Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - More than 50 years ago, a B-47 Stratojet disappeared from radar on a low-level training mission about 10 miles south of Hurley. Three months later, another aircraft disappeared near the same area, a densely wooded place about 3 miles east of U.S. 51. The airplanes were part of the Air Force's 40th Bombardment Wing from Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka, Kan. The missions were run because of the location's similarity in terrain to areas of Europe that were anticipated bombing locations...
DULUTH, Minn. - Getting blood drawn or having an IV inserted is nobody's idea of a good time and often can be painful, especially if veins are not easily accessible. Essentia Health in Duluth is implementing a vein illumination system called Accuvein to help patients and phlebotomists, the healthcare professionals who draw blood from veins. The AccuVein AV400 system uses a beam of light projected onto a patient's arm to reveal a map of the peripheral veins under the skin's surface. It helps heal...
BESSEMER - Bessemer City Council members were updated about this past winter's impact on the region and the emergency situation of Gogebic County at a meeting Monday. "We in Gogebic County declared a local state of emergency," Jim Loeper, emergency manager for Gogebic County said. "The next step we would take as a county is that we would ask the governor to declare Gogebic County a disaster area." Loeper mentioned a state of emergency declaration that was recently made for Marquette County. The...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Edward Mason Samson, 78, a longtime resident of Ironwood, passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Edward was born on Feb. 13, 1936, in Flint, the son of Percy Edward and Abby Ruth (Warby) Samson. He attended Flint Northern High School and graduated in 1954. After high school, Ed took up the barber trade and worked alongside his father in his shop. He also served in the U.S. Navy Reserves for eight years. In 1963, Ed joined the Michigan State Police. He was assigned to...
BESSEMER, Mich. - Ronald Lee Reil, 62, of Bessemer, went to be with his Lord on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Ron was born in Milwaukee on June 2, 1951, to John and Edith (Jurisch) Reil. He attended Three Lakes high school in Three Lakes, Wis., (class of 1969) before serving in the United States Army in Vietnam and Cambodia. Upon his return from the war, he owned and operated Ron's Landing in Three Lakes and worked as a logger in the area. Ron attended Nicolet College in Rhinelander, Wis., as part...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Harlan G. Specketer, 87, of Lake Road, Ironwood Township, died Thursday, April 17, 2014, at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield. He was born Sept. 22, 1926, in Bath, Ill., son of the late Julius and Edith (Kolves) Specketer, and graduated from high school in Havana, Ill. He then entered the U.S. Navy Air Corps on May 31, 1944, serving in the South Pacific during World War II, and was honorably discharged as a seaman first class on June 2, 1946. Following his discharge,...
