Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER - More than a dozen children spent Saturday morning making tasty creations during a gingerbread program through the Bessemer Public Library. Kids received all the parts to put together delicious gingerbread houses and listened to a Christmas story or two. Librarian Melissa Rajala said this was the second year the library has put the program on. "This is something the kids talk about all year long," Rajala said. "It was a lot of fun last year." Being a small community, Rajala said... Full story
IRONWOOD – Local youth and adults participated in the annual Christmas musical at Zion Lutheran Church part of the Christ Lutheran Parish in Ironwood. Actors performed the show "Arrest These Merry Gentlemen," telling a different side to the story of the birth of Jesus Christ. The story followed two peacekeepers in the town of Bethlehem trying to follow leads about something "big" happening in the town. The peacekeepers tried to find the merry-making shepherds set to arrive in town for the b... Full story
BESSEMER - Twenty-five people braved sub-zero temperatures to carol on an old-fashioned hayride as part of Bessemer's community Christmas party, departing from the VFW Sunday afternoon. Mayor Butch Semmerling donated the trailers and hay for the rides, and Neal Nelson and Larry Miskovich volunteered to drive. After the hayride, Santa and Mrs. Claus were inside the VFW for children to visit with, and enjoy Christmas tales. Event volunteer Donna Frello said cocoa, cookies, and other goodies were... Full story
ONTONAGON - It was standing room only at the annual Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital Foundation Christmas Show Friday. The show opened with a new set with sliding doors opening to a Christmas set and Jim Jessup and Mike Urbis in white and black tuxedos singing the show's theme "Winter Wonderland." The usual comedic banter and songs between Jessup and Urbis alternated with the beautiful voices and Christmas music from Jennifer Weaver and daughters Veronica and Genevieve, Jim Brogan, Dave Kalivoda and Y... Full story
EWEN - Opponents don't often leave Ewen with 34-point victories. But Lake Linden-Hubbell already is playing like the U.P. top-five Little 5 team it was last year and Ewen-Trout Creek is adjusting to an inexperienced team that is playing one of the toughest schedules of anyone in the U.P. Lake Linden won 84-50 on Saturday night. Even the Panthers' JV team went 18-2 last year and the E-TC varsity team hasn't finished under .500 since the 2004-05 season, so nobody was used to playing from that far... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Josephine C. Florek, 92, of Joliet, Ill., and a current resident at Keen Agers in Wakefield, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood. The former Josephine Perhalla was born Nov. 27, 1921, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Andrew and Anna (Zokopian) Perhalla, and attended Luther L. Wright High School. She was employed in the receiving department at Marshall-Fields in Chicago for 33 years until her retirement in 1995, and had resided in Joliet until returning to Ironwood in August 2013. She e... Full story
