Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - It will be Anthony Stella facing Republican Matthew Tingstad in the Iron County District Attorney's race in November after Stella won Tuesday's Democratic primary. Stella received 483 votes to Elaine Erickson's 251 votes in the race to represent the Democratic Party on the November ballot. Tingstad, who was the lone Republican running to replace outgoing District Attorney Marty Lipske, received 230 votes. The district attorney race was the lone contested county race on the ballot. The...
HURLEY - The Hurley High School cheerleaders and football program will sponsor a 2.62-mile Glow Run to the Torch Friday evening. The run, in anticipation of Saturday's 48th annual Paavo Nurmi Marathon and Friday evening's torch lighting, will begin at 7 p.m. near downtown. Event organizer Melissa DeCarlo said the short course through the streets of Hurley is friendly for runners, walkers and families. The route starts at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Division Street, winds around residential...
HURLEY — A 52-year-old Hurley woman who worked for the Iron County Department of Human Services has been charged with five counts of theft from a business setting. A criminal complaint filed Tuesday in Iron County Court against Mary Peterson Tijan, of 112 Germania St., charges that unauthorized checks, expense requests and charges from her against the DHS total $185,388. The complaint was authorized by acting Iron County District Attorney Fritz Schellgell. Hurley Police Chief Chris Colassaco, who was first notified of the alleged financial i...
FOREST HILL, Md. - Victoria Marie Ritmiller, 76, of Bel Air, passed away on July 15, 2015, at the Senator Bob Hooper House in Forest Hill. "Honey," as she was known to family and friends, was born in Wakefield, Mich., the daughter of the late Filmore Oscar Johnson and Fannie Carr. Honey had worked for the Harford County Board of Education at Harford Vocational Technical High School. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Jack Ronald Olgren Jr.; and two sisters, Shannon Crosby and... Full story
ESCANABA, Mich. — It is with great sadness that the family of Michael Scott Hellerstedt shares the sunset of his life on July 19, 2016, after a bravely fought 10-month battle with cancer. Mike’s sunrise was on March 19, 1980. He was born in Mora, Minn., the son of Wayne (Cindy) Hellerstedt and Gail (Donald) Hall. Most of his formative years were spent in Ironwood, where he exceled at ski jumping, winning many trophies over the years in competitions from Thunder Bay, Canada, to Ishpeming, to Chicago for the Wolverine Ski Club. Mike gra... Full story
Wednesday, Aug. 10 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Mercer Area Play Group, 9:30-11 a.m., all welcome, Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hal... Full story
