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Council, board meetings scheduled next week

Daily News staff Iron Mountain Police and Fire Pension Board will meet at 2 p.m. Monday at Iron Mountain City Hall. Norway Township Planning Commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Township Hall in Vulcan to discuss a conditional use permit for establishment/extension of a gravel pit on property near Ball Road. Iron Mountain City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at Iron Mountain City Hall. The agenda includes a bid award for lift station pumps. For more, go to https://www.ironmountainmi.gov/. Florence County Board is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the second ...

Ralph J. Valine

FLORENCE, Wis.— Ralph J. Valine, 87, of Florence, Wis., went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. He was born Jan. 13, 1939, in Stambaugh, son of the late Edwin and Ryene (Okerman) Valine. Ralph graduated from Iron River High School in 1957. He went on to receive degrees from ...

Gerald Stromberg

IRON RIVER — Gerald Frederick “Stubby” Stromberg, 92, of Gaastra, passed away Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, at Aspirus Hospital in Iron River. Stubby was born on Oct. 28, 1933, in Stambaugh Township, the son of Charles and Linda (Westerlund) Stromberg. He graduated from Stambaugh High School ...

June Turner

IRON MOUNTAIN — June Hilda Turner peacefully passed away on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. Visitation will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home in Iron Mountain, with a service to follow at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Pastor Walter Reichle will officiate. The family has entrusted the Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home of Iron Mountain with the arrangements.

Ralph J. Valine

FLORENCE, Wis. — Ralph J. Valine, 87, of Florence, Wis., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, at Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson in Iron Mountain. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Jacobs-Lundholm Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Florence.

Albert D. Manfredi

CRYSTAL FALLS — Albert D. Manfredi, 94, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, at the Iron County Medical Care Facility in Crystal Falls. He was born in Iron River on March 19, 1931, the son of the late Anton and Anna (Saccheti) Manfredi. Al played baseball and football for the Iron River ...