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Bessemer hires contractors for water and sewer projects
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer City Council hired two local contractors for its water and sewer projects during a special meeting on Wednesday. Jake’s Excavating and Landscaping LLC, of Ironwood, was awarded...
Hurley will not hold annual Memorial Day Parade
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley City Council on Monday voted 4-1 not to close Silver Street or provide other support that would allow for a downtown parade during the annual Memorial Weekend ATV/UTV Rally....
Community Calendar
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected] For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, April 15 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Financial Assistance, 9:30...
Water treatment plant agreement approved
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — After nearly two years of preliminary work, the Ironwood City Commission on Monday approved an engineering service agreement to start the water treatment plant project. The commission, 5-0,...
Community Calendar
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected] For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, April 14 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible...
William F. Barbacovi
BESSEMER, Mich. - William F. Barbacovi passed away Jan. 24, 2021, at 99 years young. Bill was born April 19, 1921, in Bessemer to Agnes and Louis Barbacovi. Bill married Marie C. Richter on April 7,...
Bessemer schools to continue in-person
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — Bessemer high school students will continue with in-person learning despite a recommendation from the Michigan Education Association on Friday to revert back to virtual learning for two weeks....
Community Calendar
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected] For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, April 13 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution...
Community Calendar
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected] For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, April 10 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous,...
By Bessemer 4th of July is a go
BESSEMER — The Bessemer City Council gave the organizers of local Fourth of July festivities its “blessing” Monday to go ahead with plans for this year’s events. “I’ll be happy with absolutely anything that we can have just to bring our...
Community Calendar
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected] For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, April 8 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield...
Community Calendar
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected] For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, April 7 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem...
Bessemer VFW offers drive-thru Easter event
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - For the second year in a row, VFW Post 3687 in Bessemer sponsored on Saturday a "COVID-friendly" celebration that organizers described as "an Easter...
Kathy Seppamaki
GREENLAND, Mich. — Kathy Seppamaki – a life well lived With profound sadness we announce the passing of Kathy, our loving and devoted mother and friend to all whose lives she touched, on March 24, 2021. Kathy Seppamaki, 75, of Greenland,...
Community Calendar
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected] For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, April 6 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood...
Council approves resolution for flexible meeting platforms
BESSEMER — The Bessemer City Council approved a resolution to allow flexibility in meeting platforms during its first in-person meeting in over a year on Friday. The special meeting was called in order to address the issue of whether or not to...
Slimed for a cause
BESSEMER - Students at Washington Elementary got to pour slime on Mark Switzer, the school's dean of instruction, on Thursday, as a reward for the kids' fundraising efforts in the Kids Heart...
Marilyn Martin
NAPLES, Fla. - On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, we lost our dear mother, grandmother and friend of many - Marilyn Martin. She was born Marilyn Jacobson in Bessemer, Michigan, on March 16, 1932, to Art...
Community Calendar
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected] For more information, call 906-932-2211. Saturday, April 3 Union Station Food Pantry and Northern Food Bank, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 252 E. Ayer St., Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous,...
ADJ learns about autism
BESSEMER - Students and staff at A.D. Johnson Junior-Senior High School spent Thursday learning about autism in preparation for Autism Awareness Day today. "The theme for world wide autism is to also...
Community Calendar
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected] For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, April 2 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood....
Community Calendar
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected] For more information, call 906-932-2211. Thursday, April 1 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield...
Community Calendar
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected] For more information, call 906-932-2211. Wednesday, March 31 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem...
Pearl Margaret Kauranen Horvath
LAKE GOGEBIC, Mich. - Pearl Margaret Kauranen Horvath, 99, of Lake Gogebic, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, March 18, 2021, at the Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, W...
Wakefield ponders solution to Iron Belle extension
WAKEFIELD — Last summer, an expansion of the Iron Belle Trail linked Bessemer to Ramsay, meaning that the trail in Gogebic County now stretches from Hurley to Ramsay, with a paved trail for silent sports such as hiking and biking. A new hurdle now...
