Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER — Bessemer did not bring its A game to the House of Noise on Thursday night, but the Speedgirls played solid volleyball and swept Hurley 25-22, 26-24 and 25-23 in Indianhead Conference action. “This was probably one of our better games as far as hitting,” Speedgirl coach Shelly Mettler said. “Julie Ahnen had her best game overall. She was everywhere and put it together tonight. She carried us through. We moved her around and she can make the transition on the court easily. Sarah T...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jim Leyland sat behind his desk, his blue-and-orange Detroit Tigers hat covering a lowered head. Amid the din of players shouting and chanting a few feet away in the visitor clubhouse at Minnesota, the 68-year-old manager was asked how that sound of celebration made him feel. “They're awful happy,” Leyland said, barely looking up and repeating himself after his voice cracked hard on the first try. Even a gruff, grizzled guy like Leyland can get emotional in moments like these...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving closer to the brink of a government shutdown, House Republicans vowed Thursday they won’t simply accept the stopgap legislation that is likely to remain after Senate Democrats strip away a plan to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care law. The defiant posture sets the stage for weekend drama on Capitol Hill after the Senate sends the fractious House a straightforward bill to keep the government operating through Nov. 15 rather than partly closing down at midni...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Lawrence T. “Larry” Ruby, 65, of Ironwood, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in Ironwood. He was born April 1, 1948, in Ironwood, son of the late Lawrence and Rose (Penska) Ruby, and was a lifelong resident. He is survived by three sisters, Judith Greiten, Rochester, Minn., Donna (Charles) Hessil, Rothschild, Wis., and Jane (Mark) Bowman, Ironwood; two brothers, Raymond (Susan), Columbus, Wis., and Glenn (Rachel), Peoria, Ariz.; two aunts, Margaret Penska, Ironw...
ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon-White Pine Rotary Club presented SONCO Ambulance with a check for $771 Wednesday as a result of the Rotary Club Log Race over the Labor Day weekend. The money will purchase a Littmann electronic stethoscope and a Welch Suretemp electron thermometer for the ambulance. According to Gina Linna, SONCO manager, the stethoscope offers improved quality and ease of use to help make a clear diagnosis. “It is a state-of- the-art sound sensor which provides a life-like, hig...
