Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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One of the premier matchups of the early part of the high school football season takes place Saturday in Lake Linden when Hurley heads north for a Great Western Conference battle. The Gogebic Miners are headed to the Superior Dome to take on Rudyard Friday while Ironwood heads to Washburn. Both Ontonagon County teams are home Friday night — Ontonagon plays Northland Pines; Ewen-Trout Creek hosts Engadine. Rudyard vs. Gogebic Miners at the Superior Dome, Marquette, Friday — JV, 5 p.m., varsity, 7... Full story
WAKEFIELD — Immaculate Conception Catholic Church celebrated the centennial anniversary of its consecration Sunday in Wakefield. According to the Rev. Ben Hasse, the parish began its existence in 1886, and it was consecrated by the bishop on Sept. 1, 1913. The event consisted of Mass and a luncheon. “There was a lot of real positive participation,” Hasse said. “Families were able to reconnect over generations and there seemed to be a lot of gratitude.” Currently, the parish is working on collec... Full story
IRONWOOD — Vandalism damage at the Gogebic County Fairgrounds is under investigation by the Ironwood Public Safety Department. The IPSD received a 3:10 a.m. Wednesday complaint about a building break-in at the fairgrounds from Bill McDonald, who was dropping off some carnival equipment. McDonald noticed the main office door swinging open and discovered a side window on the building had been smashed. Inside the large main office building, fire extinguishers had been sprayed and pop cans and d... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The fifth annual “Flyin’ 4 Food” campaign sponsored by Great Lakes Airlines during the month of September, Hunger Action Month, is underway, according to Great Lakes Station manager Marti Armata. Each Monday a donor’s name will be drawn, and the winner will receive a free round-trip ticket to Minneapolis. Last year the Gogebic-Iron County Airport took third place in the internal competition to collect the most food for their community, with just over 400 pounds of food, sai... Full story
CLEVELAND (AP) — Residents in the tough Cleveland neighborhood where three women were secretly imprisoned for a decade reacted with scorn and grim satisfaction Wednesday after Ariel Castro hanged himself in his cell barely a month into a life sentence. Even the prosecutor on the case joined in. “This man couldn’t take, for even a month, a small portion of what he had dished out for more than a decade,” said Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty. Castro, 53, was found hanging from a bedsheet Tue... Full story
OMA, Wis. — Terrance A. “TL” Leiskau, 67, of Town Hall Road, Oma, died unexpectedly Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013, at home. He was born Aug. 27, 1946, in New London, son of the late Atwood and Laverne (Koplein) Leiskau, and resided in East Troy, where he graduated from high school in 1964. He then entered the Wisconsin National Guard on March 5, 1966, serving for five years and three months, and was activated into the regular Army at the outset of the Milwaukee riots during that time. TL was emplo... Full story
