Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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WAKEFIELD — Students from across the area learned about fire safety with the Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department Wednesday. According to fire chief Mike Yon, students came from the Wakefield-Marenisco School District, Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency Head Start program, Trinity Lutheran Church in Ironwood and the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District. “We’re expecting more than 200 kids for this,” Yon said. “It should be a lot of fun.” The event spans many years, according t...
LANSING (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder testified behind closed doors Wednesday about his role taking Detroit into bankruptcy, a rare interview with lawyers for creditors who pressed him about retiree pensions and asked if the city could have done more to avoid the historic filing. Snyder waived executive privilege and gave a three-hour deposition at his office in Lansing. The testimony can be used as evidence in an upcoming trial that will determine whether Detroit is eligible to shed or r...
To the Editor: Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the United States, profiting $32 billion annually, which includes more than 100,000 children being sold in the sex trade industry. The belief that this crime only exists in third world countries only shadows the reality that human trafficking is not only occurring in the United States, but is happening in the state of Wisconsin and in our community of Iron County. I am exceedingly proud of the immediate response from the Iron County Sheriff’s Department, district a...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Harry Richard Rizzie, 85, of Bessemer, died Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital with his family and excellent intensive care personnel at his side. Harry was born July 16, 1928, in Bessemer, the son of the late Henrico and Vera (Bari) Rizzie. He graduated from A.D. Johnston High School with the class of 1946, where he excelled in football, basketball, track and field and baseball. After graduation he moved to Chicago, where he worked as a tool and dye maker wit...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — David R. LaBine, 59, of Dowagiac, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, following a lengthy illness. He was born on Feb. 22, 1954, in Ontonagon, to Forest and Fern (Gooding) LaBine. David had a deep personal faith and was raised in the Assembly of God in his hometown. After graduating high school, David attended Dundee Industrial School in Minnesota, where he began what would be a 25-year career as auto body specialist, co-owning Watervliet Auto Body from 1978-1988. D...
WAUSAU, Wis. — Marsha Faith Burroughs, born Nov. 8, 1969, passed away Sept. 30, 2013, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital due to cardiac arrest following emergency surgery. Marsha is survived by her daughter, Jenna Hash, of Topaz, Mich.; her parents, Ed and Ann Burroughs, of Bruce Crossing, Mich.; three sisters: Laura (Elden) Burke, of Ontonagon, Mich., Karen (Greg) Pepin, of Kingsford, Mich., and Jennifer (Jamie) Jackman, of Kalkaska, Mich.; brother, Curtis (Jennifer) Burroughs, of Lake Linden, Mich.; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Ma...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — It’s Justin Verlander and Sonny Gray, the encore. These decisive Game 5s sure are becoming familiar for Verlander. Not so much for the Oakland rookie. Just like last October in Oakland, the Tigers have been pushed to a winner-take-all fifth game in their AL division series against the Athletics. And Detroit will have Verlander on the mound again Thursday night after he pitched a four-hit shutout in the 2012 clincher at the Oakland Coliseum. “Well, you don’t pretend...
CRANMOOR, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin cranberry farmers hosted a group of South Korean journalists this week as part of an effort to expand exports to that country. The United States exported more than 15,400 barrels of cranberries to South Korea last year, up from 200 barrels in 2003, according to Daily Tribune Media. Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer. Ben Rezin, whose family owns Cranmoor Cranberries, said he was happy to give six journalists a tour of his marshes on Tuesday. “The Asi...
