Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - Ironwood students, members of the public and area veterans gathered in Luther L. Wright's John Krznarich Gymnasium Friday for the district's annual Veterans Day ceremony. The ceremony began with the presentation of colors by members of the school's JROTC Color Guard and the singing of the National Anthem by Vanessa Nasi. Following this, and the presentation of the flags of the various branches of the military and service-related organization, the Ironwood High School Band performed,...
HURLEY — A Friday canvass of the Iron County, Wis., election turned up five fewer votes for District Attorney winner Matt Tingstad, but he’s still in line to take office on Jan. 1. The canvass vote count at the courthouse was 1,704 for Tingstad, of Bessemer, to 1,696 for Tony Stella, of Kimball. The canvass board does not count every vote, but compares the call-in totals the county clerk receives to the sheets recorded by each municipality. In one precinct, the town of Anderson, five extra votes had been recorded for Tingstad. According to depu...
SUN CITY, Fla. - James Charles Hegbloom, 83, former resident of Saxon, Wis., died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, in Sun City. He was born May 15, 1933, in Rhinelander, Wis., son of the late Vanner and Eva (Myers) Hegbloom. He graduated from Saxon high school in 1951 and was number 7 on the 1949 Saxon Knights basketball team that was inducted into the Hurley Athletic Hall of Fame in July, 2016. He served in the Korean War from 1953 to 1957 as an Army cook. He married Barbara Betty Carlson, who preceded... Full story
LAKE PLACID, Fla. - Dennis J. Napel, 77, of Davenport, Iowa and Lake Placid, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday morning Nov. 8, 2016, at the Florida Hospital Lake Placid. Dennis was the son of Marion and John Napel, who was born on Aug. 6, 1939, in Ironwood, Mich. Dennis retired from John Deere as a metallurgical engineer and worked as a part-time consultant at Donohoo Steel Treating Company. Dennis had been a winter resident of Lake Placid for the past 12 years. As an avid golfer, his greatest... Full story
BERGLAND, Mich. — Muriel M. (Swen) Bailey, 81, of Bergland, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital, Ironwood, after a brief illness. Muriel was born in Bergland on Nov. 15, 1934, to Alfred and Selma (Erickson) Swen. She attended Bergland Community School where she graduated from high school in 1952. After graduation she was employed for a time at White River Timber Company, then the U.S. Forest Service where she retired in 1990. She was married to Carl D. Bailey on June 25, 1955, at Trinity Lutheran Church in B... Full story
Saturday, Nov. 12 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Iron County Democrats, 9 a.m., Frontier Inn, Springstead, Wis. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Nov. 13 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, Nov. 14 Iron County Food Pantry, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 72 M... Full story
