Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — As township officials continue to prepare next year’s budget, some residents have expressed concern regarding the outstanding debt owed to various government entities in the county. The debt is tax money former treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso collected but never passed on to the appropriate entities. Township Supervisor Steve Boyd said Friday the township’s attorney and forensic auditor encouraged the township to continue operating as normal while they work with the insurance and b...
LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder Friday appointed John Matonich, of Lake Gogebic, to chair the Michigan Trails Advisory Council. Matonich retired in 2016 as CEO of Rowe Professional Services Company. He served there as CEO from 1992 to 1999 and as president from 1997 to 2014. Matonich, a Bessemer native, lived in lower Michigan before returning to the Lake Gogebic area in Marenisco Township. He also serves on the Gogebic County Road Commission board. He earned his bachelor’s degree in land surveying from Michigan Technological University in Hou...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — Mercer Library Director Teresa Schmidt discussed the basics of building a website Thursday during a class on the basics of using WordPress. Schmidt gave an overview of the various stages of building a website during her WordPress 101 presentation and answered questions from those in attendance. After discussing choosing a domain name and hosting company, Schmidt opened up a WordPress Dashboard and showed the various key parts of a WordPress site. This included choosing a theme and p...
Saturday, Dec. 15 Children’s Story Time, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. Union Station Food Pantry and 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 Christmas party, noon-2 p.m., Bessemer VFW. 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, Dec. 16 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Iro... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Margaret Ellen Bull, age 90, of Ironwood, passed away on Dec. 8, 2018. Margaret was born on March 4, 1928, daughter of the late Robert and Elizabeth (Reed) Edyvean in Ironwood. She was a 1945 graduate of Luther L. Wright High School. On Jan. 21, 1956, she married Dan Bull at the Newport Methodist Church in Ironwood and he preceded her in death on March 26, 2009. Margaret worked for many years as a bookkeeper at Coast-to-Coast Hardware and then Kmart, where she retired as... Full story
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Helmi Leona Hill, 90, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, at the Gogebic Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. She was born in Wakefield Jan. 3, 1928, a daughter of Alfred and Sofia (Palomaki) Laakso. She attended Wakefield Township Schools, graduating in 1945. On Dec. 3, 1949, she married her neighbor, Raymond L. Hill. After a brief honeymoon at a house in West Pike Location, they moved into the house Raymond built next door to his parents' residence and raised their family. When her... Full story
