Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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As the screen at the front of the room lit up with "math mountain" problems displayed by the projector installed on the ceiling, a teacher calls on students to answer the addition and subtraction equations. After the student answers, red numbers start appearing on the screen, as if written by a ghost or an invisible Einstein. But it's not magic, witchcraft or spirits. From the back of the room, Tony Bunt, the second grade teacher at Ironwood Area School District, wrote the answers on a wireless...
HURLEY, Wis. - Idele "Didi" Marguerite (Rahn) Hannula, 81, of Hurley, passed away peacefully on Sept. 9, 2014, at Villa Maria Health and Rehab Center in Hurley. Idele was born in Newberry, Mich., on March 25, 1933, the only child of Lyal Rahn and Geraldine (Morris) Rahn and was named after her grandmother, Idele Morris, so her mother nicknamed her Didi. She lived in Michigan for a few years, then in Park Ridge, Ill., for a few years and then settled in Saxon. Didi graduated from Hurley high...
SAXON, Wis. - The Saxon Community Center filled Saturday as community members gathered to play Bingo, enter the bag raffle, eat homemade food and take part in the St. Ann Fall Festival in Saxon. For more than 80 years community members have gathered in support of the St. Ann Service Club which donates all the funds raised to area charitable organizations, programs and residents in need. According to Deb Swartz, service club member and volunteer, the Fall Festival averages around 100 people from...
BESSEMER – For the Gogebic Miners, this one really hurts. When Paul Buerger went off tackle, kicked it outside and scored from the six-yard line with the conversion added, the Miners went up 20-12 with 9:56 left in the game. But Lake Linden is a tough team to crack and the Lakes rallied to score two touchdowns and pull out a 28-20 conference victory at Massie Field in a rare Saturday night game. Things seemed to be going Gogebic's way the longer the game went on. On the play before Buerger's TD,...
HURLEY - Hurley was as shocked Friday as Crystal Falls Forest Park was last week. Northland Pines came back from a 23-6 deficit to hand Hurley a 37-31 non-conference loss at Veterans Memorial Field. That came one week after the Midgets came back from a 14-6 deficit in the final 6:30 to win at Crystal Falls. This time, everything went against Hurley in the second half when a fast Pines team outscored the Midgets 31-15, including the final 19 points in the final seven minutes. "We didn't have...
HURLEY - A Weston, Wis., woman on Friday entered no contest pleas to two charges in connection with a heated confrontation with Gogebic-Taconite employees at the site of a proposed iron mine. Katie "Krow" Kloth, 27, was found guilty in Iron County Court of felony robbery by use of force and misdemeanor malicious destruction of property at the proposed mine site by acting Judge Douglas Fox. Two other charges - theft and a second malicious destruction of property -were dismissed through a plea...
Look for a later fall color show than normal on the Gogebic Range. Because of the ample rainfall that has included around 5 inches already in September in Ironwood, the colors may stick around at least a week longer this autumn, according to Bill McNee, a forest health specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. That's good news for tourism here, which receives a boost every autumn from nature's spectacular color show. There are a few pockets of fall color in the area, but...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Anthony G. "Tony" Bozinski, 93, of Hurley, Wis., died Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. He was born May 25, 1921, in Superior, Wis., son of the late Michael and Pauline (Gustors) Bozinski, and graduated from Superior Central High School in 1939. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942, proudly serving his country in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations during World War II, and was honorably...
CRYSTAL FALLS - It took 14 years, and all 48 minutes before Hurley could leave Dick Mettlach Field and Crystal Falls happy. And were they ever happy. Hurley crafted a comeback for the ages, scoring 12 unanswered points in the final 6:30 of the fourth quarter, including a one-yard touchdown run by Devin Czerneski as time expired to give Hurley the 18-14 win. Since joining the conference in 2000, Hurley had never won here. That included their last visit here when the Midgets tripled the offensive...
HURLEY - Hurley K-12 School now has two fully stocked libraries - even if one of them is only a small wooden box outside the front entrance. The box is known as a "Free Little Library," a movement crossing the globe to increase reading and literacy. "We just filled it (with books) this week," said Shannon Dahlbacka, high school English teacher and services learning coordinator, who helped with the project. Dahlbacka said the project started over the summer, but once school was back in session, i...
HURLEY, Wis. - Wanda Bolich, 100, formerly of Ironwood, Mich., died Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, in Hurley. She was born July 8,1914, in Ironwood, the daughter of the late Albert and Martina (Novak) Kasper. Wanda attended local schools and was a waitress at the St. James Hotel in Ironwood. On Aug. 20, 1934, she was united in marriage to John Bolich at St. Michael's Catholic Church by the late Rev. Charles Szygula. John preceded her in death on Nov. 2, 1977. With her husband she owned and operated...
IRONWOOD - Saturday, Sept. 20, has officially been proclaimed Mining Memorial Heritage Day in Ironwood. City commissioners on Monday adopted a resolution designating the special day. The commission learned the observance will begin with a noon gathering at the downtown Miners Wall Mural and conclude with a candlelight vigil around 6 p.m. Events at the Historic Ironwood Theatre are also being planned in connection with the observance. It has been proclaimed as a day of recognition for all local m...
BESSEMER - Although Bessemer continued to show improvement, the young and inexperienced Speedgirls were no match for the seasoned and talented Ironwood team. The Red Devils showed they will be the right in the mix for the Indianhead Conference East Division title with a 25-9, 25-19 and 25-9 win in the House of Noise on Thursday. Ironwood hitter Emily DiGiorgio is enthused about her team and her teammates. "So far, we're doing really well and we'll only get better," DiGiorgio said. "Tonight, we p...
HURLEY - Hurley found out this week that it was hosting a cross country meet. On Thursday, the girls won the team title by a single point over Washburn, 40-41. The trails in Oulu, Wis., were too wet for a race and it turned out to be a nice, sunny day in Hurley. Washburn and third-place South Shore both had two runners in the top four. Hurley only had two runners in the top 10, Gabby Pecotte, sixth, and Kirkie Pecotte, seventh. But the next four Hurley runners came in with only one Washburn...
HURLEY - A Wednesday fire destroyed an unattached garage and damaged the vinyl on the side of a house at 104 Germania St. in Hurley. Hurley Fire Chief Darrell Petrusha said the garage was fully engulfed when firefighters were dispatched to the scene at 11:35 a.m. He said no one was at home at the house, owned by Lois Chatterson, but there was a dog inside and it was saved. Seventeen firefighters responded and were able to save the house, although the west side wall vinyl melted. A car was a...
HURLEY - Hurley football fans were surprised during a game Friday against Lake Linden-Hubbell. It wasn't the score that sent them cheering, but a check presentation to the Hurley Education Foundation from Midland Services, of Hurley. For the past six years, the foundation has participated in the patronage program called "Cash for Kids." Each year, thousands of dollars are given to the foundation, which is used to benefit students at the Hurley K-12 School. This year, the check was a big one,...
On a hot, muggy Tuesday afternoon, Eagle Bluff Golf Club groundskeeper Jeff Tenlen was aerating the greens, a process in which dime-sized holes are poked into the surfaces. It was 77 degrees in Hurley, and the Tuesday Night Men's League was preparing for its last day of play for the season. Tenlen figured his crew had better get the work done in anticipation of impending Wednesday precipitation. Well, those holes on the greens more than filled with water Wednesday as from 2 to 3 inches of rain...
IRONWOOD - Preparations are underway for the fourth annual HIT Idol competition at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. Auditions are scheduled for Oct. 3-4 at the Historic Ironwood Theatre, and all young vocalists from throughout the Gogebic Range and northern Wisconsin are invited to audition. Contestants will be placed in three groups for the competition, including youth, high school or young adults, ranging from fifth grade to age 29. Auditions are Oct. 3 from 3-6 p.m., Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Dawn A. Osier-Brace, 81, of Ironwood Township, died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, at home. She was born Aug. 20, 1933, in Dallas, Iowa, daughter of the late Glen and Lena (Clatt) Nimrick. Her first husband, Everett E. Osier, preceded her in death on Sept. 2, 1996. She was then united in marriage with Robert Brace on Oct. 12, 2002, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ironwood by Rev. Todd Frusti. Robert preceded her in death on July 7, 2012. Dawn was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Ironwood. She is survived by two sons, Mickey O...
HURLEY - Ironwood picked up its first win of the season with a 7-0 sweep of Hurley Tuesday. Ironwood won every contest in two sets. Close matches were had early on at No. 2 singles and No. 1 and 2 doubles, as Ironwood took a 3-2 lead in each set before Ironwood played more aggressively to finish out each set and match. Despite Ironwood's edge, long points were played in all contests. Ironwood (1-5) travels to West Iron County Tuesday. Ironwood def. Hurley (7-0) Singles No. 1: Katie Piispanen...
HURLEY - Suicide is something that has touched the lives of nearly every person. They know someone who has lost a loved one to suicide, or have had someone they love take their own life. It's a subject not often talked about, especially in men. In Wisconsin, men are four times more likely to die by suicide than women, and the suicide rate is highest in people ages 45-54. Wisconsin alone had an average of 724 suicides a year from 2007 to 2011, with 568 male suicides alone. To help deal with the...
