Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY — In dominating fashion, Hurley blitzed Butternut 17-4 and 18-4 as Hurley's hitting attack came to life with 35 runs and 35 hits. Game 1 — Hurley 17, Butternut 4 The strangest part of the first game of the doubleheader was that Butternut took a 3-0 lead after one inning. Butternut's Riley Christian was safe on an error, Ryan Prellwitz walked and Steven Scherwinski hit a frozen rope single to right field. Christian tried to score from second base but was gunned down on a strong throw fro...
To the Editor: I recently read an advertisement that said, “Investors staying the course are using a broken compass.” The ad reminded me of the Bessemer Area Schools bond proposal. Spending $7 million to repair school buildings that have been obsolete for decades doesn’t seem like a wise investment. In response to the special election, our school board should get its bearings and conduct a comprehensive education survey of Bessemer area residents. Part of that survey should ask whether the time has come for consolidation with our neigh...
LAKE GOGEBIC, Mich. — Paul H. Uerling, 85, of Lake Gogebic, entered eternal life on Sunday, May 12, 2013. Paul, a baptized child of God, was born on June 7, 1927, in Colby, Wis., the son of Theodore P. and Naomi (Fulton) Uerling. He graduated from Marenisco High School in 1945. Paul enlisted in the U.S. Navy on Jan. 29, 1945, and served in NTC, Great Lakes, Ill., NATechTRACEN in Jacksonville, Fla., and the U.S. Naval Operating Base in Guam, Mariana Islands. He was honorably discharged on M...
HURLEY, Wis. — Mary Louise “Lou” Friedley, 85, a former longtime Ironwood, Mich. resident, died peacefully Sunday, May 12, 2013, surrounded by her loving family, in her apartment at the Villa Vista in Hurley, following a brief illness. The former Mary Louise Cunningham was born Aug. 10, 1927, in Russell, Iowa, daughter of the late Cecil and Louise (Good) Cunningham. She attended Russell and Boone, Iowa, schools, and graduated from Boone High School in 1944. She then attended Francis Shime...
WATERSMEET, Mich. — Lorna Olga (Scheu) Neumann, of Watersmeet, passed away at the age of 91 on May 10, 2013. She was born in the town of Corning, Merrill, Wis., on Dec. 31, 1921, to Alvin and Helena (Moehrer) Scheu. Lorna married Lester “Pee Wee” Neumann on Sept. 27, 1941. He preceded her in death on March 22, 2013. Raised on the family dairy farm, Lorna became a hard worker. She enjoyed every day, whether she was milking cows or playing baseball with the boys. Following her marriage, she and P...
IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission Monday took no action on a planning commission hot potato recommendation to reject rezoning for property owned by George Dalbeck. Dalbeck is seeking rezoning from residential-1 to residential-3 for land at 207 Bonnie Road to allow for construction of a shop/barn to work on logging equipment and house a few horses. The surrounding properties are all zoned R-1 and after numerous neighbors complained about the proposed rezoning, the planning commission previously rejected it on a 6-0 vote. The city commissio...
HURLEY — The Hurley School Board Monday witnessed the presentation of a plaque from the Paavo Nurmi Marathon, represented by Gerry Traczyk and Patricia Kangas, to the Hurley Education Association president Monica Kolpin. “We couldn’t do it without your help,” said Traczyk. School board officers were elected: Joseph Simonich, president; David Pajula, vice president, Mike Fontecchio, treasurer, and Joel Enking, clerk. Many high school students helped with placing and removing sandbags during the recent flooding, said principal Jeff Gulan,...
WAKEFIELD — AECOM Project Engineer Matt Treado and Principal Engineer Mike Pond addressed the issues and concerns of the sanitary sewer system with the Wakefield City Council members and area residents at the Monday evening council meeting. According to Pond, on April 28 AECOM received calls of flooding at the main lift station in Wakefield and after some investigating they found the city was receiving flooding into the sanitary sewer system which was impacting the flow of the sanitary sewer to the lift station. Once they were able to i...
