Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] Politicians around the region are reacting to the violence in Washington D.C. Wednesday as a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol to delay the Congressional certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. The proceedings resumed later Wednesday after the Capitol was cleared by law enforcement and was completed early Thursday. “As are so many Wisconsinites and Americans, I am watching these horrifying events unfold in Washington, D.C. in disbelief. The...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Siblings say the strength they find from each other after the untimely loss of their mother and the amazing show of community support has helped a great deal with the healing process. Cody Durant, 27, is the eldest of five siblings and the only one not living at the Bessemer home of their mother, Beth Durant, when she died of heart failure at age 43 on Oct. 5, 2020. The family was in shock and Cody said it was a moment to "grab the bull...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley Police Department is embarking on a project to update its policies and procedures, according to reports at the city of Hurley Police, Fire and License Committee meeting on Wednesday. Hurley Chief of Police Chris Colassaco said revisions to administrative and operations protocols are always being conducted on an annual basis but that this year the department contracted with Lexipol, a law enforcement policies and training agency, to do a more thorough revision. “It’s a progr...
HURLEY, Wis. – Geraldine Marie Kutz, 87, of Hurley, passed away peacefully Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. Geraldine Marie was born Dec. 3, 1933, to Joseph Baima and Esther (Herlevi) Baima in Iron Belt. She was the eldest of two daughters, her sister, Kathleen, preceded her in death. Geri attended the Pence grade school and graduated from the Lincoln High School in Hurley with the class of 1951, where she was coined "a jolly girl so full of fun and always nice to everyone." On May 1, 1954, Geri married t...
WEST GROVE, Penn. - Leslie Edwin (Les) Price, 92, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, in Jennersville Hospital due to complications from COVID pneumonia. Born in Eagle River, Wisconsin, on May 25, 1928, he was the youngest child of Henry William Price and Elizabeth (Williams) Price. His parents ran a tourist camp on the Wisconsin River and Les gained his lifelong love of fishing, hunting and the outdoors from growing up there. He graduated from Eagle River High School, then enl...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Jan. 8 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org....
