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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD — There's a tough decision ahead for Michigan legislators on health care, State Sen. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, said Friday. Speaking at a town hall meeting at Gogebic Community College, he said a special session of the legislature may be called on the Medicaid expansion bill. “We may go back this summer to vote on it,” he said. State Rep. Scott Dianda, D-Calumet, said he opposes the bill and voted against it in its current form because it would require people making under $15,000 to “pay $1,200 out of their pockets” for health ca...
HURLEY— The 105th Apostolic Lutheran Church Convention begins July 10 with a service at 7 p.m. at the Hurley K-12 school, said convention chair Alan Estola. It runs through July 14. From 1,000 to 1,500 people are expected from all over the U.S., as well as Finland, Sweden, Canada, Guatemala and other countries, Estola said. The event was held here last in 1997. When it was here in the 1950s, Dorothy Benjamson, a long-time member of the local Apostolic Lutheran Church in Ironwood, was 10 or 12. About 5,000 people came then, Benjamson said. A...
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed a $70 billion, two-year state budget Sunday that he said invests in state education, residents and infrastructure, but that Democrats complained will mostly help the wealthy. The budget approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature includes all of Walker's priorities, including a $650 million income tax cut, expansion of private school vouchers and changes to the state's Medicaid and food stamp programs. Walker signed the b...
For some reason my mind has been thinking an awful lot about choices lately. Why, I have no idea, but my thoughts kept coming back to the idea of how choices change our lives. We make hundreds of choices a day. What clothes should we wear, what should we have for lunch, what morning news program should we watch, and on and on. There is one question that I can’t seem to stop thinking about. What if one choice changed our lives dramatically? When I look at my life, I think about the choices that I’ve made that have majorly impacted my life (as...
HURLEY, Wis. — Michael A. “Kacko” Ercoli, 94, of Bessemer, Mich., died Thursday, June 27, 2013, in Hurley. He was born Jan. 20, 1919, in Gualdo Tadino, Italy. He was the son of Virgilio and Rosina (Fusili) Ercoli. He came from Italy with his mother at 9 months old to Bessemer to join his father, who came ahead to work in the iron mines. He attended Bessemer schools, then went to work with the Civilian Conservation Corps camps for three years before starting his job at Montreal Mining Compa...
MARQUETTE — Saturday wasn’t much of a day for offense, but Gogebic Miners’ quarterback Eric Lane helped account for one of West’s touchdowns. Seven local players took part in the U.P. Football All-Star Game at the Superior Dome in Marquette Saturday. The East lost its 19-0 lead, but held on for a 19-13 victory. The East scored the game’s first three touchdowns, two in the first quarter and one in the third. The West finally got on the scoreboard when Lane threw a 26-yard TD pass to Norway’s John...
BESSEMER — The Penokee Range All-Stars lost a heartbreaker, 6-5, to Negaunee Sunday during the District 11 ages 11-12 Little League softball tournament. Penokee plays Portage Lake tonight at 5:30 p.m. here. The loser is eliminated from the tournament, but the winner advances to play Negaunee in a championship game Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Negaunee can take the tourney with one win, but its opponent needs to beat Negaunee twice in the double-elimination event. The second game would be Wednesday. P...
