Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — A Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board recommendation will add more than 4,000 acres to Gogebic County forest land, according to a Thursday announcement. The Gogebic County Forest Expansion Project was among 26 acquisition grant recommendations from the Trust Fund Board totaling $27.2 million. The county application requested $3,225,300 to add approximately 4,007.3 acres with the county budgeting for a 26% local match. This acquisition of unique forestland consists of many s...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - The "Tree of Love" and "Celebration Tree" at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital were lit for the holiday season Tuesday, but without the ceremony that traditionally accompanies the tree lighting. A maintenance man simply flipped a switch at exactly 4 p.m. to light the trees, without an audience and as nearby staff continued with their work. "We aren't having the ceremony this year. We are doing a virtual video," said Alicia Cook, the liason for the As...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The effort to make safety improvements to West Range View Drive, the only road access to Hurley K-12 School, is again moving forward with a possible state grant, according to reports at the Hurley Board of Public Works meeting on Wednesday. Hurley Street Commissioner Scott Santini, and Jeff Seamandel, an engineer with MSA Professional Services, the city’s engineering company, addressed the board regarding the plan to widen a section of West Range View Drive from 10th Avenue to the mai...
CLIVE, Iowa - Richard Carl Perlberg, 73, of Clive, passed away peacefully Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, at Mercy One Hospice after a short, brave battle with cancer. His family was by his side. Richard, the son of Herbert and Saima (Toivonen) Perlberg, was born April 4, 1947, in Ironwood, Michigan. On Sept. 24, 1976, he married Jayne Greuel in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She preceded him in death on April 26, 2002. He then married Patricia Cooper on March 19, 2005. Richard graduated from Hurley High...
ESCANABA, Mich. - Michael Paul Kulak, 73, of Ironwood passed on Nov. 25, 2020 at Christian Park Healthcare Center in Escanaba after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. He was born in Ironwood, son of Edward and Edith (Wilby) Kulak. Mike married Donna (Korpela) of Ironwood, and they had two children. After his divorce he met his lifelong soulmate of 30 years, Marge Snarski. Together they lived in Hurley, Wisconsin until her passing. He was known as "Big Mike" to her children and grandchildren. He...
WAUSAU, Wis. - Douglas Rudolph Mattson, 92, of Ironwood Township, passed away on Saturday Oct. 31, 2020, at Aspirus Hospital Wausau, in Wausau, Wisconsin. Doug was born in Ely, Minnesota, son of Yalmer and Hilma Rokola Mattson. He attended schools in Winton and Ely, Minnesota, and attended Roosevelt Junior High in Ironwood Township. He was a 1947 graduate of Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. Doug was married to Natalie Braspenick in 1958. She preceded him in death. Doug worked at Cary...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, Dec. 5 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, Dec. 6 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, I...
