Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY — Burton Industries of Ironwood has joined the businesses assisting the Hurley School District in upgrading its technical education cooperative program. District administrator Chris Patritto told the school board Monday that Burton, an electronics components firm in the industrial park, has indicated it wants to join the effort that also includes Ironwood Plastics, Extreme Tool, of Wakefield, and Bretting Manufacturing, of Ashland. “They’re excited about it,” Patritto said. The compani...
IRONWOOD — The snow total at noon on Tuesday in Ironwood from the most recent blanketing stood at about a foot, a day before spring officially arrived. The 24-hour snow total to 7 a.m. Tuesday in Ironwood was 8.5 inches, but it snowed heavily after that through about 1 p.m., in the inch-an-hour range. The season’s snow total was an even 150 inches up to 7 a.m. Tuesday. It was fluffy, light, lake-effect snow and the sun occasionally peeked from the clouds. Around 1 p.m., the snow lifted and the sky turned blue. Area ski hills didn’t need the a...
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp said Monday Chippewa tribes in northern Wisconsin are setting spearing levels that will mean more one-walleye lakes for sport anglers. As a result, the WDNR will withhold funds previously paid to the tribe. For the tribal ceded territory covering the northern third of the state, a DNR analysis indicates out of 535 lakes named for tribal harvests, 197 have been designated by the tribe at a level that will result in one-walleye daily bag limits for anglers. While most lakes in Iron C...
APPLETON, Wis. — Josephine Vanderschaegen, formerly of Hurley, passed away on March 13, 2013. Josephine was born on Oct. 31, 1918, in Ironwood, Mich., and was raised there, too. Her parents were Anton and Antonia Skowronski (both deceased), both born and from Watcloviak, Poland. She was married to Clarence Vanderschaegen of Iron Belt on July 27, 1940, by the Rev. Paul Boshold at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Saxon. They eventually moved to Hurley in June 1953, where they purchased their home on Maple Street. Josephine attended old North Side Cen... Full story
DANVILLE, Ill. — Unseeded Central Community College upset top-seed Mott Community College 67-61 Tuesday in the first round of the NJCAA Division II men’s national basketball tournament. Central (20-13) of Columbus, Neb., advanced to the national tournament with an 81-75 victory over Gogebic Community College on March 10. Mott (29-4) led 29-27 at halftime and the game was tied at 54-54 with more than six minutes left. Just like Central’s game against GCC, the lead changed hands multiple times. It was tied at 61-61 with two minutes left. Centr...
ASHLAND, Wis. — Hurley senior Sam Ofstad and Drummond senior Bethany Best shared the Indianhead Conference Player of the Year honors in girls basketball. Ofstad was named the East Division Player of the Year and Best the top player in the West Division. Coaches then determined an overall player of the year in the conference and Ofstad and Best share that award. Ofstad played four years for the Midgettes and led this year’s East Division champions to a 20-4 record as one of just two seniors. Making the East Division First Team were: Ofstad, Hur...
