Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Articles from the December 31, 2014 edition


Sorted by date  Results 1 - 4 of 4

  • Coldest winter on record marks top story of 2014

    Ralph Ansami|Dec 31, 2014

    IRONWOOD - The Deep Freeze of last winter will continue to affect Gogebic Range communities for years to come. The coldest winter on record in Ironwood drove the frost deep and ruptured pipes and watermains, creating an estimated $3 million damage in Gogebic County. Ironwood pegged damages from the coldest winter in the past 110 years at $1.7 million. Infrastructure repairs will continue throughout 2015. It was so cold during the winter that although there was ample snow, windchill readings as...

  • SNOW REMOVAL

    Dec 31, 2014

  • New York gets ready for New Year's Eve celebration

    Dec 31, 2014

    NEW YORK (AP) - The Waterford crystal ball is ready for its New Year's close-up. The glittering 11,875-pound ball was tested Tuesday ahead of the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, where up to a million revelers are expected to ring in 2015. Workers coiled massive cables as the ball went up and down the flagpole atop 1 Times Square. "It was such a difficult 2014, we're going to have a great celebration to ring in the new year," said Jeffrey Straus, president of the Times Square Alliance...

  • Beverly Jean (Havenor) Kaufman

    Dec 31, 2014

    MARENISCO, Mich. - Beverly Jean (Havenor) Kaufman, 82, a longtime resident of Marenisco, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. Beverly was born on Aug. 26, 1932, in Winegar, Wis., a daughter of Leslie Edward and Pearl Marie (Hebert) Havenor. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in Marenisco. In July 1956, Beverly was united in marriage to Carl Gerald Kaufman in Las Vegas, Nev. She and Carl enjoyed traveling to Las Vegas and to their condominium in Laughlin,...