Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] ONTONAGON — Ontonagon County Sheriff Dale Rantala is asking Ewen area residents to check their hunting camps after a trio involved in a crime spree broke into a camp Wednesday. Around 12:23 p.m., Dale Kasten, of Ewen, reported a break-in to his camp where guns and other valuables were stolen, according to Rantala. “An investigation revealed that three Ashland County area individuals were involved in a crime spree heading east from Wisconsin. They were arrested in Cheboygan County, in lower Mic...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Sheriff’s Department warns area residents of a potentially new telephone scam being attempted, where the caller claims to be from the federal government. According to an ICSD report, an Iron Belt resident was contacted by callers claiming to be with the federal Department of Health and Human Services. The callers — who used the names James Wright and Jean Spencer — claimed the woman won a $14,500 grant from the department, according to the report, and that her informa...
DAGGETT - There were no injuries when a loaded logging truck with an attached trailer failed to stop at a railroad crossing in Daggett Township Thursday and was struck by a Canadian National Railroad train around noon. Truck driver Perry Robert Erickson, 60, avoided injury when the train engine struck the trailer, detaching it. The train engine was damaged in the Upper Peninsula accident in Menominee County. Erickson was cited by deputies for failing to stop for a train....
Saturday, Jan. 28 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Free Supper, 5-6 p.m., Apostolic Lutheran Church, Aurora Street, Ironwood. MECCA Candlelight Ski, 6-9 p.m., Trailhead at 4686N Fierick Road, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Jan. 29 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lut... Full story