Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — After nearly a lifetime of devotion and passion for ski jumping, ski flying and Copper Peak, Charlie Supercynski was inducted into the American Ski Jumping Hall of Fame with the Class of 2013 on Saturday night. Supercynski was enshrined for his “longtime outstanding service to the sport of ski jumping” along with sixteen other inductees at the Big Powderhorn Lodge in Bessemer. The event was held on the Gogebic Range for the first time and drew nearly 150 people, which was t...
By KATIE PERTTUNEN [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic Range Woodcarvers hosted a class at A.D. Johnston High School over the weekend, drawing eight aspiring and experienced carvers. The club has been meeting regularly on the first and third Wednesday of the month for close to 25 years, said president Allen Archie. But the special annual class with visiting instructors has been going on for 14 years. Veteran carvers Elaine and Fred Stenman come from St. Cloud, Minn., to teach c...
SAXON, Wis. — Snowmobiles on snow is not uncommon, but snowmobiles on grass? That is something entirely different. Hundreds of people spent Saturday afternoon at the second annual Rolling Thunder Vintage Grass Drags at the Iron County Fair Grounds, sponsored by the White Thunder Riders of Hurley. Attendees watched classic snowmobiles race on top of grass, in excess of 80 miles per hour, with many machines from before the late 1980s. In addition to the drag races, visitors also participated in t...
As summer draws to a close, I am reminded of that dreaded feeling that all children get when the weather gets a little cooler, days get a little shorter and Mom starts taking you shopping for pants instead of shorts. School is just around the corner. As an adult that feeling is not so much about dreading school, but more about feeling that time went by way too fast. When I think back to my summer, while it was supposed to be just over three months, it seemed more like three minutes. Every summer, days are filled with events, parties, vacations...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — William G. “George” Phillips, 91, of West Michigan Ave., Ironwood, passed away peacefully at home Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, with his wife by his side. He was born July 9, 1922, in Cornwall, England, to the late Lillie (James) and William Henry Phillips, and came to the United States as a toddler. He graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1941 and attended Gogebic Community College for one year. He then entered the U.S. Army Air Corps on March 30, 1943, serving in the E...
WAKEFIELD, Mich. — George T. Sporcich, 86, of Wakefield, died Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. George was born on June 2, 1927, in Ironwood, the son of Thomas Marco and Helen (Mordish) Sporcich. He graduated from Wakefield High School in 1945 and served in the U.S. Navy. George is survived by several nieces and nephews, including nephews, Mike Johnson, Wakefield, and Scott Johnson, Bessemer, and niece, Liz (Bob) Ranta, Ironwood; two granddaughters, Jessica (Ben) Mitchell, Durango Colo., and Rachel (...
