Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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La CROSSE, Wis. - Nobody was seeded within three feet of Mercer's Sydney Thompson going into Friday's WIAA Division 3 state track-and-field meet. That didn't matter when Ozaukee's Emma Richards landed her second shot put attempt at 41 feet, 7.5 inches. But Thompson responded. Big time. Thompson's next four throws were the top four of the competition as the Mercer junior won the state championship; her best mark was 44 feet, 1 inch. Mercer coach Bob Schenk jumped in the air as her throws got...
Saturday, June 4 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Free Fishing Day, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Lake of the Falls County Park, Mercer, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 11 a.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, June 5 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Gogebic Range Trail Authority, 6 p.m., Pit Stop, Bessemer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, June 6 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 M...
By JAN TUCKER news@yourdailyglobe.com ONTONAGON - Ontonagon Area High School graduation speaker Jim LaBine told graduates Friday that "when you leave here you can be anything you want to be and I spent all my life figuring this out." He then demonstrated the statement with his own life experiences. LaBine, an Ontonagon native, graduated from the Ontonagon Area High School in 1986. He told graduates that he "flunked algebra" in high school and entered the Army, where he performed maintenance a...
