Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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WAKEFIELD - Wakefield-Marenisco never let Watersmeet get to double digits in a Porcupine Mountain Conference volleyball sweep, 25-7, 25-7, 25-9, Monday. "Our main goals coming off of the Mercer game (a 3-0 Mercer win last week), was working on consistency in our attacks at the net," W-M coach Jessica Novascone said. "That's what they were really focusing on tonight. We really had very few attack errors. That was our main goal, staying out of the net, not hitting into the net. They really... Full story
IRONWOOD - Cool and wet best describes August in Ironwood, adding to a year of below average temperatures. In fact, Kevin Crupi, of the National Weather Service office in Marquette, said the first eight months of 2014 were the second coldest on record in Ironwood, dating to 1901. The cold first eight months came in 1917. That's coming off of 2013, which was the coldest year on record in Ironwood. A persistent northwest flow of Canadian air into the upper Great Lakes region caused the August... Full story
As the screen at the front of the room lit up with "math mountain" problems displayed by the projector installed on the ceiling, a teacher calls on students to answer the addition and subtraction equations. After the student answers, red numbers start appearing on the screen, as if written by a ghost or an invisible Einstein. But it's not magic, witchcraft or spirits. From the back of the room, Tony Bunt, the second grade teacher at Ironwood Area School District, wrote the answers on a wireless... Full story
MERCER, Wis. - The Mercer Lions Club held their annual awards dinner Sept. 11. Twenty-two members were awarded attendance awards. Lion District Governor Marla Suckow presented membership longevity chevrons to Lions Jerry Alexander and Archie Johnson for 10 years; Lions Gene Hickey, Joan Wainio and Sulo Wainio for 15 years and Lion Bob Downing for 30 years. Lion President Sulo Wainio presented Lions Max Ackerman, Michael Chamberlain, William Altman and Robert Downing chairmanship awards for... Full story
IRON RIVER, Mich. - Howard "Jim" J. Madson, 87, of Watersmeet, passed away Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, at Northstar Health System in Iron River. He was born Oct. 17, 1926, in Merrill, Wis., the son of the late Carl and Catherine (Hansen) Madson. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Jim married the former Sylvia Scheu on April 12, 1947, in Merrill. They celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary in 2002. Sylvia preceded him in death on April 5, 2003. He was employed as a welder at the White Pine Mine and... Full story
HURLEY, Wis. - Idele "Didi" Marguerite (Rahn) Hannula, 81, of Hurley, passed away peacefully on Sept. 9, 2014, at Villa Maria Health and Rehab Center in Hurley. Idele was born in Newberry, Mich., on March 25, 1933, the only child of Lyal Rahn and Geraldine (Morris) Rahn and was named after her grandmother, Idele Morris, so her mother nicknamed her Didi. She lived in Michigan for a few years, then in Park Ridge, Ill., for a few years and then settled in Saxon. Didi graduated from Hurley high... Full story
NEGAUNEE, Mich. — Lorraine Metsala, 86, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday morning Sept. 21, 2014, at the Eastwood Nursing Center in Negaunee with her daughters by her side. She was born on Jan. 9, 1928, in Iron River to Arthur and Mary (Moilanen) Eliasson. After graduation, Lorraine worked in Chicago before settling into her real passion of being a wife, mother and homemaker which she lovingly did for the rest of her life. On Oct. 9, 1948, she married Reino “Ray” Metsala and they were married for 60 years until his death in 2008. Sh... Full story
