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Articles from the April 14, 2015 edition


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  • Midgettes start season with 11-0 win

    Jason Juno|Apr 14, 2015

    ASHLAND, Wis. - Hurley didn't strike out. It didn't allow any walks. And its defense was solid. Not bad for its first game of the year. The Midgettes blanked Ashland 11-0 in five innings Monday at Northland College. Gabby Pecotte pitched all five walk-free and run-free innings for Hurley. Everyone in the Hurley order reached base and it didn't allow Ashland to take advantage of two errors. "I'm happy overall with the first game," Hurley manager Jim Kivisto said. Unlike the last two years, the...

  • 4 honored for saving life

    Ralph Ansami|Apr 14, 2015

    IRONWOOD - Four people who helped rescue an elderly Ironwood man from a burning vehicle last month were honored by the Ironwood City Commission on Monday. Leonard Korpi, 84, of 420 Douglas Boulevard, had experienced a medical issue while driving on March 28. The vehicle, in the parking lot at Wells Fargo Bank on Cloverland Drive, was becoming filled with smoke from a fire in the engine compartment. Korpi was unconscious and had his foot on the gas pedal, A passerby, Julie Erickson, helped first...

  • Two-state high-speed chase ends with arrest

    Richard Jenkins|Apr 14, 2015

    BESSEMER — A high-speed pursuit that allegedly topped speeds of 100 mph and went through both Wisconsin and Michigan ended with the arrest of Paul Edward Harley, 59, of Wakefield. The saga began with a report of a black Buick Enclave running vehicles off the road and traveling at speeds of over 100 mph heading east on U.S. 2 near Kimball, Wis., according to an Iron County Sheriff’s Department report. According to the ICSD report, the caller, who first reported the vehicle, continued to follow the driver across the state line and into Mic...

  • David Charles Karttunen

    Apr 14, 2015

    ONTONAGON, Mich. — David Charles Karttunen, 74, of Ontonagon, passed away April 12, 2015, at his home. He was born May 17, 1940, in Detroit to Arthur and Viola (Korvenpaa) Karttunen. He moved to Green as a child and had resided there since. Dave attended school in White Pine and Ontonagon. After graduation, he was employed by the paper mill and worked there for 44 years. He also attended heavy equipment school. On May 26, 1962, he married Pauline Conrad, in Green. They had two children: Kandy (JR) Richardson and Todd Karttunen. Dave had a l...

  • Community Calendar

    Apr 14, 2015

    Tuesday, April 14 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution, seniors, mothers, infants, children, 1-3 p.m., 100 Mill St., Bessemer. 906-667-0283. Ironwood Area Chamber of Commerce, 3:30 p.m., Maplewood, Ironwood. Bessemer American Legion Post 27, 5 p.m., American Legion,...