Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - Following Ironwood Area School District's transition to a single K-12 building at Luther L. Wright, the district is in the process of moving some playground equipment from the Sleight and Norrie schools to the LLW campus. "We've taken out some of the bigger stuff over there that's not really adequate for the 4-year-olds that are over there," said. Tim Kolesar, Ironwood's superintendent, "We got a bunch of new age-appropriate equipment for our 4-year-olds over there that's just being...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Anthony G. "Tony" Bozinski, 93, of Hurley, Wis., died Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. He was born May 25, 1921, in Superior, Wis., son of the late Michael and Pauline (Gustors) Bozinski, and graduated from Superior Central High School in 1939. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942, proudly serving his country in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations during World War II, and was honorably...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama declared Tuesday the Ebola epidemic in West Africa could threaten security around the world, and he ordered 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the region in emergency aid muscle for a crisis spiraling out of control. The question was whether the aid would be enough and was coming in time. An ominous World Health Organization forecast said with so many people now spreading the virus, the number of Ebola cases could start doubling every three weeks. "If the o...
BESSEMER - Bessemer's City Council approved expanding its library services to cover the residents of Ironwood Township Monday. The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees agreed to enter into a contract with Bessemer at its meeting on Sept. 8 after terminating its agreement with the Ironwood Carnegie Library. Township trustees noted disagreements with the Ironwood library regarding contractual services and their recommendation of a township resident to the library's board that was not accepted....
WEED, Calif. (AP) - They had prepared for wildfires and knew of the drought-parched forests, but the inferno that swirled through the California lumber town of Weed moved so quickly all people could do was flee. In just a few hours, wind-driven flames destroyed or damaged 100 homes, the saw mill and a church. At times, the fire moved so fast that residents had only a few minutes to get out of the way. On Tuesday, the "Weed Like To Welcome You" town sign still stood, but nothing else was normal...
