Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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To the Editor: We who have lived here all of our lives have seen the huge iron ore stockpiles freshly hauled up from underground waiting to be moved out by railcar bound for the smelters. Left behind to this day are the immense waste rock piles. These ore and rock piles have been subjected to all types of weather systems and all drainage going to the nearest streams and into Lake Superior, about 15 miles to the north. In all the years of mining, this drainage hasn’t affected brook trout fishing on all the rivers flowing into Lake Superior. Broo... Full story
To the Editor: The week of Feb. 9-15 is designated National Salute to Veterans Week. The employees and volunteers at the Oscar G. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Medical Center and the Ironwood VA Outpatient Clinic salute America’s heroes — the nearly 20,000 men and women we proudly care for and serve, as well as more than 210 of our employees and 220 of our volunteers who served their country in the military. Men and women who have given more than most to protect and preserve all we hold dear as Americans. Next week, we join VA fac... Full story
WAUSAU, Wis. - Jane Ann Hanousek, 75, of Ringle, died Feb. 5, 2014, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. Jane was born on Jan. 14, 1939, in Wakefield, Mich., to the late Ted and Agnes (Gustafson) Johnson. She married Frank L. Hanousek on July 10, 1965, at Church of the Transfiguration Episcopal in Ironwood, Mich. Frank preceded her in death on May 22, 1990. Jane worked at the Ironwood Daily Globe as a summer intern in 1960. She then went on to become a reporter for the Dubuque (Iowa) Telegraph-Herald... Full story
WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Terry M. Hoag, 51, of Ironwood, born Dec. 23, 1962, died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield. Terry is also survived by four daughters and seven grandchildren, Melissa Hoag-Gunter and children Kevin, Aimee, Angel and Lilly; Brandi Wilkey and son Conner; Paige Cowart and children Brandon and Loretta; and Amanda Hoag. We may not have known Terry like we would have liked to, but he brought us girls together and we will never forget. The most painful goodbyes are the ones that are never said a... Full story
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A small army of electricity restoration crews labored Friday to reconnect nearly 300,000 customers in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and utility companies warned some will have to wait several more days. The lion's share of the outages remained in the Philadelphia suburbs, where many schools were closed for a third day, and a PECO spokesman said work was continuing around the clock. PECO accounted for about 250,000 outages late Friday afternoon. "That number is coming down... Full story
BESSEMER - What's with all these winning (and losing) streaks the Bessemer Speedgirls have been on this season? Bessemer started out with three wins, lost five in a row and now have won four straight with a solid 43-35 victory over Ewen-Trout Creek in Porcupine Mountain action on Friday night in the House of Noise. "I told the girls I like the positive streaks better," Bessemer coach Richard Matrella said. "We've become more consistent." Matrella said it took time to find the right combination... Full story
IRONWOOD - Ironwood coach Pete Lewinski picked up his 500th varsity basketball win in Friday's win over W-M. In his 22nd year as boys basketball coach, he's 259-212. At Andress High School in El Paso, Texas, he went 68-29 in three years ending in the 1988-89 season. As varsity girls coach at Ironwood, Lewinski went 173-143 in 15 years ending in 2006 when the sport moved to the winter with boys and Lewinski couldn't coach both the boys and girls anymore. Combined, he sits at 500-384. "This a... Full story
SOCHI, Russia (AP) - A Russia in search of global vindication kicked off the Sochi Olympics looking more like a Russia that likes to party, with a pulse-raising opening ceremony about fun and sports instead of terrorism, coddling despots and gay rights. And that's just the way Vladimir Putin wants these Winter Games to be. The world's premier athletes on ice and snow have more to worry about than geopolitics as they plunge into the biggest challenges of their lives on the mountain slopes of the... Full story
