Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER — According to Gogebic Country Club golf professional, Tyler Leskela, it is the largest golf tournament in the U.P. and northern Wisconsin with 100 two-person teams and a waiting list to get in. And it’s been like that for two decades. It’s the Milakovich Memorial Tournament and it will be played this weekend at the Gogebic Country Club with golfers teeing off at 7 a.m. on Saturday. But it’s more like a golf reunion or homecoming than just a golf tournament. That’s because people come...
IRONWOOD — Chris Hillier arrived at Festival Ironwood in the Depot Park on Thursday afternoon, ending a 924-mile hike from Detroit. In December, Gov. Rick Snyder announced he was going to make Michigan the trails mecca of the Midwest, and wanted a non-motorized trail from Belle Isle in Detroit to Ironwood. The trail hasn’t been officially named yet, but Hillier said he will call it the Ironwood Trail, because he has been dreaming of reaching Ironwood for 11 weeks. Hillier is the first to mak...
IRONWOOD — Aspirus Grand View Hospital held Senior Day on Thursday, serving a light lunch and providing education on pertinent health topics. Seventeen people attended. AGVH corporate operations officer Paula Chasermside greeted the guests, telling them, “It is your loyalty that allows us to continue to grow, advance, and provide services.” AGVH was founded in 1923 as a tuberculosis sanitorium, and in the 1950s it began to offer surgical services. Currently, AGVH is a fully accredited criti...
CRYSTAL FALLS — Forest Park girls basketball star Lexi Gussert verbally committed Thursday to play for the Michigan State Spartans in the 2014-15 season. Gussert, who will be a senior at Forest Park this fall, had also drawn recruiting interest from such basketball powerhouses as Connecticut and Tennessee. “Proud and blessed to say I will be a Michigan State Spartan next year! Thanks to everyone who has recruited me, and everyone for the support,” Gussert tweeted. The 6-foot Gussert was Michi...
To the Editor: It is widely observed that support for a taconite mine is much higher in Iron County than in Ashland County. This stems primarily from the fact that Ashland County is downstream from the proposed mine, and stands to suffer the brunt of any water pollution issues. Many Iron County residents are not yet aware that they will be downwind from one of the heaviest air polluters in Wisconsin should a taconite processing facility be built. While it is fair to entertain the argument that many are willing to sacrifice some level of clean...
PALM BAY, Fla. — William G. Saubert, 82, died Thursday, July 4, 2013, at the William Childes Hospice House in Palm Bay. Born in Bergland, Mich., in 1931, he worked for the Soo Line Railroad until his retirement in 1989. He then moved with his wife, Dorothy, to Donna, Texas, and lived there until 2013, when he moved to Melbourne, Fla. He is survived by his brothers, Philip Saubert, Vero Beach, Fla., and Richard Saubert, Melbourne. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Saubert. He will be buried in Bergland next to his wife. A service b...
DETROIT (AP) — Once the very symbol of American industrial might, Detroit became the biggest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy Thursday, its finances ravaged and its neighborhoods hollowed out by a long, slow decline in population and auto manufacturing. The filing, which had been feared for months, put the city on an uncertain course that could mean laying off municipal employees, selling off assets, raising fees and scaling back basic services such as trash collection and snow plowing, which h...