Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Although neither the teachers nor students probably want to admit it, the start of the school year is right around the corner. With the need to get ready for that day, the Ironwood Area Schools held a back-to-school fair Wednesday. "(The fair) is going great. It's busy, but that's what schools are," K-12 Principal Melissa Nigh said. "I love the busy." Tables were set up in the Luther L. Wright K-12 School's second floor gym representing e...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - After years of fundraising the work to repair and paint the 50-foot fiberglass replica of the legendary Hiawatha is underway at the park along Burma Road. The St. Paul, Minnesota company that created the statue in 1964 is no longer around and the work is being conducted by FAST Corporation of Sparta, Wisconsin, the only Midwest company that still builds and repairs fiberglass structures, said Peter Sturgul, who started the repair project...
HURLEY — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is holding a public meeting to discuss plans to improve the U.S. 2/U.S. 51 intersection in Hurley, including the possibility of installing a roundabout. The meeting is set to start at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Iron County Courthouse. “The objective of this meeting is to familiarize the public with the purpose and need for the project and to obtain input on the proposed improvements,” a WisDOT spokesperson said when announcing the meeting. There are several possible designs being consi...
Thursday, Aug. 22 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. 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. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Hurley. area74.org. Government Downtown Ironwood Development Authority, 8 a.m., meeting, Conference Room 1, sec... Full story
ARLINGTON, Va. — Lauretta Nyman Ysais, formerly of Ironwood, Mich., daughter of Jacob W. Nyman and Ellen Ijas Nyman, and sister to Jacob Nyman Jr., passed away Aug. 18th, 2019, in Arlington. Lauretta was born Jan. 8, 1939, in Ironwood, and she attended the Roosevelt Junior High School in Ironwood Township, and was the class of 1954 valedictorian. While attending Luther L. Wright High School, Lauretta was named to the National Honor Society in her junior year (one of only nine other juniors). Lauretta was employed in the patent law business f... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Steve Zarimba Jr., 82, of Ironwood died Saturday, Aug 10, 2019. He was born on April 27, 1937, in Ironwood to Steve and Jean (Pumala) Zarimba. He graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. He married the love of his life, Carole Koski Zarimba. For most of his life, he was an insurance salesman for Prudential. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting and fishing and was also an avid collector of World War II items and firearms of all types. Cremation has taken place; and per his wishes, there will be no s... Full story
