Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - Young girls, and a few boys, dressed in their best finery on Thursday afternoon to attend the fifth annual Fancy Nancy Tea Party, hosted by the Ironwood Carnegie Library. The event was in the Ironwood Memorial Building, featuring girls and boys in fancy clothes learning more about Nancy, a young girl who loves fancy things. "Fancy Nancy" is a series of stories by Jane O'Conner, following the young girl's adventures to make things more fancy in life. Nancy likes to dress extravagantly,... Full story
HURLEY - Daniel Hitchcock, of Hurley, is recovering well after going through surgery on his left lung as a result of pneumonia last week. Hitchcock, a 3-4 specialist, has been serving in Afghanistan with the 829th Engineering Battalion of the U.S. Army as a National Guard Reservist since June. He recently became ill with pneumonia and his left lung filled with fluid and the lining of the lung became infected. He was transported to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.,... Full story
Dear Editor: The Father’s Word will change lives. Scripture says, now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that:” James 4:13-15 (NIV). As our junior year (1953) at Ironwood High School wound down in May, a friend and I decided to hitch-hi... Full story
MERRIWEATHER — Ardis D. Niemi, 79, of Merriweather, passed away peacefully at her home on Aug. 20, 2014. She was born May 20, 1937, daughter of the late Sherman and Evelina Pendock. On April 15, 1971, she married Daniel M. Niemi. He survives, along with an extended family. Funeral services for Ardis will be held Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, at 11 a.m. at the Cane Funeral Home Bruce Crossing Chapel. Friends may call one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the Lakeview Cemetery in Bergland. A luncheon will follow at the Merriweather Town H... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Gayl P. Mattson, 73, of Ironwood, died peacefully Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, in her home, with her loving family by her side. The former Gayl Waterman was born Oct. 4, 1940, in Wakefield Township, daughter of the late Clement and Ida (Taube) Waterman, and attended Wakefield schools. She worked in various retail stores in the area for many years, and was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Ironwood. Gayl loved crocheting and was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was... Full story
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) - Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday ordered the Missouri National Guard to begin withdrawing from Ferguson, where nightly scenes of unrest have erupted since a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black 18-year-old nearly two weeks ago. Since the guard's arrival Monday, flare-ups in the small section of town that had been the center of nightly unrest have begun to subside. The quietest night was overnight Wednesday and Thursday, when police arrested only a handful of people... Full story
