Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis on Friday publicly backed his new economy czar, who is overhauling the Vatican's administration amid grumblings from some Holy See bureaucrats about a perceived abrasive and secretive style. Francis acknowledged Cardinal George Pell's "tenacity" in calling the imposing Australian the Vatican's resident "rugby player." Francis echoed Pell's call for a new way of doing business at the Vatican in urging Holy See employees to embrace a "new mentality of evangelical...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel threatened tough sanctions Friday on broad swaths of Russia's economy if Moscow disrupts Ukraine's May 25 presidential elections, putting President Vladimir Putin on notice for harsher penalties even if he stops short of a full invasion. Standing side by side in the White House Rose Garden, Obama and Merkel sought to bat down the notion of any discord between the U.S and European approaches to dissuading Putin from inte...
EAGLE RIVER, Wis. - Edwin "Fast Eddie" Laurin, 76, of Ramsay, Mich., died unexpectedly Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Eagle River. He was born June 30, 1937, in Nadeau, Mich., son of the late William and Helen Laurin. Ed attended Carney-Nadeau schools and graduated from the Carney-Nadeau High School with the class of 1955. He was employed by Bacco Construction and at the White Pine Mine. Ed was employed by United Parcel Service for 32 years until retirement. He was a member and fire chief for...
ALVIN, Texas - Brenda Marie (Levra) Lambert, 54, of Alvin, formerly of Iron Belt, Wis., passed away Sunday evening, April 20, 2014, of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Manvel, Texas. She was born on Dec. 13, 1959, in Wakefield, Mich., the daughter of Gordon and Judith (Johnson) Levra. Brenda graduated from Hurley High School. She continued her education and received a degree in nursing from St. Luke's School of Nursing in Duluth, Minn. Brenda started her career at Herman Hospital...
