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Articles from the January 31, 2017 edition


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  • SUNDAY MORNING SIDEWALKS

    Jan 31, 2017

  • 3 arraigned in lower Michigan after crime spree across UP

    Jan 31, 2017

    By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] CHEBOYGAN - The three people apprehended Thursday following a crime spree across the Upper Peninsula have been charged in Cheboygan County Court with numerous felonies. Their trip across the U.P. began after the trio stole a vehicle in Mellen, Wis., according to authorities. Arraigned Friday were Norman Kastan, 44, and Kensey Kaseno, 28, both of Mellen, and Rachel Greenwood, 21, of Park Falls. A be on the lookout warning was issued by police Wednesday...

  • Iron County Health Department advises on different types of flu

    Jan 31, 2017

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — As the yearly flu bug travels around the area, Iron County Health Department officials are advising residents on the different types of flu, specifically the difference between influenza and norovirus. While both are often referred to as the flu, Iron County Health Officer Katie Hampston, said only influenza is technically the flu. “A lot of people will say, ‘I have the flu.’ But you have to clarify the real flu — influenza — is respiratory and the stomach flu is norovirus … and is the vo...

  • Land O'Lakes Lions Club holds 31st annual fishing tourney

    Jan 31, 2017

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WATERSMEET — Thirty-one times the Phelps-Land O’Lakes Lion’s Club has hosted the Great Northern Fishing Tourney in Watersmeet and thirty-one times people have come for the fundraiser held on the last weekend in January. Last Saturday the temperatures were above normal, which was nice for the fisherman, but according to Lion, Wally Beversdorf, “the wind was tough on the fisherman and the ice more risky than other years.” Beversdorf said, “The tourney is usually 8 hours and awards 10 different p...

  • Community Calendar

    Jan 31, 2017

    Tuesday, Jan. 31 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. New members welcome. Life Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Woodland Church, Ironwood. Government Gogebic Community College Board, 4:30 p.m., room B-22, Jacob Solin Business...

  • Emil J. Anderson

    Jan 31, 2017

    LANSE, Mich. - Emil J. Anderson, Jr., 83, (aka The Big Swede) of L'Anse, and formerly of Kenton, passed away on Jan. 27, 2017, in Crystal Falls. He was born on Sept. 13, 1933, in Stambaugh to Emil and Selma (Johnson) Anderson. He grew up in Beechwood and married Gloria Hansen on Oct. 24, 1959, in Kenton, and had two daughters. He was very loved. Anderson served in the U.S. Army and the National Guard, and was stationed in Germany. After leaving his country's service, he moved to Kenton in 1955...

  • Kash A. St. Catherine

    Jan 31, 2017

    OSHKOSH, Wis. — Kash A. St. Catherine, 52, of Oshkosh, formerly of Three Lakes and Hurley, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at Aurora Medical Center, surrounded by his immediate family and close Oshkosh friends. Kash is survived by his parents, Louise Morgando, of Hurley, and George St. Catherine (Terri), of Sugar Camp; sister, Luanne Applekamp (David), of Bergland, Mich.; nieces, Amanda Axvig (Adam) their daughter, Molly and Angela Gilbertson (Brent) and their son, Axel; nephew, Andrew Giancola, and his daughter, Claire; along with numerous f...