Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER – When Mark Movrich left Bessemer to coach the Lady Samsons of Gogebic Community College, the question quickly arose as to who would take his place as the head basketball coach of the Bessemer Speedboys? Movrich left no doubt that he was a big supporter of junior varsity coach Jim Partanen. When Partanen was recently hired for the job, Movrich talked about how he had paid his dues in the coaching profession and why he was such a good choice. "Jim's been involved with the program so l...
IRONWOOD - A tree that fell on a power line near Grand View Hospital caused some sporadic outages throughout the area on Sunday evening. Xcel Energy workers were continuing repairs on Monday. An employee said there was quite bit of damage to the system. An unlucky customer at Red's Auto Car Wash on Cloverland Drive was literally caught up in the middle of the outage. The customer was stuck in the middle of a car wash in a garage stall and because of "electrical issues," the door wouldn't rise,...
BESSEMER- New Bessemer Mayor Butch Semmerling asked questions about the Mary Street Ethnic Commons during his first city council meeting Monday. "Some people are proud of the park, some aren't," Semmerling said. He asked City Manager Michael Uskiewicz how much local money was tied up in the project. Uskiewicz said $80,000, or 20 percent local match of the $279,000 grant, is being used, with some consisting of in-kind donations from the Gogebic Range Water Authority. Concerns were raised about...
MERCER, Wis. - The holiday season came a bit early for some senior citizens in Mercer Monday. Students in Dee Rice's life skills class served an early Thanksgiving meal to seniors for the fourth consecutive year. The meal included turkey, ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, vegetables, rolls and desserts, all prepared by the students. According to district administrator Erik Torkelson, the event is an example of leadership in the community. "Our kids are fantastic leaders, and when...
WASHINGTON, Ill. (AP) - When a cluster of violent thunderstorms began marching across the Midwest, forecasters were able to draw a bright line on a map showing where the worst of the weather would go. Their uncannily accurate predictions - combined with television and radio warnings, text-message alerts and storm sirens - almost certainly saved lives as rare late-season tornadoes dropped out of a dark autumn sky. Although the storms howled through 12 states and flattened entire neighborhoods...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Doris A. Bodoh, 95, a longtime resident of Ironwood, passed away late Sunday evening, Nov. 17, 2013. The former Theodoris Gorski was born on May 25, 1918, in Wakefield, the daughter of Charles and Mary (Yatzchak) Gorski. Doris graduated from Wakefield High School with the class of 1935. After graduation, she worked numerous jobs for a government project called the National Youth Administration under Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. Doris then was employed as a telephone...
OMA, Wis. - Linda R. Benninger, 65, of Pine Lake, Oma, was called home Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. She was born Dec. 13, 1947, in Freeport, Ill., daughter of Dean and Irene (Paul) Amendt. Linda attended the Lena Winslow High School, graduating with the class of 1966. She also attended Illinois State University. For 25 years until retirement, Linda was employed as head librarian for the Lena District Library, where she was well liked by everyone who knew her. She enjoyed reading, beading and was a...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Rose Marie Bray, 93, of Vaughn Street, Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, in Ironwood. She was born March 3, 1920, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Marko and Mary (Kure') Osterman. Rose attended Ironwood schools and was employed in housekeeping for 15 years, as a mail contractor for 2 1/2 years and in food service at Grand View Hospital for 10 years until retirement in 1983. She enjoyed working jigsaw puzzles, word search puzzles and playing...
