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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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ONTONAGON - The cause of an early Monday morning fire and explosion in Ontonagon remains under investigation, according to the Ontonagon County Sheriff's Department and Michigan State Police. A fire marshal was on the scene of the fire, reported at 1:23 a.m. Monday. It demolished a two-story building at 426 Minnesota Ave. According to neighbors, two young men saw flames in the house as they drove by and broke in the door and yelled to see if anyone was inside. Shortly after that, neighbors said...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - The doctor who treated a man who flew to Nigeria and died of Ebola now has contracted the disease, authorities said Monday, presenting a dire challenge to Africa's most populous nation as the regional toll for the outbreak grew to 887 dead. As Nigerian health authorities rushed to quarantine others who had been exposed to the doctor, a special plane landed in Liberia to evacuate the second American missionary who fell ill with Ebola. Nancy Writebol, 59, is expected to arriv...
By RYAN JARVI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Michigan state legislators visited Gogebic Community College in Ironwood on Tuesday to discuss a number of issues including mining, western Upper Peninsula broadband access and road funding. State Sen. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, joined State Reps. John Kivela (D-Marquette), Ed McBroom (R-Vulcan), and Scott Dianda (D-Calumet), for a town hall style meeting attended by a small group of people. Part of the reason behind the meeting was to show the...
SHAKHTARSK, Ukraine (AP) - Panicky residents in an eastern Ukrainian town fled their homes Monday carrying a few possessions in plastic bags and small suitcases as shells exploded in the distance, fighting that also prevented an international police team from reaching the area where the Malaysia Airlines plane was downed. "Mom, hang in there," exclaimed a weeping woman who was fleeing Shakhtarsk with her mother. Associated Press reporters saw a high-rise apartment block in the town being hit by...
IRONWOOD - The Michigan Child Identification Program visited Ironwood this weekend, giving parents the opportunity to preserve a packet of identifiable information about their children, in the event of a missing child. "Hopefully they would never need to use it," John Tincher, Michigan Masons member and volunteer, said. "But at least when you're panicking and trying to get everything together, here you got a packet, ready to give to the police." Volunteers and the Michigan Masons helped parents...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Chamber of Commerce will host a historical presentation with a few speakers to commemorate the 50th birthday of the giant fiberglass statue of Native American chief Hiawatha this weekend. The real-life Hiawatha is credited as co-founder of the Iroquois Confederacy, which united five separate Native American tribes. Ironwood Mayor Kim Corcoran is expected to say a few words, as is local historian Larry Peterson and Nancy Gotta, whose father-in-law, Charlie Gotta Sr., was...
RAMSAY - Despite about an hour downpour, the 4th of July festivities in Ramsay went off without a hitch on Saturday night. The community event began with a parade on July 4 and continued into July 5 with a street dance, music by Uncle Fester and Marty's Goldenaires and fireworks. "Our committee works hard to put on these events," said Lisa Selin, secretary of the Bessemer Township 4th of July Committee. "There are only about 6 or 7 of us at each meeting and we plan out what to do and what...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Thousands of young people and some more weathered hikers are trekking up a path that cuts through aspen and pine to a summit of a Utah mountain about 60 miles east of Salt Lake City. The group includes train hoppers, students, lawyers, architects and others, members say. But each belongs to the Rainbow Family, which has convened every year since 1972, sometimes in two states at once, to join in prayers for peace, sing-a-longs in the travelling Granola Funk theater and...
LUDINGTON (AP) - Sixty-eight years after she was left on the doorstep of a western Michigan family's home, Julie Himebaugh is still trying to discover the identity of her parents and why her mother decided to give her up. Ludington police said this month they no longer have records of the discovery of the baby on May 7, 1946. But the Detroit Free Press reported Sunday stories in several newspapers at the time paint a detailed picture of the baby's discovery. Himebaugh was about 6 months old...
By RYAN JARVI [email protected] BESSEMER - After a four-hour Gogebic County Court hearing Friday on the Aug. 5 consolidation question between Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco school districts, a consent judgment was approved to have it removed from the ballot. Judge Charles Goodman, of Houghton, approved the preliminary injunctive order after hearing testimony from both sides. "This is a unique and, for lack of a more educational way to say it, odd situation," Goodman said. "Courts have...
OAK LAWN, Ill. - Joseph De Santis, 90, passed away Monday, June 16, 2014, at Little Company of Mary Hospital, Oak Lawn, after a lingering illness. He was born Feb. 24, 1924, in Ironwood, Mich., the son of Mary and Peter De Santis. He married Bernice Bedrick, of Ironwood, on July 26, 1952, at St. Michael's Church. After graduation from Luther L. Wright High School in 1942, he joined the U.S. Army in World War II, serving as a military police officer in 1946. Following military service, he was...
CAIRO (AP) - The video, set to sweetly lilting religious hymns, is chilling. Islamic militants are shown knocking on the door of a Sunni police major in the dead of night in an Iraqi city. When he answers, they blindfold and cuff him. Then they carve off his head with a knife in his own bedroom. The 61-minute video was recently posted online by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an al-Qaida splinter group of Sunni extremists. The intent was to terrorize Sunnis in Iraq's army and police...
HURLEY - Besides cleaning out the desk and helping the teacher tidy up the stacks of books, what better thing to do on the last day of school than learn about healthy things to do this summer? At least that's how Zona Wick, of the Iron County Health Department, saw it as she marshaled the ICHD's annual health fair at the Hurley School on a sunny Tuesday morning. "Goal of the day was to promote health," Wick said. "We're trying to instill good, healthy habits in these kids, so they realize good,...
IRONWOOD - Elementary students took a break from their end-of-the-year studies to have a little fun during the annual Ironwood PTO picnic at Luther L. Wright School in Ironwood Wednesday. Students in grades kindergarten through sixth grade ate a picnic lunch outside before participating in games and activities on the football field. Some visitors to the event included a fire truck from the Ironwood Public Safety Department, troopers from the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post and the Klements...
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - Prosecutors say two 12-year-old southeastern Wisconsin girls stabbed their 12-year-old friend nearly to death in the woods to please a mythological creature they learned about online. Both girls were charged as adults with first-degree attempted homicide Monday in Waukesha County Circuit Court; they each face up to 60 years in prison if convicted. A court commissioner set bail at $500,000 cash per child. According to a criminal complaint, the girls had been planning to kill...
To the Editor: There are moments when civility should be used by all of us, especially when the reputation of neighbors and acquaintances known for many years are concerned. What occurred in Bessemer on Thursday, May 22, to Bill McDonald, a member of the Bessemer Area School Board of Education, while he was preparing the weekly American Legion Post 27 spaghetti dinner is a perfect example of what I speak. That an officer of the court, the county prosecutor, Michigan State Police and other elected officials timed this arrest to publicly...
IRONWOOD - An apparent murder-suicide in the city of Ironwood's Jessieville Location was under investigation Monday. An elderly man and woman were found dead in the back yard at a Burt Street residence around 7:30 a.m. Monday, with a shotgun found at the scene, according to a Gogebic County Sheriff's Department report. Officers found the couple upon arriving. The woman was seen with blood on her chest, lying about 20 feet away from the man, according to the GCSD report. An older model shotgun...
NEW DELHI (AP) - The vows for change came quickly after the young Indian woman was beaten, gang-raped on a moving bus and finally died in a faraway hospital. No longer, politicians promised, would rape victims be shamed by police. No longer, the judicial system said, would rapists be able to blame their victims. Thousands of people swept through the streets of New Delhi in spontaneous protests after the December 2012 bus rape, demanding protection for women. The victim became "the daughter of th...
HURLEY - Kindergarteners learned a different kind of alphabet Thursday at the Hurley K-12 School during a bike safety presentation by the Hurley Police Department. Students learned the "ABCs" of bike safety from Sgt. Chris Colassaco, who explained that each spring, bikes should be checked for three things - air in the tires, brakes and chain tightness. Eggs were used to show the importance of helmets while riding bikes. Colassaco taped an egg inside of a bike helmet, and dropped the helmet to...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Public Safety Department has placed a speed trailer along McLeod Avenue to help insure drivers respect the posted speed limit of 25 mph on the U.S. 2 detour route. Lt. Mike Rimkus of IPSD said officers are monitoring drivers' speeds along the route using both moving and stationary radar. "We're proactive, with our officers out in marked squads patrolling the detour frequently," he said. The IPSD has had some complaints of speeders along the route, but Rimkus said...
HURLEY - Forty-one third graders from the Hurley K-12 School donned gloves, grabbed trowels and planted flowers along Silver Street in Hurley Wednesday. Joy Schelble, of the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office, prepared students for the planting by speaking in classrooms. Schelble is the county's horticulturalist, and asked students why flowers are planted in the city each year. "The first student looked at me and said, 'To take care of the environment,'" Schelble said. "The nex...
BESSEMER - The Bessemer Area School District's Board of Education went into closed session for about 45 minutes at its meeting Tuesday to discuss personnel issues. Board member Bill McDonald was arrested last week by Michigan State Police on three counts of misdemeanor warrants for aiding and abetting in the fraudulent signing of voter petitions that were circulated regarding consolidating the school with nearby Wakefield-Marenisco. Following the closed session, board member Dave Osier read a...
ONTONAGON - Fifth grade students from the Ontonagon and Ewen Trout Creek Schools Thursday learned about the many safety and protective programs available to them in the county. It was the ninth annual 911 program coordinated by Sheriff Dale Rantala with the help of more than eight law enforcement and safety groups. Fire departments, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Conservation, search and rescue, ambulance, Upper Peninsula Power Company, and police officials guided the children through...
WAKEFIELD - The days of the old police car with the CB radio and spotlight are over. The radio and spotlight are still there, but Sgt. Glenn Gauthier, of the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post, said the role of a state trooper is becoming more mobile, and the vehicle is making that a reality. "This is a trooper's office," he said motioning to the dark blue Dodge Charger with the red cherry button-light on top. The vehicle is loaded to the dome-light with technology, some of which has been...
