Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP - A Wisconsin man died Friday night after going over a waterfall on the Presque Isle River in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in northern Gogebic County. Michigan State Police troopers were dispatched at 8:30 p.m. to the Presque Isle Campground, off of County Road 519, after a 911 caller reported seeing someone go over the falls, according to a MSP news release. The man - later identified as Ryan Kohnhorst, 39, of...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Health Department has reported two new possible COVID-19 exposure sites. The health department confirmed there were positive cases identified at a sand volleyball tournament in Mercer from 6 to 9 p.m. on Aug. 11 and at the Liberty Way Tap House in Mercer on Aug. 8 from 4 to 6 p.m. “This is not intended to lay blame on any local businesses, anyone who tested positive … or other locations identified,” a department spokesperson said in the announcement Friday, adding that pe...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A Bessemer man was sentenced to prison last week for an April shooting in the city. Timothy James Wigman, 26, was sentenced to between 3 and 10 years in prison for assault with intent to commit great bodily harm. Gogebic Circuit Judge Michael Pope warned Wigman in court Aug. 11 that he came close to facing a much longer prison sentence. “That was a very serious offense. As the doctor acknowledged, a little bit down and a little bit more in center and this would be a totally dif...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Tuesday, Aug. 18 Community Pickleball, 9-noon, Patterson Tennis Court, weather permitting. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Pioneer Park Apartments tenants only, Ironwood, 9-10 a.m.; Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Ironwood, parking lot, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments, Ironwood Township, west parking lot, 11:45-noon, east parking lot, noon-12:15 p.m.; Wildwood Apartments,...
WATERSMEET, Mich. - Nancy G. Pete, age 65, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, at her home in Watersmeet. Nancy was born on Jan. 18, 1955, in Crystal Falls. She was preceded in death by her loving parents Arthur and Sonya (Hiltonen) Ketola, and her grandson, Alex McGeshick. Nancy was a former student of the Forest Park Schools in Crystal Falls. Nancy and Patrick Pete wed on March 5, 1993, in Crystal Falls. The couple recently celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary this spring. T...
