Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] ESCANABA - Tom Casperson, who represented Gogebic and Ontonagon counties in Lansing for seven years as a state senator, died this weekend at the age of 61. Casperson, a Republican from Escanaba, died Sunday. He had been diagnosed with cancer. Fellow Republicans in the Senate called Casperson a "titan of the Upper Peninsula." State Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Waucedah Township, who succeeded Casperson in representing the western end of the Upper Penisula as p... Full story
TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER - After years of pulling borrowed groomers with an old snowmobile, a volunteer has new equipment to help step up the frequency and quality of Iron Belle Trail conditions for cross country skiers and snowshoers this winter season. Randy Ahnen, who is vice president of the nonprofit Wolverine Nordic Trails, also lives adjacent to the Bessemer trailhead of the Iron Belle Trail, and has volunteered his time and equipment to groom the trail since t...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — A total of 37 people are dead in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties in connection with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with another 13 deaths in Iron County, Wisconsin, related to COVID-19. As of Saturday, a total of 23 people had died in Gogebic County over the course of the pandemic, according to data on the state’s coronavirus website. That’s up from the 21 deaths the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department reported last Monday. The county has had 567 confirmed cases of COVID...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Dec. 1 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org.... Full story
WAKEFIELD, Mich. – Mary Diana (Sjoblom) Marten, 63, of Wakefield, passed away Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. Mary was born on Sept. 20, 1957, in Wakefield, a daughter of Theodore S. and Ida D. Sjoblom. She had resided in Wakefield, Cudahy, Wisconsin and Albuquerque, New Mexico. On Aug. 30, 1986, Mary was united in marriage to Daniel M. Marten. She was a certified nursing assistant and worked as a residential aide at a local group home. Mary loved dogs and horses, especially Kaya, Breezy, Sortia, Thumper the donkey and Chicka and numerous other dogs a... Full story
MARSHFIELD, Wis. — Judy Kasten, 57, passed away Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, at the Marshfield WI hospital after a short battle with COVID. Judy was the daughter of Norman and Rachel Kasten. She graduated from Ewen-Trout Creek High School in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in 1982. Judy worked as a caretaker at nursing homes for many years in Phelps, Wisconsin, and Ontonagon, Michigan. She lived many years in Ewen, and later in Bergland, Michigan. Judy will be missed by all her family and friends. She is survived by three sisters, Sue Henderson, Mary (Ma... Full story
WATERSMEET - Robert "Bob" Rudy Reichardt passed away unexpectedly at home on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. He was 69 years old. He was born on Nov. 30, 1950 to Rudy and Marge Reichardt. Bob married the love of his life, June (Hautamaki) on May 4, 1991. He served in the United States Navy from 1969 to 1973. He owned and operated Bob's Electric for many years in Watersmeet. He then moved to Ohio where he worked as an electrician until retirement, and then moved back to his family home of Watersmeet. Wri... Full story
