Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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MERCER, Wis. — Shell Lake is some No. 7 seed. The Lakers grabbed the momentum after a first-set loss and used a solid offense to upset No. 2 Mercer 3-2 in Thursday’s WIAA Division 4 regional volleyball semifinal. The Indianhead Conference East Division champion Tigers finished at 25-5 with the 18-25, 25-10, 25-16, 23-25, 15-10 loss. “We went down swinging; that’s for sure,” Mercer Robyn Schoeneman said. “I couldn’t be happier with the season we had. One loss doesn’t take away the 25 wins we had.... Full story
IRONWOOD — The two volleyball matches between Bessemer and Ironwood were so similar, it was almost like rewinding a movie and watching it over again. Bessemer wins the first two games and Ironwood comes back to take games three and four. But on Thursday night, the script changed at the end. Ironwood won the fifth set in their first match, but this time the Speedgirls took the fifth set and won a very close match 25-20, 25-22, 19-25, 18-25 and 16-14. “It went right down to the wire, just lik... Full story
IRONWOOD — Much of the Gogebic Range experienced a four-hour power outage on Thursday afternoon. The lights went out around 2:30 p.m. and residents along McLeod Avenue didn’t have electricity until 6:26 p.m., although services were restored earlier than that in other parts of the city. Some residences didn’t get power until 7:30 p.m., however. A spokesman from Xcel Energy’s Eau Claire office said Thursday evening that the power outage affected 1,852 customers. There were reports the outage... Full story
To the Editor: Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the annual convention of the Michigan Municipal League, the leading advocate and training organization for cities across Michigan. I attended this convention to visit with my friends from Wakefield, Mayor Richard Bolen, city manager John Siira and council member Ted Finco. I also had the opportunity to meet the Ironwood city manager, Scott Erickson. As a newly appointed city manager for Luna Pier, Mich., I was extremely impressed to learn that both Bolen and Erickson are both serving on... Full story
GREENWICH, Conn. — Isabelle May Valesano, 96, of Greenwich, formerly of Wakefield, Mich., passed away peacefully Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. She was born on May 4, 1917, in Bessemer, Mich., the daughter of John Henry and Anne Amelia (Buzza) Pender. Isabelle grew up in Hibbing, Minn., and then attended Bessemer and Caro, Mich., high schools. She finished school in Caro in 1935. On Nov. 18, 1939, Isabelle was united in marriage to Anton Charles Valesano at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in W... Full story