Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD — Jim Betchek, a former teacher and coach at Luther L. Wright High School, passed away Sept. 22 at the age of 85. Many in this area may not know or remember Betchek; he lived in Ironwood from 1956-61. But while he was here, he made quite an impression. Mostly, he left his mark in coaching high school sports such as football, basketball and track and field. And it was in basketball, where he was a head coach, that he left his biggest imprint. Betchek was a star athlete at Berrien Springs High School in many sports during the 1940s...
HURLEY — Residents of Iron County took part in the first mobile food pantry Monday at the Iron County Courthouse in Hurley. The pantry was created through a partnership between the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office and Second Harvest Food Pantry, of Duluth, Minn. Food was handed out for an hour in the parking lot, with many residents lining up before food was handed out. “It’s exciting to see how receptive people are, and it also shows us the level of need we have in Iron...
FOREST PARK, Ill. (AP) — Officials said nobody was at the controls of an empty commuter train that slammed into another train at a suburban Chicago station Monday, injuring dozens of commuters, but they don’t know how the train got moving. Video footage shows that nobody was driving the 4-car Chicago Transit Authority train as it rumbled the wrong way toward the train parked at the Harlem Avenue station about 10 miles west of Chicago. But investigators were trying to determine if it somehow star...
To the Editor: First, I would like to say that I am a deer hunter and have been since the late 1960s. Let me ask all of you a question: “What should the city of Ironwood do if a child predator moves into the city?” Do any of you think that the city should get rid of all the children in the city in hope that the child predator will go away? That is what the city is doing to combat the wolf problem. They want to slaughter as many deer as possible in hope that the wolves will go away. Let me tell you that it will never happen. It’s time to targe...
HURLEY, Wis. — John L. Cattelino, 94, of Hurley, died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, in Hurley. He was born Sept. 11, 1919, in Gile, son of the late Joseph and Mary (Gallo) Cattelino, and attended Gile and Montreal schools. He then worked in a CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp in Mercer. John enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on June 21, 1944, participating in action against the enemy on Okinawa and the Ryukyus Islands in the South Pacific during World War II, and was honorably discharged as a...
DULUTH, Minn. — Robert A. “Bob” Hanson, 66, of Saxon, Wis., died Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth, surrounded by his loving family. Bob was born April 16, 1947, in Ashland, Wis., son of the late Herman and Myrtle (Aspen) Hanson, and was raised in Grandview, Wis. He attended grade school in Grandview and graduated from Drummond High School in 1966. He then received a teaching certificate from Ashland County Normal Teachers College in 1968, and tau...
THOMASTON, Mich. — Gary Armedas Dalbeck, 68, a lifelong resident of Thomaston, passed away unexpectedly early Monday morning, Sept. 30, 2013. He was born on Dec. 27, 1944, at home in Thomaston, the son of Clarence and Elizabeth (Minier) Dalbeck. On May 1, 1964, Gary married Lois Jean Bailey in Ceour d’Alene, Idaho. In earlier years, he worked for Connor Lumber and Land and then was employed by Superior Tree Service for 25 years. In 1999, Gary and his sons started G.A. Dalbeck Logging. Gary is su...
MOSINEE, Wis. — Andrea (Pahl) LaChapelle, 53, Mosinee, died Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, at her home after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was the daughter of Henry (Hank) and Melba Pahl. She was a long time resident of Wakefield, Mich. Survivors include her husband, Michael; three children, Dustin (Leslie) LaChapelle, Katie (James) Bedwell and Andrea (Joseph) Wirkus; five grandchildren, Micheal, Virginia, Mary, Abigail and Dustin; three sisters, Virginia (Dale) Beautow, Frances Felix and C...
IRONWOOD — The Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region Commission held its 45th annual meeting Monday night at Tacconelli’s in Ironwood, with speakers discussing Michigan’s wolf population, the Michigan Trails and Recreation Alliance of Land and the Environment, and the presentation of the Oreste Chiantello Award. J.R. Richardson, chairman of Michigan’s Natural Resource Commission, said the commission is spending a lot of time trying to decide how timber can be harvested sustain...
IRONWOOD — There’s only one thing that Ironwood’s Katie Piispanen likes better than playing tennis. And that’s winning when she plays tennis. “I love the competition and I try my best to win,” Piispanen said. “That’s my motivation. I don’t like to lose matches.” Piispanen’s journey into the tennis world began when she was in sixth grade and coach Annette Burchell ran a tennis camp at Luther L. Wright High School. It peaked her interest and she became hooked on the sport. It didn’t take Piispa...
