Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - The danger of distracted driving was dramatically displayed to Luther L. Wright High School students Wednesday. In sunny 40-degree weather, students in grades 9-12 gathered outside the school to view a vehicle that was totaled locally in a distracted driving accident. Jeff Ramme, the wrecker operator who responded to the crash, said there were no other factors in the accident except for the fact that the driver was distracted while using a... Full story
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] MADISON, Wis. — Saxon Harbor fishermen will see an increase in the lake trout bag limit in an emergency rule that was approved Wednesday by the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board. The rule includes a daily bag limit of three lake trout. It was developed through extensive public input, including an online survey, at least three controversial public meetings this fall, as well as written comments, said Terry Margenau, DNR Lake Superior fisheries supervisor. The rule establishes a Lake Superior r... Full story
Thursday, Dec. 10 Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Red Hat Society Northwoods Divas, noon, Elk and Hound, Ironwood. Reservations required to 906-932-5455 or 906-663-4871. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., all welcome, Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 Highway 51 North in Arbor Vitae. Grief Support Group, 2 p.m., all welcome, The Inn Bed and... Full story
DULUTH, Minn. - JoAnn M. Kuklinski, 75, of Ironwood, Mich., died peacefully Sunday afternoon, Dec. 6, 2015, at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, with her loving family by her side. The former JoAnn Buddle was born March 23, 1940, in Ironwood, daughter of the late John and Mabel (Goodwin) Buddle, and was raised in Gile, Wis., graduating from J.E. Murphy High School in Hurley, Wis., in 1959. She tended bar at the Rainbow Gardens in downtown Ironwood, waitressed at the Uptown... Full story
WAUSAU, Wis. - William "Bill" James Gregory, 88, of Wausau, died Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, at Mount View Care Center in Wausau. He was born on May 7, 1927, in Ironwood, Mich., son of the late Joseph and Catherine (Raymond) Gregory. He attended local schools, graduating from Luther L. Wright High School in 1945. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in Hawaii. Following his discharge, he chose sales as a career. He was employed by the Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company... Full story
NEWBERRY, Mich. — Catherine L. Manderson, 78, of White Pine, passed away in the emergency room at Helen Newberry Joy Hospital in Newberry on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. Born in Chicago on July 10, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Nicholas & Barbara (Harmath) Chomer. She was educated in the Chicago School system and graduated in the class of 1956. On March 23, 1957, she married her husband George Manderson. She was employed as an administrative assistant by Knickerbocker Case Co., a manufacturing firm in Chicago for many years. Catherine e... Full story