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IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Ironwood jumped out to a 4-0 first-half lead and went on to beat Three Lakes 5-1 Tuesday in the Red Devils’ final home game of the year. Senior Bryant Rowe picked up a hat trick on Senior Night. “The kids were fired up for this game,” Ironwood coach Don Cvengros said. “We’ve been starting slow at home for some reason. Tonight they were ready. They wanted this one.” Ironwood’s Riley Jarocki was cleared by a doctor to play and he scored the game’s first goal on an assist by J...
CHICAGO (AP) — Americans got their first chance Tuesday to shop for health insurance using the online marketplaces that are at the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, but government websites designed to sell the policies struggled to handle the traffic, with many frustrated users reporting trouble setting up accounts. State and federal agencies were working to fix the sites, which represent the biggest expansion in coverage in nearly 50 years. There should be time to mak...
ONTONAGON, Mich. — Joyce M. Miller, 61, passed away Sept. 30, 2013, at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital after losing her battle with cancer. She was born Feb. 26, 1952, to Louis A. “Shorty” Wolfe Sr. and Charlotte Wolfe, of Bergland. Joyce is survived by her mother, Charlotte; children, Amy (Tom) Livingston, Lynn (Rich) Schaffer, Glen (Rose) Miller and Rebecca (Jared) Thompson; her grandchildren, Adrien, Matthew, Austin, Isiah, Glen Jr., Marcella, Liberty and Cory; brother, Kenneth (Deb) Wolfe; her sisters, Paula (Bill) Morrill, Kim (Jim) Mix and N...
EMPIRE (AP) — After a tiring journey from Los Angeles to Detroit for a wedding, David Zorn and Jennifer Li were looking forward to a few days of camping at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northern Michigan. Instead, their visit was cut short Tuesday as the park closed because of the partial government shutdown. “It’s a bummer,” Zorn said as he and Li ate a hurried breakfast of scrambled eggs and baked beans, heated over the dying embers of their campfire. “It’s something we were not...
IRONWOOD — Local author Pat O’Neill will be hosting a “story-bearing benefit” Tuesday at Tacconelli’s in Ironwood at 6:30 p.m. The event will feature passages from O’Neill’s book “Songs of the Coyote,” as well as poems from his upcoming book “Paste Baby Black.” Proceeds from the event benefit local creative programs through the Ironwood Carnegie Library, Downtown Art Place and Schneller Art Gallery. “Every penny goes to the kids,” O’Neill said. “They do a phenomenal job with those pro...