Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College Foundation honored three individuals and one organization for their contributions to the college and commitment to the community at its 19th annual "Celebration of Achievements" banquet Thursday. This year's honorees included distinguished alumni Robert Baima and Walter Prosek. Roy Contratto was also honored as 2014's distinguished faculty member, and the Ironwood Kiwanis Club was awarded Honorary Friends of the College at the banquet in the Lindquist...
HURLEY - Fifteen Hurley students had art pieces displayed at the Wisconsin Department of Human Resources building in Madison from Aug. 10 through Oct. 3. According to art teacher Terry Davis, the idea for the art display came after Hurley alumna Julie Morello contacted Davis about having students' art displayed in the building. Morello is a DHS employee and asked if pieces from Hurley could be used in the building. Davis said the timing for the display was perfect, after students had...
Dear editor: I don’t know who Henry Beston was, or maybe is, but he said, “Animals are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations caught with us in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners in the splendor and travail of earth.” I would invite you, before possibly going to vote or suiting up for the next hunt, to read the following: —”Never Cry Wolf,” by Farley Mowat, first published September, 1963. —”To the Top of the World, Adventures with Arctic Wolves,” by Jim Brandenburg, published 1993. —”God’s Dog,” by...
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - Sparks from a vehicle caused a wildfire at the edge of Yosemite National Park that led to the death of a firefighting air-tanker pilot this week, officials said Thursday. Fire investigators found that the blaze broke out Tuesday because of hot metal fragments from a vehicle creating sparks, Yosemite said in a statement. Investigators had not determined what type of vehicle or what part may have caused the sparks, saying it "could be the result of several...
IRONWOOD - In defeating Wakefield-Marenisco 25-13, 25-20, 18-25 and 25-21, Ironwood upped its record to an impressive 15-4 and clinched second place in the Indianhead East Division with a 4-1 record on Thursday night. The Cardinals finished in third place with a 3-2 record and neither team has beaten Mercer this year, which finished undefeated in conference play. "This was a second-place game," Red Devil coach Lisa Graham said. We were strong in games one and two and definitely flat in games thr...
