Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - For Hurley, eight was great, but nine straight Border Bowl wins over Ironwood was even better as the Midgets rolled over the Red Devils 48-6 on a soggy Longyear Field Friday night. The series began in 1919 and the two ancient rivals have met 82 times on the gridiron. Ironwood still leads the long series 48-31-3 but has not defeated Hurley since 2005, when they went to the state quarterfinals that year. Ironwood pulled within 14-6 at the end of the first quarter, but Hurley scored thre... Full story
MARQUETTE - A 27-foot Department of Natural Resources boat was named for former DNR deputy director Frank Opolka in a ceremony Wednesday in Marquette. The boat was one of three acquired through federal Port Security Grant Program funding. Opolka was responsible for DNR operations in the Upper Peninsula. The boat is docked at the Presque Isle Marina in Marquette and is used for patrols on Lake Superior, from Marquette County on west. The patrols include fishing and marine safety checks, boating... Full story
When you have been involved with an organization as long as I have with the Ontonagon Labor Festival, you have many memories. For more than 50 years, with many chairmen and groups, the annual event has been part of my life. It has become more than a local celebration. It is a homecoming, a last hurrah of the summer, a goodbye to the Upper Peninsula. It's all these things and more to many people. For me, it is a flood of memories. The most vivid, of course is the one in 2008. The phone woke me... Full story
LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) - John Hosier has a story to tell. He'll tell you that his exhibit "Through the Eyes" on the Vietnam war is a product of his working through his PTSD, what Agent Orange has done to his body, his anger, his rage. It is on display now through Sunday in Ludington's City Park as part of the Cost of Freedom Vietnam Traveling Wall visit of the 80-percent replica Vietnam memorial wall. Hosier was in Vietnam in 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972 and 1973 in an Army career that eventually... Full story
IRON BELT, Wis. - Larry Gene Kangas, 72, of Island Lake in Iron Belt, died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, at home, following a brave two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born on the Kangas family farm in Iron Belt on Aug. 11, 1942, to Laila and Eino Kangas, and his given Finnish name was Lauri. He was united in marriage to Betty Marie Perttula on Oct. 2, 1965, at Zion Lutheran Church in Ironwood, Mich. Larry graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Science... Full story
DULUTH, Minn. - The Lord called Dorothy Casey home on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. She was a resident of KeenAgers in Wakefield, Mich. Dorothy was the eldest of four children born to Frank and Inez Nicol. She was born on June 20, 1920, in Webb, Saskatchewan Canada. Dorothy retired to Mountain Home, Ark., where she discovered bridge early in retirement and played regularly at local clubs for over 30 years. She had a fondness for Labrador retrievers and had many through the years. She was a competitive... Full story
