Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD — Portage Lake scored 10 runs in the fifth inning to pull away and eliminate Penokee Range from the Little League District 11 (ages 11-12) tournament Wednesday. Portage Lake won 20-9 in 5 innings after Penokee battled back from a 10-5 deficit to trail 10-9. “The kids came to play today,” Penokee manager Scott Wilson said. “(Tuesday) they didn’t come to play, but they played well today. That’s part of Little League. It gets away from you and it’s hard to come back from a deficit. They... Full story
WAKEFIELD — Attendees can find inspiration for their own gardens after touring eight locations in Wakefield during the annual 46th Parallel Planters Garden Club Secret Garden Tour on July 18. The event runs from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and features “unique” features, according to club member Lynn Adams. “We have three water features, an oriental bridge, a repurposed mine building, many decks, island beds, annual and perennials,” Adams said. “In this garden tour, there is something for everyone.... Full story
HURLEY— Registration began Wednesday night for the 105th annual Apostolic Lutheran Church convention, hosted this year at the Hurley K-12 school. Between 1,000 and 1,500 people are expected to attend. The convention lasts through Sunday. Events began at the school on Wednesday evening with a presentation by Harry Ylippa of Sweden in the Hurley K-12 high school gymnasium. Daily worship services will be offered at 10 a.m. and 2 and 6 p.m. in English in the gymnasium; and at 9:45 a.m., and 1:45 a... Full story
IRONWOOD— The 21st annual Festival Ironwood will have a little different look this year because of the recent Depot Park expansion project, and organizers expect the community summer celebration to be bigger than ever. Festival Ironwood will run July 17-20, centered under the familiar blue and white tent in downtown Ironwood. This is the fourth year Will Corcoran and Keith Johnson are in charge, and they say it would be impossible to put it all together without the help of volunteers and l... Full story
To the Editor: Reference Roger Anderson’s letter to the editor, dated Wednesday, July 3. Bravo. I, too, have been wondering just why nothing has been done about a speed limit approaching the infamous “Walmart intersection.” I, too, have never seen a traffic light on a stretch of road, stoplight-controlled, where the speed limit is 55 miles per hour, a limit which soon may be 65 miles per hour if rumors from downstate prove to be true. Local officials should be screaming at government entities downstate to solve this problem. Like Ander... Full story
To the Editor: I am responding to the press release that Wisconsin state Sen. Robert Jauch, D-Poplar, and state Rep. Janet Bewley, D-Ashland, sent to Gogebic Taconite requesting the removal of the security that they hired to protect their employees and equipment. Let’s not forget that the eco-terrorists donned masks and destroyed valuable equipment and threatened workers with death. This reaches the level of terrorism in my judgment, regardless of how much in the way of public relations damage control environmental groups employ. Employees must... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Betty A. Olson, 82, of Ironwood Township, passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. She was born July 15, 1930, in Ironwood Township, the daughter of the late Conrad and Agnes (Erickson) Walquist. She attended Roosevelt Grade School and Luther L. Wright High School, graduating in 1948. After graduation, Betty moved to Chicago and worked at Kraft Foods. She returned to Ironwood a short time l... Full story
