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Articles from the May 4, 2016 edition


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  • Gerovac takes deal in embezzlement case

    May 4, 2016

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — Former Erwin Township Clerk Prisilla Gerovac entered a no contest plea to an embezzlement charge in 32nd Circuit Court in Bessemer Tuesday as part of a plea agreement. The agreement calls for Gerovac, 45, of East Pioneer Road, to plead no contest to the charge of embezzlement by an agent or trustee of an amount more than $1,000 and less than $20,000, a five-year felony. There is also the possibility of a fine of up to $10,000 or three times the amount embezzled, whichever is greater. A...

  • NATIONAL TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY

    May 4, 2016

  • Zimmer gets trail dedication

    May 4, 2016

    By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - An ongoing trail improvement project at the Ontonagon Area School was dedicated Tuesday to a teacher whose career spanned 30 years of the district. Francis Fritz Zimmer taught biological sciences in the district from 1953-83. That period spanned the time the district went from Ontonagon to later include Greenland Township and Rockland. When the new school was built, Zimmer celebrated Earth Day by having students plant trees in an area adjacent to...

  • Community Calendar

    May 4, 2016

    Wednesday, May 4 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. 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 County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Alzheimer’s Disease Caregivers Support Group, 6-7 p.m., Zion Evang...

  • John K. Lulich

    May 4, 2016

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - John K. Lulich, 84, formerly of Shelby, passed away on May 1, 2016, surrounded by his family. John is survived by his wife, Kathleen (Walsh); his children, Lawrence (Ingrid) Lulich, Mary Lulich (fiancé Edward Beere), Kathleen (John) Globensky, Patricia Lulich and Elizabeth Lulich; and his grandchildren, Andrew, Audrey, Alaina, Sarah, John, Jack and Ben. He is predeceased by his son, Michael Lulich. Kathleen and John were married on May 22, 1954, at Holy Family Church in...