Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER — The Lakeland Outlaws swept the Gogebic Rangers 7-1 and 7-2 in sultry 90-degree weather and high humidity on Tuesday. Game 1 — Lakeland 7, Gogebic 1 The Gogebic Rangers’ inability to string together hits and score runs was their nemesis again at Massie Field on Tuesday night as they fell to the Lakeland Outlaws 7-1 in the first game of the doubleheader. “It’s the same old, same old,” Gogebic manager Eric Peterson said. “We ran into the same thing last year. We scatter hits and you ha...
BESSEMER— Jane and Mark Bale have been providing foster care for 32 years, in addition to raising two daughters, now aged 30 and 27. This May they took on a new task for the state of Michigan, recruiting and retaining foster families in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties. There are 650,000 children in foster care in the U.S., said Mark Bale. To become foster parents, people must undergo 24 hours of training, as well as have their homes pass inspections by the department of human services for s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate stepped away from the brink of a meltdown on Tuesday, clearing the way for confirmation of several of President Barack Obama’s nominees long blocked by Republicans, agreeing to quick action on unnamed others and finessing a Democratic threat to overturn historic rules that protect minority-party rights. “Nobody wants to come to Armageddon here,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat whose talks with Arizona Republican John McCain were critical in avoiding a...
To the Editor: What’s this? Islamic mosques are exempt from surveillance? Is that insanity or what? Whose idea and decision was that? We the People would like to know, because in his second letter to Christ’s church in Thessalonica, Saul (Paul) and friends informed them that before the coming of our Lord, the man of lawlessness would be revealed (II Thessalonians 2:1-11). Incidentally, that’s a must-read for everyone. This nameless individual is also known as “the” Antichrist. An anti-Christ opposes anything that Yeshua (Jesus) stands fo...
To the Editor: I find it very curious that the anti-mining crowd present at the Iron County Comprehensive Planning/Land and Zoning Committee meeting Monday, July 1, mostly came from outside of Iron County. If they are opposed to ferrous mining, they should work at keeping it out of their county. Why the big concern and interest in Iron County? It appears quite dubious to me. Each speaker that stepped up to the podium had to identify himself and state where they were from. Many came from Ashland County, some from Washburn, Bayfield, Sawyer, and...
HOPKINS, Minn. — John “Jack” Ryan Trier, 80, formerly of Hurley, Wis., passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2013, in Hopkins. He was born June 5, 1933, in Winegar, Wis., to parents Celestin “Lefty” and Margaret “Peg” (Ryan) Trier. He graduated from Hurley schools in 1951. He graduated from Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis, where he studied baking and cake decorating. Being a Master Baker and cake decorator was his passion, which he pursued for 43 years in Minnesota and Massachusetts...
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Thomas V. Church, 58, of Watersmeet, Mich., died June 25, 2013, in a Minneapolis hospital due to complications following a liver transplant. He was born June 14, 1955, in Stevens Point, Wis., to David and Joyce Church. He graduated from Stevens Point Area Senior High School with the class of 1973. He attended Gogebic Community College for two years, then graduated from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in May 1978 with a Bachelor of Science, political science major. He worked at the family business, Church’s Plu...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — “Glee” actor Cory Monteith died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol, the British Columbia coroner’s office said Tuesday. “There is no evidence to suggest Mr. Monteith’s death was anything other than a most tragic accident,” the office said in a statement. The 31-year-old was found dead in his Vancouver, British Columbia, hotel room on Saturday, after he didn’t check out on time. He was believed to be alone when he died. Police said Monteith had been out wi...