Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By Zachary Marano [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Delta variant of the coronavirus has been identified in Gogebic County, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ Bureau of Laboratories. A COVID-19 update from Thursday said there were two confirmed cases of the Delta variant in the county. “When a variant is identified or suspected, additional measures take place, such as a strict 14-day quarantine,” said Kate Beer, health officer for the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department. “A new variant in our commu...
By TOM LAVENTURE IRONWOOD - A recently completed "connector trail" now links the Iron Belle Trail with the Miners Memorial Heritage Park trail system. The connector trail starts with a parking lot and kiosk on a segment of Iron Belle Trail just off of U.S. 2 at Rosella Street, and adjacent to the AmericInn Ironwood hotel. The paved walking and bicycle trail joins the Iron Belle for a short distance before heading southwest for about one-half mile until emerging at East Ayer Street across from...
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. - David Paul "Dave" West, a former resident of Fayette County, Georgia, completed his final flight on July 22, 2021, after a short illness. Dave was born Nov. 13, 1939, in Ironwood, Michigan, the third child and only son of Holger Franz West and Helen Heczko West. A 1956 graduate of Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood, Dave received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in June 1961. Aspiring from a young age to become an aviator, Dave chose naval aviation... Full story
NAPLES, Fla. - Beloved mother and grandmother, Barbara J. (nee Oberg) Miller, of Naples, passed away in Naples, on July 31, 2021. She was born in Wakefield, Michigan, to Paul J. and Bernice E. Oberg, on Jan. 14, 1937. She graduated from Wakefield High School in 1954. She loved ballroom dancing, fishing and working in her yard on her many fruit trees. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Paul R. Oberg and Russell Oberg; and her daughter Renee' A. Weeks. She is survived by... Full story
SUPERIOR, Wis. - Gloria Ellen (Brownell) Tapper, a beautiful soul, wife and mother of five children passed at home surrounded by loved ones on July 24, 2021. She was born June 15, 1943. She is survived in death by her husband, Larry Tapper; and daughters, Peggy Mullikin (Keith), Bettijo Marx, Debbie Dolan and Mary Bowman (Robert). She is also survived by a number of siblings, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her son, Rodney Jendrzejewski;... Full story
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Aug. 7 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. 8 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I... Full story
