Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP – Charlie Supercynski will be the first Gogebic Range resident to be named to the American Ski Jumping Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will be held at Big Powderhorn Lodge in Bessemer on Saturday, Aug. 17, at 7 p.m. Six months later, ski flying returns to Copper Peak after a 20-year absence and a strong volunteer effort, led by Supercynski, to get the facility ready. Bryan Sanders, president of the American Ski Jumping Hall of Fame, said Supercynski will be cited for h...
BESSEMER — David Rowe, a science teacher at A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer, has returned from a trip to Africa with a program called XSci Africa. Fifteen teachers from Michigan made the life-altering trip, including four from the Upper Peninsula, Rowe said. The trip was offered through Michigan Technological University in Houghton. While visiting schools and orphanages in Tanzania, Rowe was struck by how happy the children were with so little. “They are not looking for pity,” he said....
SAXON, Wis. — The Iron County Fair kicked off under blue skies and ideal temperatures Friday as a weekend of family fun began. There won’t be any dust for this year’s fair, as the quarter inch of rain that fell Thursday night added to the summer’s precipitation total. The grounds were in good shape, despite the recent rain. Swine and sheep judging took place Friday morning and a hog named Bruno that was named grand champion later tried to eat the decorations in his stall, using a pen-mate for le...
HURLEY — As the members of Hurley’s class of 2003 gathered for their 10-year reunion last Saturday, they began the festivities by remembering a classmate battling cancer. Several members of the class of 2003, as well as other friends and members of the community, participated in a “Run for a Reason 5K” fundraiser for Alyssa Paro. The morning race began and ended at Riccelli Park. Paro was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer, Paget’s disease, at age 27 in late November, followed...
SUN CITY, Ariz. — Raymond J. Ashe Sr. passed away peacefully at home in Sun City on July 3, 2013. Born Sept. 1, 1916, in Bessemer, Mich., Ray was the son of John and Nettie (Tocilowski) Awsiewicz. He attended St. Sebastian Grade School and graduated A.D. Johnston High School in 1933. After attending Ironwood Junior College (now Gogebic Community College), he graduated Michigan State University in 1940. On June 24, 1944, Ray married Lorraine Scavarda, also a Bessemer native, at St. Sebastian C...
MARQUETTE, Mich. — Alma Ann (Kiel) Hundt, born Aug. 29, 1935, walked on Jan. 14, 2013. She joined her mother and father, Marguerite and Carl Kiel. Lester, her husband, Connie (Pier), Karen, Christine and Paul (Trudy) saw her off, taking her to her beloved “God’s Pocket,” Lake Gogebic, Bergland, for her final journey on this earth. She leaves her sisters, Myrtle Weston, Jeanine Howe and Edna (Chum) Kelley behind; as well as many nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Alma at...
