Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - To make math and science fun, students of the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District have assembled 3-D printers for computer programming and robotics class during the spring semester. James Halverson, the class professor, said Thursday a 3-D printer is a manufacturing technology that has made "rapid" prototyping and small-scale manufacturing easier and more accessible. He said the printer makes three-dimensional solid objects from...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Jail in Bessemer is overcrowded “and there’s more coming,” sheriff Peter Matonich told the county board Wednesday. Matonich said the jail was housing 30 inmates and six more were jailed in Iron County, Wis., under an agreement between the two counties. “We’re doing everything we can to try to quell it,” Matonich said of the overcrowding situation. The sheriff said he was addressing the county board because his budget is taking a hit with the extra inmates. He explained...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — With Thursday’s hearing in Gogebic County Circuit Court ending without a plea agreement, the case of Jason Charles Roberts is scheduled for an April trial. Roberts, 34, of Ironwood, faces three animal cruelty-related charges stemming from a video that allegedly shows Roberts urging several hunting dogs to attack a wounded coyote. He faces a felony charge of torturing an animal and misdemeanors for cruelty to an animal and failure to kill a wounded animal. The first charge carries max...
Friday, March 25 Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Ironwood Carnegie Library Board, 4 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous/Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EDT, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Saturday, March 26 Alcoholics Anonymous,...
WAUNAKEE, Wis. — Wayne A. Vaughn, 81, of Waunakee, passed away at home on Tuesday, March 22, 2016. He was born on Dec. 6, 1934, in Mercer, the son of Lawrence and Lucy Vaughn (nee Stephey). Wayne grew up in Mercer and served in the U.S. Navy from 1954 to 1958 and was a proud member of the American Legion and the VFW. Wayne is survived by his wife, Elaine; and their children, Jeff (Ruth Ellen), Lucy, Laurel (Ross) and David (Jennifer). He is further survived by his grandchildren, Anna, Abigail, Constance and Alan; and stepgranddaughter, B...
