Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY — Hurley finished the regular season at 8-1 with a 55-12 rout of Ontonagon in Great Western Conference play Friday night. The Midgets learn their playoff seed and matchup today with Level 1 scheduled for next Friday or Saturday. They should get a home game and a No. 2 or 3 seed is realistic, but there are so many variables it’s impossible to predict. “Good season, 8-1. Let’s get on to the second season now,” Hurley coach Scott Erickson said. “I think our team is focused. I think they... Full story
CALUMET — With a belly slide in the end zone, the Calumet Copper Kings ended a slide of their own Friday. Calumet put itself into the win column at Agassiz Field, holding off a second-half Ironwood rally to defeat the Red Devils 26-14 in both teams’ final WestPAC games of the season. “I’m just proud everyone kept believing in what we do around here,” Calumet coach John Croze said. The Kings (1-7, 1-5 WestPAC) have been beset by injuries throughout the season, with six seniors alone out for t... Full story
BESSEMER — Sheri Nyquist’s third grade class at Washington Elementary school gained a welcomed addition for the 2013-’14 school year, Xander Stutz, a new student only in Bessemer for the year while his father, a Marine, is deployed in Dubai on the U.S.S. New Orleans. Stutz and his mother, Johnnie, are in Bessemer with his grandmother for the school year, and will move back to California when his father, Gunnery Sergeant Nathan Stutz, returns from deployment. On Friday, the 35 children made... Full story
BERGLAND — Bergland Foods Store, formerly known as Nordine’s, was destroyed in a fire Friday morning. According to an official on the scene, a family living in the apartment behind the store/gas station heard three small explosions around 2 a.m. The family left the apartment safely and called 911 after seeing black smoke coming from the building. The family is staying at a local motel after the loss of its apartment. Officers responded from the Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Department and Michi... Full story
I met Harry Rizzie in the summer of 1992. The first thing he said to me was: “I know you’re the new super, but my question to you is, just what is your athletic background?” That began a friendship which lasted these past 22 years. Harry was one of the good guys, as he loved Bessemer and especially its kids weaving their way through our schools. Harry was a man of short, meaningful questions and statements. He kept me on my toes and made me think. Harry was blessed with many friends and his voice on the radio kept the stay-at-home fan glued... Full story
Every time we hear a siren or see flashing lights whiz by, there’s a good possibility someone is in peril. And while we sit back — mostly with relief when we see the fire engine didn’t turn toward our house or down our grandmother’s road — police, fire and other emergency personnel charge ahead. Any hour of the day, to the farthest reaches of the county, bad things can and do happen. Help is needed and help arrives, thanks to the men and women of our many local emergency units. Some of these folks are professionals, while others are volunteers,... Full story
WAUPUN, Wis. — Lois Brewer, 91, of Waupun, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, at Marvin’s Manor in Waupun where she resided for the past six years. Lois was born Dec. 28, 1921, in Waupun, the daughter of Harry and Helen Hanisch Landaal. On Oct. 26, 1940, she married Leo Brewer in Waupun. The couple resided in Waupun until 1964, at which time they moved to Oshkosh. While residing in Oshkosh, Lois was employed in food service at Winnebago Mental Health Center. Lois and Leo enjoyed their ret... Full story
