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Articles from the October 3, 2013 edition


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  • Begalle, Pallin win U.P. tennis title, Piispapen runner-up

    Oct 3, 2013

    ISHPEMING — Ironwood’s No. 1 doubles team of Danielle Begalle and Rachel Pallin won a U.P. Division 2 title Wednesday while No. 1 singles player Katie Piispapnen was runner-up. “This was a big day for Ironwood tennis,” Ironwood coach Annette Burchell said. “To have Ironwood playing in the championship round for both No. 1 singles and doubles was huge. I’m proud of our whole team.” Begalle and Pallin beat Munising’s Adelle Gendron/Alex Paquette 6-4, 7-5. They lost their first set in the opening...

  • Northern Lights

    Oct 3, 2013

  • Michigan schools tally students for annual count day

    Cortney Ofstad|Oct 3, 2013

    Schools across the state of Michigan tallied up enrollment numbers for the annual count day for the Michigan Department of Education. School districts were required to submit the number of students in the school district, Wednesday, in order to receive state funding. More students equal more funding, but while other schools across the state deal with unbalanced budgets, districts in both Gogebic and Ontonagon counties deal with declining enrollments. Out of six districts between the two...

  • White House meeting yields no progress on shutdown

    Oct 3, 2013

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama brought congressional leaders to the White House on Wednesday for the first time since a partial government shutdown began, but there was no sign of progress toward ending an impasse that has idled 800,000 federal workers and curbed services around the country. The standoff continued after a White House summit with chief executives as financial leaders and Wall street urged a resolution before serious damage is done to the U.S. and world economy. Obama ...

  • Military promotion

    Oct 3, 2013