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Articles from the December 19, 2015 edition


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  • Community Calendar

    Dec 19, 2015

    Saturday, Dec. 19 Children’s Story Hour, 10 a.m., Marenisco Public Library. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Community Pickleball Paddlers, 2-5 p.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Sunday, Dec. 20 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, Dec. 21 Gogebic County Human Services Agency Board, 9 a.m., Gogebic County Medical Care Facility, Wakefield. Iron County Food Pantr...

  • David James Lucas

    Dec 19, 2015

    MARQUETTE, Mich. - David James Lucas, loving husband, father, brother and friend, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. Dave was born Aug. 23, 1953, in Ironwood, to the late John and Alice (Cirolini) Lucas. He married Marsha (Erickson) Lucas on June 2, 1979, in Ironwood. Dave graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1971. After obtaining his associate degree from Gogebic Community College in 1973, he completed his bachelor's degree from Michigan State University in 1975. He earned his...

  • Anthony J. 'Tony' Gonsowski

    Dec 19, 2015

    IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Anthony J. "Tony" Gonsowski, 88, of Ironwood Township, died unexpectedly Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, in his home. Tony was born Jan. 15, 1927, in North Chicago Junction, Ill., son of the late Frank and Rose (Leja) Gonsowski, and graduated from Crane Technical High School in Chicago. He was employed as an emergency technician at Cook County Hospital in Chicago for a short time. He then worked at the Campbell Soup factory in Chicago, retiring as plant foreman at Western...

  • Jets fly by young Speedgirls

    Pat Krause|Dec 19, 2015

    BESSEMER - Bessemer wanted to give their fans an early Christmas present, but a good Jeffers team would have no part of it and thumped the Speedgirls 61-31 in a Copper Mountain Conference game in the House of Noise on Friday night. "Bessemer is a good young team that is impressive on the inside and has good coaching," Jeffers coach Joe Romano said. "But they couldn't handle our press, especially early on. Every game, we usually go with a man-to-man press, But Bessemer is tall, so it was zone pre...

  • ADAPT teaches students about addiction, driving under influence

    Tom Stankard|Dec 19, 2015

    WAKEFIELD - As winter break approaches, the Alcohol Drug Abuse Prevention Team Thursday taught students in the Wakefield-Marenisco School District dangers of addiction and consequences of driving under the influence. ADAPT is made up of Jennifer Wanink, president; Heather Higgins, secretary; Liz Mathias, event coordinator and Michaela Perlberg, Gogebic Community College counselor. Together, their mission is to to educate the area about drug and alcohol use, to bring awareness to issues that...

  • Iron County approves new jail deal with Lac du Flambeau tribe

    Richard Jenkins|Dec 19, 2015

    HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors Wednesday approved a deal allowing Lac du Flambeau inmates to be incarcerated in the Iron County Jail. “I’ve got room to house prisoners,” sheriff Tony Furyk told the board of supervisors’ finance committee in November when he first brought up the deal. “I certainly don’t want to refuse prisoners because it generates income here. I have an empty jail.” According to the information presented at the finance committee meeting, the program would be funded through a grant obtained by the tribe. The grant...