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  • Lake Superior Ice Caves may open Saturday

    Ralph Ansami|Feb 27, 2015

    BAYFIELD, Wis. - Ice has formed with enough thickness along the Apostle Islands Ice Caves to allow viewing along the mainland unit of Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. If conditions remain the same or improve, the Ice Caves will open on Saturday. The Ice Caves feature some of the most spectacular cliffs and sea caves found in the Great Lakes. Features differ every year, as does the route to view them. "This year there is very little snow and a lot of glare ice, making the route exceptionally...

  • Ontonagon looks to provide jobs, recreational opportunities

    Jan Tucker|Feb 27, 2015

    ONTONAGON - Instead of Ontonagon being at the end of the trail, village manager Joe Erickson wants it to be a place to start vacations and obtain jobs. The village and its council are taking a two-pronged approach to realizing that goal. One of the prongs is providing more recreational opportunities and the other is encouraging more businesses to move into the area. Ontonagon is nearing approval for a Michigan Natural Resources grant to provide a paddle craft and kayak site on Rose Island,...

  • Super Bowl of Caring

    Feb 27, 2015

  • Marjorie M. Frei

    Feb 27, 2015

    IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. - Marjorie M. Frei, 86, of Breitung Township, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at Hyland Nursing Home in Iron Mountain. In the last days of her life God blessed each of her family members with tender moments by her side. Marge was born Aug. 10, 1928, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Sam and Helen (Sutut) Michaels. She was a 1946 graduate of Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood. Marge married Dale Frei on June 28, 1958. They shared 57 years of devoted marriage...