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Articles from the December 21, 2021 edition


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  • Santa drive-thru held at Bessemer VFW

    Dec 21, 2021

    By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — Santa, Mrs. Claus, and several of their elves made an appearance at the Bessemer VFW Post 3673 on Saturday afternoon to hand out gifts to children for the VFW’s second annual Santa drive-thru event. “It went well,” said Donna Frello, post commander. “We distributed 150 gift bags.” Parents drove through the VFW parking lot and were given a gift bag for each child in the car. The gift bags contained a craft kit, cookies, candy, a Christmas plush toy and other holiday goodies. This was the sec...

  • CNA students craft with seniors

    Dec 21, 2021

    By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Residents of the Westgate Nursing Home participated in a variety of crafts with the assistance of students in the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District's CNA program on Thursday. Students helped residents to make clothes pin reindeer, popsicle stick Christmas trees, and paint a picture of a snowman, Santa Claus, or Christmas Tree. "The resident's ability to participate determined the craft they would do with each resident," said Aman...

  • Lillian Ruth Lundberg

    Dec 21, 2021

    HURLEY, Wis. - Lillian Ruth Lundberg, 88, of Hurley, passed away on Dec. 14, 2021, with her loving family surrounding her. Born on July 8, 1933, in Mosinee, she was the first-born daughter of the late Wallace Sutton and Ilo Sutton. She lived for most of her childhood on the "Punkin Hollow" family farm in the Arpin, Wisconsin, area with her eight siblings. She walked daily to a one-room schoolhouse for grades 1 – 8 and then attended the Marshfield school where she graduated from high school in 1...

  • Margaret "Maggie" Viola Lanning

    Dec 21, 2021

    MARION, Iowa - Margaret "Maggie" Viola Lanning, was born Dec. 4, 1930, to Ivar and Emmy Peterson, in Bessemer, Michigan, and died Dec. 16, 2021, in Marion, Iowa. She was preceded in death by one sister, three brothers, and twin infant sons. She is survived by five children, Cile Nabers (Mark) of San Antonio, Texas, Scott Lanning (Sue Lewis) of Hubbard, Oregon, Joyce "Tina" Dietzgen of Marion, Laurence "Larry" Lanning (Marie) of Bessemer, and Greg Kennedy (Elvie) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; three...

  • Toini Maria (Luoma) Mandelin

    Dec 21, 2021

    HURLEY, Wis. - Toini Maria (Luoma) Mandelin, 93, passed away peacefully in Hurley, on Dec. 9, 2021. She was born in Wakefield, Michigan, on March 30, 1928, the daughter of Matt and Amanda Luoma. Toini graduated from Wakefield High School in 1946 and moved to Milwaukee, where she graduated from the Business Institute of Milwaukee and began working at Ladish Malting Company as a secretary. She was a member of Emmaus Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, where she met her husband, Milton, and they were...

  • Melvin Brunk

    Dec 21, 2021

    WATERSMEET, Mich. - Melvin Brunk Jr., 40, of Watersmeet, peacefully walked on Dec. 16, 2021, at Aspirus Iron River Hospital. He was born in Chicago on Dec. 17, 1980, to Melvin Brunk Sr. and Mary Jane (McGeshick) Brunk. Melvin loved the Chicago Bears, Blackhawks, Cubs and Bulls. He had a fondness of classic trucks and cars. Melvin was known to his family and friends as a loving protector willing to help anyone who came to him. He was a very talented mixologist and bartender. Melvin will be...

  • Community Calendar

    Dec 21, 2021

    Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Dec. 21 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Iron-Gogebic Integrated Family Services, 9-10:30 a.m., Iron County Courthouse, Hurley. 906-663-4045 or 715-561-2191. Wisconsin Veterans Employment Services Representative, 9-11:30 a.m., veterans service office, Hurley. 715-392-7808. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and...