Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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ROCHESTER HILLS — As Upper Peninsula Little League teams compete in state tournaments, some of them have some company from above the Mackinac Bridge. Umpire Sam Fontecchio of Ironwood is making the rounds across the Midwest, with his traveling partner, umpire Steve Ritenour of Marquette. Fontecchio worked the 11-12-year-old boys Michigan state event in Ishpeming earlier this month. That included Portage Lake from the Houghton area, which won the district tournament in Ironwood. He figured he w...
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers added some help for their shaky bullpen Monday, acquiring reliever Jose Veras from the Houston Astros for minor league outfielder Danry Vasquez and a player to be named. Veras is 0-4 with a 2.93 ERA and 19 saves this season, and the 32-year-old right-hander has struck out 44 in 43 innings with only 14 walks. “We are pleased to add an experienced arm to our bullpen,” Detroit general manager Dave Dombrowski said. “Jose can pitch in a variety of roles, provide...
HURLEY — The Iron County Mining Impact Committee met with employees from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue Monday. Jennifer Western, executive assistant for the department, and Dana Erlandsen, chief counsel in the office on general counsel and legal services, described the Department of Revenue’s role in disbursement of funds, and how local and joint committees play a part. According to Western, revenues received by the mining investment and local impact fund include notice of intent fee...
IRONWOOD — The Gogebic Range Health Foundation and Aspirus Heart and Vascular Institute teamed together to donate two automated external defibrillators to the community on Monday. The AEDs arrived via the Aspirus MedEvac helicopter. Scott Garavet, service line administrator at Aspirus Heart and Vascular Institute, said when they decided where to locate the new AEDs, they wanted to place them where they would have the biggest potential impact, at Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency in B...
HELOTES, Texas — Retired Army Sgt. Maj. Alan Edmund Graykowski, 55, of Helotes, passed away on Monday, July 8, 2013. A funeral Mass will be held Friday, Aug. 2, at 9 a.m. in the Main Post Chapel, 1605 Wilson Way 78234, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Alan was born Feb. 19, 1958, in Ironwood, Mich., and was a member of Luther L. Wright High School’s class of 1976. Alan loved his hometown of Ironwood, but was proud to be called a Texan, as he loved the climate that afforded him his love of motorcycle...
MARQUETTE, Mich. — Ronald “Frosty” Freese, 65, of Ironwood, died Friday, July 26, 2013, in Marquette. He was born Sept. 24, 1947, in Chicago, son of the late Harry and Myrtle (Sutherland) Freese. Ronald attended Westland, Mich., schools and was employed in Milwaukee, where he was a bus driver for the handicapped. Locally, he was employed at the Grand View Hospital in environmental services until retirement. He was a Green Bay Packers fan. He was also an Elvis Presley fan. Ronald enjoyed fishi...
