Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - Local high school students are preparing for their first performance through the Ironwood Carnegie Library's drama club. The students will perform "Rumbo," a parody of action heroes, celebrity, beauty pageants and popular culture. According to show director Mary Hansen, it is the first time students from different school districts are participating in the same drama club. "Schools have had their own clubs in the past, but there has never been a collaborative effort like this before,"...
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Through 17 years of grueling practices, of defeats and victories, Meryl Davis and Charlie White insist they’ve never considered parting ways. A perfect pairing, they were nearly flawless at the Sochi Olympics, and on Monday they became the first Americans to win an ice dance gold medal. “The closest we came to breaking up, I can’t pinpoint one because there hasn’t been one,” Davis, 27, said. “Certainly there have been struggles. It hasn’t been easy to get where we are. ... I...
NOVI (AP) - They came from all walks of life - Girl Scouts troops, National Guard units, financial planning offices, Zumba classes - to spend three days packing food for thousands of hungry children they'll never meet. The 2 Million Meals effort, the brainchild of a Detroit-area pastor, concluded Sunday. The results: 8,810 volunteers put together 2,029,536 meals to be shipped to El Salvador, Haiti and the Philippines. The mixtures of rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables and 21 vitamins and minerals...
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) - Maddie disappears into a snowy cloud. Poof. Dog gone. Her eager head bobs up a second later, rising and sinking like the Loch Ness Monster, trailing a wake of broken snow. The border collie is panting in minutes. Doesn't take long to get the heart pounding in snow like this, said Kevin Deyo, Maddie's owner. Deyo, 55, runs with her four times a week, out the back door and into crotch-deep snow and rolling hills at Twin Lakes Park in Grand Traverse County. Maddie's paws are...
PEORIA, Ariz. - Carl John Pumala, 94, formerly of Ironwood, Mich., and Prescott Valley, died Feb. 4, 2014, in Peoria. He was the son of deceased parents Matt Pumala and Amelia "Emily" Paukamaki, of Finland. Carl was born in Erwin Township, Mich., on Oct. 6, 1919. Carl achieved many accomplishments during his life. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936. In 1946, he attended the Utilities Engineering Institute, earning a certificate in auto body and fender craftsmanship as a...
BYRON, Ill. - Patricia R. Reiniche, 66, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at the Serenity Home and Hospice in Oregon, Ill., after a courageous battle with lung cancer. She was born Aug. 5, 1947, the daughter to Laverne Greiser in Fredericksburg, Va., and lived many years in Bergland, Mich. She married Randall Reiniche on Dec. 21, 1995 in Byron. Patricia worked for over 30 years at Behr Metals in Rockford. She was a Byron area resident for many years. Her hobbies included bowling, golfing,...
OAKFIELD, Wis. - Roderick David Leo Minkin, 77, of Oakfield, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 at his residence. He was born Dec. 25, 1936, in Ironwood, Mich., the son of Leo and Marion Minkin. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, serving from 1954 to 1957, and served in the Reserves until 1962. Roderick worked for Wisconsin Power and Light as an electrician retiring in 1994. He was a member of the American Legion Post 210 and the National Rifle Association. He enjoyed doing yard work and...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Joanne E. Pikka, 71, of Ironwood, formerly a longtime resident of Wakefield, was reunited with her son and daughter in Heaven on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. Joanne was born on Nov. 28, 1942, in Ironwood, the daughter of Kenneth and Ruth (Minkin) Morin. She graduated from Luther L. Wright High School with the class of 1960. Joanne is survived by two daughters, Pam Youngberg (Leslie Maki), Wakefield, and Kristi Pikka (Jim Wilczewski), Bessemer; her son-in-law, Dave Anonich, Menominee; five grandchildren, Lindsay, Kelsey, Casey, J...
