Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - Two local competitive dancers are traveling to Orlando to dance at half-time as part of 300 performers doing a jazz pom routine for the Capital One Bowl on New Year's Day. Cheyanne O'Brien, a 2013 Gogebic Community College graduate from Wakefield, won the honor in March in an individual competition in Duluth, Minn., at "Spring Fling." Dani Begalle, a senior at Luther L. Wright High School, won the honor by submitting a video audition. O'Brien has studied dance for 16 years, and...
To the Editor: It appears to me that some on the Bessemer Area School Board have their own agenda and want to squash the voice of the voters. Why wouldn’t the Bessemer Area School Board take a survey of the district’s voters to see what direction they wish the board to proceed with before asking for more taxpayer money on a referendum? Not once have the voters of the district been asked what their current opinion on consolidation would be. A survey of voters could answer a lot of questions for the board. William Hill Besseme...
To the Editor: “What has God ever done for me?,” my brother-in-law Karl asked of me. At the time of his question, I was not aware of a very appropriate Bible passage: “Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. Every good endowment and every gift is from above, coming down from the father of lights, with whom is no variation or shadow of change.” James 1:17 RSV. Karl was a very talented man in both work and play. His ability and earning capacity as a machine shop die maker was equaled by only one other man in the city of Detroit. And as a bowle...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Frank Peter Prezkop, 89, of Hurley, Wis., died peacefully Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, with his loving family by his side, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. He was born July 8, 1924, in Ironwood, to the late Peter and Mary (Pahucki) Prezkop, and attended A.L. Norrie Grade School and Luther L. Wright High School. He worked in the Penokee Mine and at Schult Mobile Homes, and was employed at Ahonen Lumber Co. for many years, retiring due...
