Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER - REQUIESCAIT IN PACE (rest in peace) is engraved in Latin on the bottom of a prominent tombstone in Bessemer's Hillcrest Cemetery, where the city's first recognized war hero lies. Corp. Peter Gedda, of the U.S. Army's Fourth Infantry Division, 39th Infantry Regiment, Company D, died 100 years ago today in France in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. It turned out to be an extended battle which helped bring an end to World War I for France and the...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Off-road vehicle drivers lined up in Wakefield Saturday for the 5th annual Color Ride for Veterans, which was sponsored by the Western U.P. Trail Advocates. "You don't have to be a vet," said organizer Jim Spencer of the small fleet departing from VFW Post 9084. "It just started as a fun thing. A lot of people like to go on these rides, but they don't know where to go, so they just follow along." Spencer said he planned to lead the caravan to...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — While the numbers still aren’t solid enough to make any decisions, the uncertainty surrounding the campground at Saxon Harbor continued to be the primary topic of discussion at Monday’s Iron County Board of Supervisors meeting. “We don’t have to make a decision on what we’re going to do tonight, because we all know we’re not going to build a campground this year anyway,” said Iron County Forestry and Parks Administrator Eric Peterson. He explained there are still too many details that need...
Wednesday, Sept. 26 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. IMPACT Life Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Woodland Church, Ironwood. Narcotics... Full story
HURLEY, Wis. - On Sept. 23, 2018, at 6:02 a.m., David Phillip Lundberg, 82, passed away, having lived life to its fullest. The joy he found in working hard was done. David was born in the sand counties of Wisconsin on Sept. 24, 1935, and he grew up on a farm near Saratoga. He left the farm for college in 1953. Over the next decade, he completed courses at Northwest College in Minneapolis and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Europe, and finished... Full story
