Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - Second grade students at the Hurley K-12 School walked for 30 minutes on Thursday to help kids across the country. Students received pledges, benefitting the Cole's Foundation of Ironwood. The foundation helps kids with pediatric diseases from across the country, supporting them and their families with encouragement, hope and love. Cole's Foundation was started by Aaron and Maureen Ruotsala, of Ironwood, after their son, Cole, died from a rare form of childhood cancer called...
BESSEMER - The saying goes, "Revenge is a dish best served cold," but students at Bessemer's Washington Elementary School didn't even wait until school was out for summer to get revenge on teachers and administrators. Students were able to purchase tickets for 50 cents each that were entered into a raffle. When the tickets were drawn, the lucky students got the revenge they were looking for by tossing a plate of whipped cream at their educators. Overall, the students raised $187 that will be...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Ironwood Township Planning Commission approved the text for a sand and gravel pit ordinance and forwarded it to the township board Thursday. The township board will hold a meeting Monday at 5:30 p.m. As of Thursday night, it was not known if the ordinance or date of a future public hearing would be on the agenda. At a public hearing Thursday, the planning commission listened to comments and read letters from the public. Many people attending the hearing commented on the...
Since 2012, schools across the country have implemented food restrictions and guidelines in lunch-time meal programs for students. When the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act passed in 2010, schools were told the regulations and restrictions had to be executed before the 2012-'13 school year. The regulations are enforced by the food and nutrition services division of the United States Department of Agriculture. Some changes to meal programs included more fruits and veggies being offered to students,...
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - The language he once was punished for speaking in school became Chester Nez's primary weapon in World War II. Before hundreds of men from the Navajo Nation became Code Talkers, Nez and 28 others were recruited to develop a code based on the then-unwritten Navajo language. Locked in a room for 13 weeks, they came up with an initial glossary of more than 200 terms using Navajo words for red soil, war chief, braided hair and hummingbird, for example, and an alphabet. Nez...
DULUTH, Minn. - Gerald J. "Jerry" Krenzel, 67, of Ironwood, Mich., died Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. Jerry was born Dec. 13, 1946, in Bessemer Township, Mich., to the late Walter and Regina (Kucala) Krenzel. He loved country and polka music, and especially enjoyed when Dorothy and The Boys would perform at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community where he resided. He also enjoyed fishing, and loved trucks, tractors and any...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Jeanette M. Berset, 72, of Ironwood Township, died Monday, June 2, 2014, in Ironwood. She was born March 16, 1942, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Edwin and Allie (Maki) Piispanen. On Aug. 24, 1963, she was united in marriage with Otto J. Berset in Moose Lake, Minn. Jeanette was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ironwood, and she was a former member of the church choir. She was director of nursing at Westgate Living Center in Ironwood for 14 years. She later worked as a registered nurse at Sky View Nursing Home in H...
