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Articles from the May 8, 2013 edition


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  • Water rising again

    May 8, 2013

  • Mercer resident featured on PBS television show

    Cortney Ofstad|May 8, 2013

    MERCER, Wis. — Mercer resident Jeff Richter’s hobby started small. He began taking photographs, which later developed into videos and has had his work featured in a book. But now, his hobby has reached new heights, a national television show. Richter will appear on the PBS show, “Nature” in an episode “The Private Life of Deer,” airing tonight at 7 p.m. Richter’s work specifically focuses on a certain type of deer, the albino White Tail. “I had never seen one before, and when I opened a galler...

  • Cheesy garlic bread wins Lay's flavor contest

    May 8, 2013

    NEW YORK (AP) — Lay’s potato chips are getting cheesier. Fans voted to keep the potato chip maker’s Cheesy Garlic Bread flavor on store shelves for at least the end of the year as part of the company’s nearly yearlong promotion that solicited customers’ flavor ideas. Cheesy Garlic Bread beat out two other fan-submitted flavors: a maple-syrup tasting chicken & waffles and Sriracha, which tastes like the hot sauce often used in Thai dishes. Karen Weber-Mendham, a children’s librarian from Land O...

  • Steve Balasz

    May 8, 2013

    LAKE GOGEBIC, Mich. — Steve Balasz, 95, of Lake Gogebic, died unexpectedly, Saturday, May 4, 2013, at his home. He was born Feb. 20, 1918, in Bessemer, son of the late Steve and Julia (Beracko) Balasz. Steve attended Bessemer schools and graduated from the A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer with the class of 1935. He was employed at the Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Sidnaw, then the Anvil Mine and Sunday Lake Mine until their closing. Steve was also employed in construction in Wisconsin and as a carpenter until retirement. He built h... Full story

  • Burla wins U.P. Choral Leadership Award

    May 8, 2013

  • Devils take two at Butternut

    Pat Krause|May 8, 2013

    BUTTERNUT, Wis. — The Ironwood baseball team got out the brooms and swept Butternut in both games of a doubleheader in Indianhead Conference play on Tuesday night. The Red Devils have started off the year at 3-0. Game 1 - Ironwood 8, Butternut 7 Butternut led 7-5 after four innings, but Ironwood scored three times in final inning to edge the Midgets 8-7 in game one of the doubleheader Tuesday night. Ironwood sophomore Brett Ossanna started and gave up two walks, a double and a home run to G...