Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY — With college entrance interviews and future careers just around the corner, the Hurley School District is helping to prepare students for the future. On May 15, students participated in an interview process to become teachers’ assistants for the 2013-’14 school year. The program has been in existence for many years, but this was the first year that students were required to be interviewed by faculty. “I know a lot of the kids were nervous, because they didn’t know what to expect,... Full story
Ironwood native and Luther L. Wright High School graduate Rachel Cattelan McDonald will appear on TNT’s new competition series “The Hero” with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, as one of nine contestants. The show premieres June 6 at 7 p.m. CDT. Cattelan McDonald is a single mom to her 11-year-old son, Alijah, who is hearing impaired. He’s a straight-A student, and he tap dances and plays guitar. She has tried to teach him not to ever let anybody tell him he can’t do something because of his disability. TNT’s tag line for the reality show is, “Stren... Full story
IRONWOOD — Twenty years and hundreds of customers later, Corrine Alexandroni can still be found behind the counter at Wells Fargo. Alexandroni celebrated her 20th anniversary with the company as a teller on Friday. Fellow employees surprised her with a cake, presents and balloons. “I am very surprised,” Alexandroni said. “I had no idea that they were going to do this.” Alexandroni has spent all of her career in the Ironwood area, and the last two years at the branch office on Cloverlan... Full story
ATASCADERO, Calif. — Felicia Sophia Bailey, 98, formerly of Bergland, Mich., passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Atascadero. She was born Dec. 13, 1914, in Passaic, N.J. Felicia is survived by daughters, Barbara Gardner, of Atascadero, Joyce Lain, of Vancouver, Wash., and Geraldine Leypoldt, of Milwaukee; son, Henry Carr, of Yorba Linda; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.... Full story
Thanks to all the local veterans and their various organizations that helped mark Memorial Day in so many ways on Monday. The services conducted in many area cemeteries and at local memorials were a honorable tribute to those soldiers who served to protect our freedoms. There were parades, bands, singing, speeches and all sorts military honors offered in many hollowed spots around the Gogebic Range. This doesn’t happen without the planning and participation of hundreds of volunteers. Family and friends of the honored, as well as many other c... Full story
NORWAY — What an up-and-down Friday for the Ironwood softball team. The Red Devils started the day with a 3-2 win over Ishpeming in a thrilling MHSAA Division 4 district semifinal. Kaitlyn Tollstam crushed a walk-off hit to score Dani McCullough in the bottom of the seventh, after Ishpeming had just tied the game. Friday ended with Rapid River blanking Ironwood 10-0 in 5 innings in the district final. Ironwood’s biggest strength all season has been its hitting, but the Devils snuck past Ish... Full story
NORWAY, Mich. — Baseball coaches like to say that teams that play solid defense and pitch well (with few walks) are likely to come out on the winning end of ball games. On Friday afternoon in Norway, Stephenson used that simple formula to down Ironwood 8-1 in the opening round Division IV District Tournament. "It was a real good team effort," Stephenson manager Dan Koller said. "We played a clean game and the defense did its job (no errors). If you make the plays on defense, you've got a good s... Full story
