Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Sorted by date Results 1 - 9 of 9
CLEVELAND (AP) — Justin Verlander recently watched videotape of his 2011 season, when he was the AL’s MVP and noticed he wasn’t pitching the way he had back then — dominating, overpowering, nearly unhittable. Verlander made an adjustment. And made the Indians look silly. Verlander toyed with Cleveland’s lineup for eight innings and Don Kelly hit a three-run homer off Justin Masterson, leading the Detroit Tigers to their 10th straight win, 5-1 over the Indians, who can’t seem to beat the one tea...
IRONWOOD — Tony Fabbri, of Ironwood, has finished a two year labor of love to rebuild a 1959 Cushman Eagle, which he calls “The eagle flies again.” Fabbri owned a small engine shop for 40 years before his retirement. He got the Eagle from his friend Michael Anderson in exchange for getting Anderson’s two Cushmans up and running. Fabbri did everything from replacing the tires, bearings, and engine, to sewing the seat and building parts for the machine, including using bed rails for part of it....
SAYLORSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A disabled junk dealer feuding with local officials over his debris-strewn property packed a rental car with guns and ammunition before opening fire at a town meeting and killing three men, authorities said Tuesday. Rockne Newell, 59, had lost his property this year in a court fight over complaints that he lived in a storage shed, built an illegal culvert and used a bucket outside as a toilet. At his arraignment on homicide charges Tuesday morning, a judge asked Newell i...
To the Editor: Ghost wind haunts my midnight reverie and eliminates the need to whistle out from underneath the shadow of the tree. I gaze at my large, framed map of Lake Gogebic, dated 1948. The lake was in days past much more isolated than at present. There was no Mackinac Bridge, and when the interstate freeway system money allotted by Congress began to run out, plans to extend the system to the “Soo” Locks were abandoned. Being so isolated, it was a scary place to visit, especially for an imaginative young boy. Dwellings were few, and acr...
HURLEY — The Iron County Memorial Building Restoration Committee is continuing to tackle projects over the next couple of months before winter arrives. Tuesday, committee members were updated on the current state of projects during a meeting, including installing new flooring in the main kitchen and outlets in both kitchens and main hall, as well as placing panels in the hall to help with acoustics. According to treasurer Joe Walesewicz, the committee should hold off in installing the kitchen fl...
HURLEY, Wis. — Patricia A. “Tish” Leinon, 83, of Second Avenue North, Hurley, died peacefully Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, at home, surrounded by her loving family. The former Patricia Trier was born April 9, 1930, in Ironwood, Mich., daughter of the late Celestin “Lefty” and Margaret “Peg” (Ryan) Trier, and was raised in Hurley, where she attended St. Mary’s Catholic Grade School and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in 1948. She married Henry “Hienie” Leinon on July 18, 1953, at the St. Ma...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Joyce E. Dahlbacka, 89, of Ironwood Township, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, in Ironwood. She was born Feb. 22, 1924, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Hjalmer and Alma (Magnuson) Wester. Joyce attended Ironwood schools, graduating from the Luther L. Wright High School with the class of 1942. In 1948, she was united in marriage with Arthur Dahlbacka in Ironwood. He preceded her in death in 1993. Joyce was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Ironwood. She is survived by three sons, William, of Palmer Lake, Colo., B...
WESTON, Wis. — Merry E. Funk, 71, Mercer, died Monday, July 29, 2013, at St. Clare’s Hospital, Weston. She was born Sept. 13, 1941, in Avilla, Ind., daughter of Evert and Carrie (Craft) Pippenger. On Dec. 8, 1972, she married James Funk in Fort Wayne, Ind. He survives. Merry had been employed as an assistant manager in a hardware store in Mercer. Survivors include her husband, James Funk, Mercer; her mother, Carrie Pippenger, Fort Wayne; a son, Jeff (Desi) Smith, Lancaster, Calif.; and one brother, Mark Pippenger, Fort Wayne. She was pre...
