Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BAYFIELD, Wis. (AP) - The popular ice caves on Lake Superior near the Apostle Islands will soon be closed due to ice melt, officials said Wednesday. Access to the caves will close for the season no later than Sunday night, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Superintendent Bob Krumenaker said in a statement. The season was "the longest and best one anyone can remember, and certainly the most popular," he said. "Spring is coming, the ice is weakening and we can see the edge of the ice pack coming... Full story
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) - One Wisconsin town among the many dealing with frozen waterways and clogged drains because melted snow has no place to go has tried an explosive new approach: blowing up a creek. Town of Onalaska officials hired an Iowa-based blaster to stick several hundred sticks of plastic explosives in the frozen Sand Lake Coulee Creek and blow it up on Friday. "It was awesome," said town chairman Rolly Bogert. Officials turned to explosives because when it rained on Feb. 23, the... Full story
DULUTH, Minn. - Erland William "Ollie" Ollikainen, 63, of Ramsay, Mich., passed away peacefully on Monday, March 10, 2014, surrounded by his loving family at St. Mary Medical Center, Duluth. He was born on Dec. 24, 1950, in Bessemer, Mich., son of the late William and Astrid (Branstrom) Ollikainen. He attended A.D. Johnston (Bessemer) High School graduating in 1969. He attended Gogebic Community College at two separate times, obtaining a degree in automotives and building trades, and he was on t... Full story
WAUSAU, Wis. - Thomas Emil Lauzon, 86, of Ironwood, Mich., passed away on Sunday, March 9, 2014, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau. He was born in Ironwood on March 10, 1927, son of the late Joseph and Zella Lauzon. He attended Catholic schools in Ironwood and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1945, serving in the Seabees in the South Pacific until the end of World War II. Upon returning to Ironwood, his working career included jobs at Northern Bakery, Walter Meyers Sausage Co., Carlson's Super... Full story
FEEDING HILLS, Mass. — Alice L. (Suomi) Drzal, 81, died Friday, March 7, 2014. Alice was the wife of the late Stanley A. Drzal for 60 years. He predeceased her on Feb. 19, 2011. She was born in Bessemer, Mich., to the late Arne and Helia (Benson) Suomi. She graduated from A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer in 1950. She later lived in Chicopee, Mass., before moving to Feeding Hills in 1992. She was a communicant at St. Stanislaus Catholic Basilica in Chicopee. Alice is survived by two sons, Loren Drzal, of Lexington, Ky., and Keith (... Full story
