Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] December unemployment rates in northern Wisconsin counties rose across the board, with most jumping around 1 percent from November. Iron County remained with the second worst figures in the state, at 7.4 percent. That was worse than the 6.3 percent in November, according to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. A year ago, the Iron County jobless rate was 8.3 percent. Vilas County went up from 5 percent to 6 percent and neighboring Oneida County worsened from 4.3 percent to 5.2 percent....
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WATERSMEET — This Saturday the Phelps-Land O’ Lakes Lions Club will host its 31st annual Great Northern Ice Fishing Tournament at the West Shore boat landing on Lac Vieux Desert. The Lions Club expects from 120 to 140 people to compete. The registration briefing begins at 8 a.m. Historically, about half of the participants register the morning of the event, so people should arrive early. Ice conditions range from 12 to 15 inches, so organizers urge caution. If possible, people should use all...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A psychiatric examination of an Ironwood man accused of setting fire to his house has found him competent, however it remains uncertain whether he will be found criminally responsible enough to stand trial. Kevin Schuelke, 43, is charged with one count of second-degree arson, a 20-year felony; a domestic violence-third offense charge, a five-year felony; and two counts of resisting and obstructing a police officer, with each count a two-year felony. He is accused of starting a fire in t...
Friday, Jan. 27 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. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, Jan. 28 Community Pickleball...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Helen M. Kauppi, 98, of Ironwood, died on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital. She was born May 19, 1918, in Bessemer, the daughter of the late John Reeta (Piri) Morris. She was a 1937 graduate of A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer. Helen worked in Chicago during the 1940s, periodically returning the Bessemer to help take care of her mother. It was during one of her trips home, while working as a waitress at the Blue Link Café in Ironwood, she met her futur...
