Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
BAGPIPE PLAYER Pierre Ogea leads people out of the May 15 U.P. Peace Officers' Memorial Service at the Lindquist Student and Conference Center at Gogebic Community College in Ironwood. The annual service honors regional members of law enforcement who lost their lives in the service of duty.
By PAMELA JANSSON
IRONWOOD - A memorial service for regional residents who died in the line of duty while employed in law enforcement was held in Ironwood on May 15.
The annual U.P. Peace Officers' Memorial Service took place in the Lindquist Center of Gogebic Community College.
The event honored officers of the U.P., as well as of border agencies in Wisconsin and Canada.
Keynote speaker was Tiffany Romans, sister-in-law of Ervin Romans II, who died at the age of 43 on March 21, 2009, as a member of the Oakland Police Department in California.
As a 1983 graduate of...
