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Articles from the December 30, 2013 edition


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  • Peters' murder trial, sentencing captured attention in 2013

    Cortney Ofstad|Dec 30, 2013

    BESSEMER - In April 2013, former Bessemer resident Kenneth Wayne Peters stood trial for murdering his 79-year-old wife, Ethel Grzena-Peters, the previous August. Peters' wife was reported missing Aug. 3, 2012, from their Bessemer home and her body was found 10 days later in Watersmeet Township. Grzena-Peters had dementia and Peters told officers he believed she had wandered off during one of her many walks, however officers found video surveillance of what looked to be Grzena-Peters' truck with...

  • Condemned structure reduced to rubble

    Ralph Ansami|Dec 30, 2013

    IRONWOOD - The condemned structure at 213 Bonnie St. has been demolished and work has begun on removing the refuse. Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson told the city commission last week that the removal of the demolished building and the considerable contents is a work in progress. He said different materials in the structure have to be sorted before they can be removed and metal items were trucked away last week. The city is paying Jake's Excavating $53,000 to clean up the blighted parcel....

  • Rural Michigan faces many barriers to health care

    Associated Press|Dec 30, 2013

    DETROIT (AP) - Sue Cook is going to the ends of the earth, or what feels like it, to help people try to sign up for insurance under the new federal health care law. The retired nurse is director of a free health clinic in Sanilac County, the largest county in Michigan's Lower Peninsula at more than 960 square miles. And Cook, who also travels the big county in the state's rural Thumb region with a laptop to navigate the troubled federal health care exchange, is finding just how long the road to...

  • Weekend Skiing

    Dec 30, 2013

  • Rodgers, Cobb lead Packers over Bears to earn playoff bid

    Dec 30, 2013

    CHICAGO (AP) - Aaron Rodgers is back leading the Green Bay Packers and that could be bad news for every other playoff team. He returned from a broken collarbone and is taking aim at a postseason run, even if it took one big pass to get there. Rodgers fired a 48-yard touchdown to Randall Cobb in the final minute, and the Packers beat the Chicago Bears 33-28 to capture the NFC North championship on Sunday. "This is a special group of guys who've been through a lot," Rodgers said. "It's been a...