Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board couldn’t decide whether to support House or Senate transportation legislation on Wednesday, but commissioners agreed there somehow should be an increase in funding for roads. Gogebic County Road Commission Engineer-Director Darren Pionk told the board the effort to change transportation funding, including the way gas tax money is distributed, is in the “11th hour” because this is the last week state legislators will convene. There’s legislation in both the House and Senate pertaining to transportation, and co... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees approved a 2015 proposed budget of $913,729 Dec. 8. The fund balance for 2015 is $398,371, down nearly $100,000 from 2014. The millage rate will remain at 4.2714 after residents approved a road millage during the November mid-term election. A millage rate is the amount of tax per $1,000 of property value, the road millage replaced an expiring fire truck millage. The millage is for 1 mill and will last from 2014 to 2018. The township began collecting the millage on Dec. 1 as part of t... Full story
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ONTONAGON - An attendance record was broken at the Ontonagon Theater of the Performing Arts Friday with the presentation of the "Christmas in the Snow." More than 350 people packed the theater, where the previous record was 329. This year marked the sixth annual Christmas show with performers Jim Jessup, Mike Urbis, Yvonne Blake and friends. The music and comedy between Jessup and Urbis featured Urbis as the reindeer hauling Santa, played by Jessup on the sleigh, Urbis as a hobo going "Home for Christmas" and the gentle ribbing between the... Full story
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HURLEY, Wis. - Lenore Irene (LaChapelle) Corullo, 89, passed into Eternal Life on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, in Hurley. Lenore was born on July 2, 1925, to John and Emma (Elsner) LaChapelle and lived in Bessemer her whole life. She attended Bessemer schools and graduated from A.D. Johnston High School with the class of 1943. Lenore married Joseph Corullo on Nov. 16, 1946. He preceded her in death on Feb. 27, 2007, after 61 years together. Lenore worked various jobs including for the rations board... Full story
