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Articles from the July 23, 2019 edition


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  • McNulty shares dreams of living bold

    Jul 23, 2019

    By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College's new president met with members of the media during a noon luncheon Monday at the college. George McNulty, president of GCC since July 1, shared his vision of the college as moving forward together by dreaming and living bold. "If we keep that vision strong through every endeavor," he said, "great things can happen." Originally from Northern California, he moved to Reno, Nevada, where he said his career in higher...

  • Competency exam ordered in Kimball asphalt plant bombing case

    Jul 23, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — One of the two defendants accused of bombing a Kimball, Wisconsin asphalt plant in 2015 will have his competency to stand trial examined following a judge’s ruling Monday — two months after a competency exam was ordered in a separate case. Judge Gary Carlson ordered a competency exam for Robert “Barrel Bob” Gollubske, 82, who is facing two counts of being a party to the crime of using explosives to damage property in connection to several explosions at Mathy Construction’s Northwoods...

  • Funding adds new branches to trail system

    Jul 23, 2019

    By STEVE NEWMAN [email protected] IRONWOOD - Monday morning, officials gathered to celebrate the building of a new branch on Ironwood's trail system. The new branch, which has been dubbed the "Curry Neighborhood Trail," begins by the Little League baseball field and meets the trail system by Miners Memorial Park. The trail was sponsored by Gogebic Range Health Foundation and funded by a combination of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, GRHF and a contribution from the city...

  • Community calendar

    Jul 23, 2019

    Tuesday, July 23 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Breakfast For Your Brain, 10 a.m., Mercer, Wis., Community Center. 715-561-2695. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Mountain Biking Group, 6 p.m., group choice. Woods and Blooms Garden Club, 6:30 p.m., Haines Civic Center, Mercer, Wis. Erwin Township historical Society, 6:30...

  • Mary A. Borseth

    Jul 23, 2019

    DE PERE, Wis. - Mary A. Borseth, a long time resident of Bessemer and Bergland, passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2019, in De Pere. Mary passed away with her family by her side after a long, courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Mary was born in Bergland, Mich., in Nov. 18, 1925 to Marko and Yaga Lulich and graduated from Bergland High School in 1943. She served her country as an original "Rosie the Riveter" working in Detroit, Mich. in 1944. She was married to Wayne Borseth in 1947 and...

  • Janice M. Berglund

    Jul 23, 2019

    MONTREAL, Wis. - Janice M. Berglund, 77, a lifelong resident of Montreal, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, July 21, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. Janice was born on Dec. 9, 1941, in Montreal, a daughter of Joseph and Florence (Garreau) Trombi. She attended Montreal Grade School and J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley. On April 15, 1961, Janice married the love of her life Clyde W. "Bergie" Berglund at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Montreal. They moved to Milwaukee for a few years...