Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - A Saxon woman is headed to prison after Iron County Judge Patrick Madden decided Wednesday her role in the 2016 murder-arson at the Bear Trap Inn was serious enough to exceed the prosecution's recommendation of jail time and probation. Jessica M. Carli, 42, was sentenced to four years in prison and another four years of extended supervision for her role in helping her then-boyfriend cover up the crime. "Ms. Carli, in her statement,...
IRONWOOD - It's fair time. Daylight is waning each day and soon, school will be back in session, but there's time for one more rite of summer. The 96th annual Gogebic County Fair begins today and runs through Sunday at the fairgrounds in Ironwood. Many folks have been working for months to prepare. 4-H members are ready to descend on the grounds with their livestock and other projects. In the last few days, activity picked up as amusement rides arrived, railings and fences were painted and stabl...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County Road Commission Engineer and Manager Darren Poink updated the county board about a variety of ongoing projects at its regular meeting Wednesday evening. Work continues on repairing Lake Road in Ironwood Township after last summer’s major storm. Poink said they have installed four culverts and have five more to go, plus paving over the culverts and a half-mile of road reconstruction left to do. He said the projected date for blacktopping is Sept. 18. There was some discussi...
Thursday, Aug. 24 Cuddlebugs Story Time, 9:30 a.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. John Swift visit and book discussion, 3 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. Pokemon Club, 4 p.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11;... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Joseph Nicholas DeCarlo, 89, of Ironwood, went peacefully to be alongside his wife Charlotte and his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Tuesday morning, Aug. 22, 2017, in his home, surrounded by his loving family. Joe was born July 21, 1928, in Hurley, Wis., son of the late Nicholas and Frances (Casanova) DeCarlo. He attended St. Mary's Grade School and graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in 1947. He then worked as an apprentice bricklayer for Gust Giancola Construction prior to... Full story
NEW ALBANY, Ind. — Wendy J. Cuffe, 78, of Sellersburg, formerly of Bergland, Mich., entered eternal life on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, at Floyd Memorial Hospital in New Albany. She passed away after a long bout with sickness and has gone to dance with her Heavenly Father. Wendy is in Heaven with Jesus and her parents dancing on the streets of gold. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Lila Abrams; and an infant son. Surviving are daughters, Robin K. (Robert) Anderson, Theodore, Ala., Kimberly J. Roberts, Wakefield, Mich., J... Full story
