Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Tigers All-Star shortstop Jhonny Peralta said he shouldn’t be on the list of players linked to the Biogenesis case. “It’s wrong,” Peralta said Wednesday after hitting a double in Detroit’s 11-1 win over the Washington Nationals. “But whatever happens, I need to fight and try to move on.” Before and after the game, which might end up being his last one for a while, Peralta insisted he didn’t not know whether Major League Baseball planned to suspend him. “I don’t hear not... Full story
BESSEMER — Bessemer School Board verbally approved the appointment of David Radovich as part-time superintendent for the 2013-14 school year, through Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District at a special meeting Wednesday afternoon. The appointment is for 135 days at $400 per day, with a flexible three-day work week. Radovich graduated from Ontonagon High School in 1971, and served as principal at the Hermantown (Minn.) School District. In the 2007-08 school year, he was named n... Full story
HURLEY — Local leaders in senior citizen services joined together for the first Iron County Aging Retreat, Wednesday, at the Iron County Memorial Building. The event was hosted by the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office, with the hopes of creating a more "aging-friendly" Iron County. "We're here today to see why it's so important to talk about aging in this day and age," Shruthi Murali, UW-Extension intern, said. At the beginning of the retreat, family living agent Andrea N... Full story
LAYTON, Utah (AP) — July is full-fledged baby season for one Utah family. Three sisters from Layton gave birth to three baby boys in the month of July, including two who were born about an hour apart, The Deseret News reports. Even in baby-centric Utah, that’s pretty remarkable. The trio says they didn’t plan on getting pregnant at the same time. Misti Stokes, 24, said she found out first. Her younger sister, Courtnee Hoffman, 21, later asked her if she had a pregnancy test to spare. It was p... Full story
IRONWOOD — Interior Gardens is slated to open at 105 Suffolk Street in Ironwood on Monday. The store will sell organic and ecofriendly gardening supplies for indoor gardening, including hydroponics, said store manager Jim Super. Super said he and another employee from their main store in Minneapolis have been working on readying the space for more than two weeks; refinishing the floors, gutting the upstairs and painting. “We’re bringing the building back from the brink,” Super said. The plan is... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — David G. Carlson, 65, of Airport Road, Ironwood Township, died Tuesday, July 30, 2013, at home. He was born Sept. 17, 1947, in Ironwood, son of the late Robert and Caroline (Lampart) Carlson. David attended Ironwood schools and graduated from the Luther L. Wright High School with the class of 1967. From Oct. 4, 1967, until Oct. 6, 1969, he served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. David was member of the Disabled American Veterans. He was employed by the Case C... Full story