gogebic Range Trail Authority, 6... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Robert T. Johnson Jr., 58, a longtime resident of Ironwood, passed away peacefully following a lengthy illness on July 29, 2019. Robert was born on July 9, 1961, in Regensburg, Germany to Robert and Sydney Johnson. His childhood was spent moving from base to base with his family then finally venturing out on his own after attending school in Council Grove, Kan. Robert served in the U.S. Navy as a boiler technician on the USS Kitty Hawk. He then became an over the road truck dri... Full story
MENOMONIE, Wis. - James C. Borgaro, 84, of Menomonie passed away peacefully on July 31, 2019, at Mayo Clinic Health System-Red Cedar. Born in 1935 in a small mining town of Wisconsin's northern snow belt, Jim was the son of James and Antonette Borgaro of Iron Belt. As a young child he spoke fluent Italian almost exclusively as a third generation of Italian immigrants. He demonstrated perfect pitch early on and after receiving his first saxophone as a gift from his father, he embarked upon a... Full story
LAKE GOGEBIC, Mich. — Marjorie Hurley, 94, a summer resident of Lake Gogebic, died Wednesday morning, July 31, 2019. Marjorie was born on April 24, 1925, in Ashland, Wis., a daughter of William and Catharine Pellow. She attended A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer and graduated in 1942. Marjorie continued her education at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn., earning a nursing degree in 1947. She served in the Cadet Nursing Corps during World War II. In 1949, Marjorie was married to the love of her life, Bernard Garrett Hurley, a... Full story
