Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Labor Day weekend of 2014 will be remembered as one of wetness and lightning across the Gogebic Range. A Sunday night lightning storm that extended into Monday morning caused area streams to rise and some gravel roads to wash out, capping off a wild week of weather. Parkers and Oronto creeks at Saxon Harbor, nearly bone-dry just two weeks ago, turned high and muddy as the rain caused them to rise to spring run-off levels and send woody debris into Lake Superior. The Saxon area recorded more...
IRONWOOD - The first day of school provides a unique set of challenges for students. New teachers, classmates and lockers can make the day seem daunting. For students in the Ironwood Area School District, Tuesday provided a new challenge - a new building, or newly repurposed building. Not only was Tuesday the first day of school, but it was also the first day of Luther L. Wright School being a K-12 facility. Kindergarten through second grade students made the move to LLW from Sleight...
BESSEMER - Bessemer's City Council approved moving a piece of city-owned property into the Bluff Valley Park system during its meeting Tuesday. The decision was approved by a 4-1 vote, with council member Marlene Zaleski voting against. The property near Steiger Field, north of West Iron Street between Massie Avenue and State Street, was an item of interest for residents who owned property in the area. Two separate proposals were made earlier this year by private citizens to purchase a total...
DETROIT (AP) - The plan to restructure billions of dollars in debt is the vehicle the Motor City needs to free up funds to provide services to residents and allow the city to survive, one of Detroit's attorneys told the federal judge at the helm of the historic bankruptcy trial, which started Tuesday. Bruce Bennett said during his opening statement before federal Judge Steven Rhodes that Detroit has operated in distressed conditions for so long that it requires vast amounts of investment. "Detro...
BESSEMER TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Lucy Montonati, 95, of Bessemer Township, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Sept. 1, 2014. She was born in Wakefield on Jan. 17, 1919, to John B. and Louisa Tuoro. She graduated from Wakefield High School with the class of 1936. Lucy was active with the Puritan Parent-Teachers Association and the Yale Ladies Guild. She was a charter member of the Daughters of Isabella since 1947. She was a volunteer with the American Cancer Society for 26 years and i...
ONTONAGON, Mich. - Teresa G. Meyers, 86, passed away peacefully at her home in Ontonagon on Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, with her loving family by her side. Teresa was born in Hancock on April 11, 1928, to Chester and Gladys Spitz, the fourth of six children. She was raised in Hancock and graduated from E.L. Wright High School in 1946. After graduating from St. Joseph's School of Nursing in Hancock, Teresa traveled to Racine, Wis., to begin her long and rewarding nursing career. She later moved to...
DULUTH, Minn. - Patricia "Pat" M. (Ries) Karger, 73, passed away peacefully Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, at Essentia St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth. She was born May 2, 1941, to Joseph and Margaret (Lechner) Ries in Milwaukee, Wis. Pat married Leonard "Len" Karger in 1961, together they raised a family of three and operated Karger Masonry for over 30 years. She was an excellent wife, mother and grandmother. Pat was also an entrepreneur, opening a shoe store and later a dress store in Bessemer, Mich....
BRUCE CROSSING, Mich. - Harold Lloyd Roberts, 80, of Bruce Crossing died unexpectedly on Aug. 30, 2014, in Highland. Harold was born Jan. 16, 1934, in Louisville, Ky., the son of Everett and Clara Mae Hampton Roberts. He resided in Bruce Crossing since coming from North Chicago, Ill., in 1972. Harold graduated from Central High in Louisville. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He was self-employed as a logger and dairy farmer, worked for the Laborers Union in Iron Mountain, and the U.S. Pos...
