Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — The trial of Jason Charles Roberts, 34, of Ironwood began Tuesday in Gogebic County Circuit Court. Roberts is facing three animal cruelty-related charges in connection to a YouTube video of hunting dogs attacking a wounded coyote. Roberts 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 a maximum sentence of four years in prison, while the other have maximum sentences of 93 days and 90 d...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER — The process of assigning coaching positions for the Bessemer Area Schools District was discussed Monday night by school board members and Athletic Director Tim France. Al Gaiss, Extra Curricular Committee chairman, read the minutes of the committee’s meeting on March 28, which was attended by the board of education, coaches and parents. Gaiss said the committee received requests from the public, suggesting all coaches be interviewed prior to being hired and that coaching positions sho...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Weekend rainfall in the western Upper Peninsula means streams should be flowing high and cold for Saturday's trout season opener. With most of the snowmelt gone, creeks had dropped low, but more than two inches of rain over the weekend restored flows to more normal spring levels. Inland trout season for Type I and II streams and Type A and D lakes opens on the last Saturday in April and closes Sept. 30. The daily bag limit is five trout, with no more...
Wednesday, April 27 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Bessemer-Ironwood Chamber’s Business Box Lunch, Bessemer City Hall. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Robert V. Gutowski, 91, of Wakefield, formerly of Bessemer, died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, in Wakefield. He was born Sept. 4, 1924, in Superior, Wis., son of the late John and Pauline (Mojeck) Gutowski. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945 with the Company F 188th Glider Infantry. He was a truck driver for various steel mills for much of his life. A graveside military service will be held 10 a.m. Friday, April 29, 2016, at Hillcrest Cemetery in Bessemer. Military rites...
