Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER - The Bessemer volleyball team started its first practice of the season at the earliest time possible Wednesday. Midnight. Practice for sports other than football opened in Michigan Wednesday. For the first time that morning, the Speedgirls went to the House of Noise at midnight and practiced for 2.5 hours before sleeping at the gym. "We're young, so last night was pretty much focused on team bonding, unity," Bessemer coach Shelly Mettler said. "It was more games to support each other,... Full story
IRONWOOD - Once again, its time for the annual tradition that is the Gogebic County Fair, which opens today and runs through Sunday. Starting at 10 a.m., today, the public can explore the fairgrounds until 8:30 p.m. and participants can drop off entries in all categories. The day will feature a youth challenge, beginning at 4:30 p.m., according to the fair's Entertainment and Marketing Chair, Kathy Jo Koval. The challenge features six teams of area youth competing in a number of "silly games,"... Full story
ERWIN TOWNSHIP — Erwin Township hasn’t been up-to-date on paying taxes to the federal government. That was the news township Supervisor Larry Grimsby delivered to the board of trustees Wednesday. “It was discovered that we’re on the verge, the township is on the verge, of being put into collections by the federal government,” said Grimsby. Grimsby reassured the board and residents in attendance that, now the township was aware of the problems, the township leaders were taking steps to resolve the issue. According to Grimsby — who was reading... Full story
DULUTH, Minn. - Robert N. "Bob" Kimball, 78, of Ironwood, Mich., died peacefully Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 4, 1937, in Ironwood, son of the late Ben and Erma (Colasacco) Kimball. The family moved to Detroit in 1941, where Bob attended St. Dominic School and was active in music and sang in several operettas. The family returned to Ironwood in 1949, where Bob attended seventh grade at St.... Full story
HURLEY, Wis. - Geraldine M. "Gerry" Hautala, 90, former longtime Ironwood Township, Mich. resident, died peacefully Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, with her loving family by her side. The former Geraldine Oja was born May 5, 1925, in Ironwood, daughter of the late John and Lempi (Usitalo) Oja, and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1943. She worked as a welder in defense plants in Detroit during World War II, then returned to... Full story
MILWAUKEE - If I could have written my own obituary, this is how I believe it would have read. On Aug. 10, 2015, I decided it was time to go. I was born in 1920, so 95 years on this earth was a pretty good haul. It was time to see my wife, Genevieve (nee Sommers), "man that woman could cook," my daughter, Barbara Fuchsberger, and so many family and friends who went before me. I served my country proudly in World War II and that shaped the rest of my life; some of it good and some bad, but it... Full story
Thursday, Aug. 13 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- Red Hat Society - North Woods Divas, noon luncheon, RSVP 906-932-5455 or 906-663-4871, Tacconelli’s, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 U.S. 51 North, Arbor Vitae. Wakefield-Bessemer Rotary Club, 1 to 3 p.m., pie social, Wakefield VFW. Grief Support Group, 2 p... Full story
