Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — An attorney representing Donald F. Rick filed a motion in Iron County Circuit Court Wednesday to withdraw Rick’s guilty plea in the case of Lisa Waldros’ murder in the March 12, 2016 fire that destroyed the Bear Trap Inn in Saxon. Rick, 45, pleaded guilty to first degree murder December 8, while five additional counts against him were expected to be dismissed but read into the record at his April 13 sentencing. The sentencing was later moved to June 1. Assistant State Public Defen...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Upper Peninsula Kids’ Herman (Winks) Gundlach “Read to Ride” program started Monday. The program is designed to reward reading with the opportunity to win a bicycle for kids aged 6-14 by July 30. They must be residents of Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw or Ontonagon counties. Kids need to fill out a “Read to Ride” entry form; available in school offices, public libraries, the Copper Country Intermediate School District, Gogebic-Ontonagon ISD, or on the internet at upkids.com....
The National Weather Service continued a flash flood watch through this morning for northern Wisconsin, where some locations had already received from 3 to 7 inches of rain over a 48-hour period. The flood watch pertains to Iron County, Wis., and the Ironwood area. The weather service office in Duluth expanded the watch area on Wednesday to include Bayfield County. It warned an additional 1 to 3 inches of rain was possible. Locations in the White River and Namekagon River watershed basins had received the most rainfall as of Wednesday and they...
Thursday, May 18 Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, 9:45-10 a.m. EST, Lake Gogebic Senior Center, Bergland; 10:20-10:35 a.m. EST, Porcupine Mountain Senior Center, White Pine; 11-11:45 a.m. EST, Holy Family Catholic Church parking lot, Ontonagon; 1:15-1:45 p.m. EST, Resource Center, Mass City; 2:15-2:45 p.m. EST, Stannard Township Ballpark, Bruce Crossing; 2:30-2:45 p.m., Watersmeet Town Hall parking lot, Watersmeet. 906-884-2106. Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic...
WAUSAU, Wis. - Diane P. Jacobson, 81, Wausau, died Tuesday, May 16, 2017, under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services at Wausau Manor after a long courageous battle with cancer. She was born Oct. 20, 1935, in London, England, daughter of the late Walter Moore and Una May (Warren) Goodesmith. On March 16, 1957, she married Richard Jacobson in London. He survives. Diane was a homemaker and assisted with bookkeeping at her husband's office. She was an avid flower gardener and...
