Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — While Iron County District Attorney Matt Tingstad said he expects to file a criminal complaint with formal charges sometime next week, a bond hearing was held Friday for one of the suspects authorities say was involved in the death of a missing Lac du Flambeau man. Iron County Judge Patrick Madden granted the prosecution’s request and ordered bond set at $1 million for Richard F. A. Allen, 27. According to the probable cause statement in the case, Allen is suspected of first degree int...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - The eighth annual Sisu Ski Fest started 90 minutes late to accommodate cold weather and heavy wintry conditions, but for Ellen Weber, who has raced every Sisu except the year it was cancelled, the delayed start resulted in a much better race because it was not so brutally cold, like last years race. Weber said she races and works the registration desk, despite making the trek to Ironwood from the suburbs of Chicago. For Bridget Wendt, art...
MERCER, Wis. — An Iowa man was killed in a snowmobile accident in the town of Mercer Friday. The Iron County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a snowmobile accident on Trail 9 in Mercer at 1:55 p.m., according to a department news release. The 56-year-old snowmobiler was unresponsive when first responders arrived on the scene, Sheriff Tony Furyk said in the release, and was later pronounced dead. A preliminary investigation showed the man’s snowmobile left the trail and hit a tree, according to the release. While Wisconsin Depar...
Monday, Jan. 8 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 Michigan Ave., Montreal, Wis. 715-561-4450. Mercer Tai Chi for Health and Balance class, 9 a.m., Mercer Community Center. National Finnish American Festival Inc. board meeting, 10 a.m. at Little Finland, Kimball. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Overeaters Anonymous, 5 p.m., All Saints Lutheran Church, Wakefield. Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. AL-ANON, 6 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood....
BESSEMER TOWNSHIP, Mich. - John David Koski, 73, a long-time resident of Anvil Location, Bessemer Township, passed away Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, at his residence. John was born on Dec. 18, 1944, in Anvil, the son of Francis Oscar and Betty Ann (Kyllonen) Koski. He attended A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer and graduated in 1963. Following graduation, John worked at Briggs & Stratton Corporation in Milwaukee, Wis. After returning to Anvil, he worked at the Universal Machine Company and...
