Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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PARK FALLS, Wis. — The defense is usually the least of Hurley's worries. The bats and pitching were there, but Chequamegon took advantage of six Midgette errors to win a WIAA Division 3 regional title with an exciting 6-5 win over young Hurley Tuesday. The Screaming Eagles broke a 5-5 tie with an unearned run because of Hurley's final error of the game in the bottom of the sixth inning, making four of the six Chequamegon runs unearned. "It comes down to, I always say defense wins games," Hurley... Full story
DETROIT (AP) — Jimmy Howard kept Jonathan Toews in his misery, making three saves against the struggling star to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 on Thursday night in Game 4 of the second round series to put the NHL's best team during the regular season on the brink of elimination. When Howard wasn't using his glove or pads to deny Toews, Detroit's skaters were rattling him and his teammates with a physical presence that is clearly making them uncomfortable. "They a... Full story
HURLEY — Students at the Hurley K-12 School shared hands-on environmental science concepts on last week. Members of Diane O’Krongly’s eighth grade environmental science class passed on their knowledge to fourth grade students in Monica Kolpin’s and Rhonda Olkonen’s classes. The eighth graders also worked with Neil Klemme, of the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office, this year on several environmental units, including Project Wild about the deer population, Project Wet about the... Full story
BESSEMER — On the boys side, Wakefield-Marenisco won its first Marcy Bracket Invitational since 2002 and Ontonagon edged Bessemer 98 points to 95.5 in the girls division. Even though temperatures hovered in the low 40s, three new meet records were set. Bethany Engel of W-M set the high jump record (5-2), while Cole Stevens of Ironwood jumped 12-6 in the pole vault and Tony Soumis of Ontonagon blazed to 23.56 in the 200 meters and both boys were new record-holders. Boys 1. Wakefield-Marenisco 9... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Patricia Lynn “Patty” Hannu, 48, of Ironwood, died peacefully Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at home, surrounded by her loving family, following a courageous, 19-year battle with cancer. The former Patty Moren was born Oct. 9, 1964, in Ironwood, the daughter of Gerald and Joyce (Carli) Moren. She attended Newport Grade School and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1982. She was employed as activity director at Josephson Nursing Home in Ironwood for several years. Patty wa... Full story
HURLEY, Wis. — Sylvia S. Pelkola, 98, of Hurley, died peacefully on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, following a brief illness. Sylvia was born Jan. 27, 1915, in Ironwood, Mich., daughter of the late Stephen and Marie (Jokela) Aho. The family moved to Saxon in 1921. She attended grade school at Simon School in rural Saxon, and graduated as valedictorian of Saxon High School with the class of 1933. Sylvia was a longtime member of the Kimball Homema... Full story
GWINN, Mich. — Shirley I. Hedstrom, 77, of Gwinn, died Saturday morning, May 18, 2013, at the Mather Nursing Center in Ishpeming. She was born Aug. 16, 1935, in Gwinn, a daughter of the late William and Ina (Pelkola) Ontto. Shirley was a 1952 Gwinn High School graduate. On June 2, 1956, she married Edmund G. Hedstrom in Gwinn. He preceded her in death on May 22, 2010. Shirley had moved to Lake Gogebic, where she resided for 30 years, before returning to Gwinn. Shirley was a member of Grace Lutheran Church. She enjoyed baking, collecting g... Full story
