Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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The season of holiday travel is upon us and officials are offering wise words of caution as increased traffic on roadways often brings more accidents. Add a few drinks from the party and/or some bad weather and havoc can ensue, often ending in tragedy. The Michigan State Police, among other organizations, are urging motorists to buckle up and designate a sober driver. “Motorists will soon be flocking to the roadways to visit with family and friends for Thanksgiving celebrations. The combination of increased traffic, deer on the move and the s...
To the Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank and acknowledge all the wonderful people who in some way, big or small, helped to make our football experience memorable Saturday during Hurley’s semifinal game in Wausau, Wis. A big thank you goes to Sharon Ofstad, food service director at Hurley K-12 School, for putting on and sponsoring morning breakfast for our team and the high school band. She was assisted by Natalie Patritto, Spanish teacher; Marcy Kusz from guidance; and our district administrator, Chris Patritto. Thanks g...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Dressed in a black Batman costume, his fists clenched as he took on foe after foe around San Francisco, a 5-year-old boy who has battled leukemia for years fulfilled his wish Friday to be his favorite superhero. In the process, Miles Scott became a darling of social media and attracted thousands of fans around the country, including the White House. "When you have an illness, it's very important to know you have a support system," said Gina Futrell, a 51-year-old with...
IRONWOOD - Sgt. Adam Clemens, of the Ironwood Public Safety Department, gave nearly 50 community members tips and information on how to spot drug use and what to do if they suspect it at a presentation at Luther L. Wright High School Wednesday night. Other members from the Gogebic Iron Area Narcotic Team from IPSD, the Gogebic County Sheriff's Department, and Hurley Police Department were on hand to answer questions as well. GIANT has created a tip line (1-855-644-4219) and an email addresss...
To the Editor: I would like to thank the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees for holding the line on spending and making hard decisions to hold our municipal operating millage at 4.2714. Fiscal responsibility sometimes means making hard and painful decisions. Developing a budget that serves the majority of township residents is a huge task. Staying the course and not folding to special interests is a larger task. Recent adjustments to the city of Ironwood library contract is just one issue that exemplifies your resolve. The contract proposal...
MERCER, Wis. - Harry J. "Bud" Guild, 83, of West County J, Mercer died peacefully Sunday evening, Oct. 27, 2013, at home. He was born Dec. 16, 1929, in Harvey, Ill., son of the late Harry F. and Lucille (O'Brien) Guild. Bud attended Thornton Township schools and graduated from the Thornton High School with the class of 1947. He served in the U.S. Army from July 1, 1947, until May 27, 1949, with the 208th Military Police Company at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Bud was employed as an over-the-road truck...
HURLEY — A 73-year-old Hurley man appeared in Iron County Court Monday morning on two felony counts of theft in a business setting over $10,000. Thomas J. Cvengros, of LaBlonde Lane, was represented in court by A. Dennis Cossi. He entered not guilty pleas to the counts and waived his right to a speedy preliminary examination. Cvengros was released on a $5,000 signature bond by Iron County Judge Patrick Madden on the condition that he have no contact with the Eagle Bluff Condo Association and the Lake Michele Lake District. According to the crim...
IRONWOOD — Much of the Gogebic Range experienced a four-hour power outage on Thursday afternoon. The lights went out around 2:30 p.m. and residents along McLeod Avenue didn’t have electricity until 6:26 p.m., although services were restored earlier than that in other parts of the city. Some residences didn’t get power until 7:30 p.m., however. A spokesman from Xcel Energy’s Eau Claire office said Thursday evening that the power outage affected 1,852 customers. There were reports the outage...
MARQUETTE (AP) — To understand why the Women’s Center in Marquette started 40 years ago, a little context is necessary. The women involved in the center’s beginnings — Holly Greer, Sally May, Pat Micklow and Karlyn Rapport, now affectionately called The Founding Mothers — can offer some perspective on what their world was like in 1973. “A married woman couldn’t get a library card on her own,” Rapport told The Mining Journal of Marquette. “Her husband had to sign for her to get one.” “And a woma...
BERGLAND — Bergland Foods Store, formerly known as Nordine’s, was destroyed in a fire Friday morning. According to an official on the scene, a family living in the apartment behind the store/gas station heard three small explosions around 2 a.m. The family left the apartment safely and called 911 after seeing black smoke coming from the building. The family is staying at a local motel after the loss of its apartment. Officers responded from the Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Department and Michi...
Every time we hear a siren or see flashing lights whiz by, there’s a good possibility someone is in peril. And while we sit back — mostly with relief when we see the fire engine didn’t turn toward our house or down our grandmother’s road — police, fire and other emergency personnel charge ahead. Any hour of the day, to the farthest reaches of the county, bad things can and do happen. Help is needed and help arrives, thanks to the men and women of our many local emergency units. Some of these folks are professionals, while others are volunteers,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four years after risking his life in Afghanistan, William D. Swenson solemnly received the Medal of Honor on Tuesday in a case of battlefield bravery with some odd twists: The young Army captain questioned the judgment of his superiors, and the paperwork nominating him for the award was lost. He left the military two years ago but wants to return to active duty, a rare move for a medal recipient. The nation’s highest military honor — a sky blue ribbon and medal — was clasped...
DETROIT (AP) — The last time Justin Verlander took the mound, his team’s season was on the line. The stakes won’t be quite that high for his next start, but the Detroit Tigers could certainly use another brilliant performance from their star right-hander after blowing a chance to take control of the AL championship series. Detroit wasted a five-run lead Sunday night in Game 2, allowing the Boston Red Sox to even the series with a 6-5 victory. David Ortiz’s tying grand slam in the eighth inning...
HURLEY — First grade students at the Hurley K-12 School learned about local government during a field trip to city of Hurley offices Thursday. Students in Kelli Pitrone, Kathy Czarnecki and Mary Ann Kmetz’s classes traveled to the offices to learn how local government works up close. Students viewed the clerk’s office, public library, police department, fire department and Mayor Joe Pinardi’s office. “I got a call asking if they could take an hour and come down to learn about governmen...
DETROIT (AP) — A former Detroit mayor was sent to prison for nearly three decades Thursday, offering little remorse for the widespread corruption under his watch but acknowledging he let down the financially troubled city during a critical period before it landed in bankruptcy. Prosecutors argued that Kwame Kilpatrick’s “corrupt administration exacerbated the crisis” that Detroit now finds itself in. A judge agreed with the government’s recommendation that 28 years in prison was appropria...
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Harry Richard Rizzie, 85, of Bessemer, died Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital with his family and excellent intensive care personnel at his side. Harry was born July 16, 1928, in Bessemer, the son of the late Henrico and Vera (Bari) Rizzie. He graduated from A.D. Johnston High School with the class of 1946, where he excelled in football, basketball, track and field and baseball. After graduation he moved to Chicago, where he worked as a tool and dye maker wit...
BESSEMER — A pickup truck and a school bus collided at the intersection of U.S. 2 and Sophie Street in Bessemer on Thursday, according to a Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department release. A Hurley K-12 School bus was transporting the girls volleyball team from a game in Wakefield when it struck a pickup truck attempting to cross U.S. 2 from North Sophie Street. Sabrina Nelmark, 28, of Gile, Wis., was the driver of the bus and was “unable to avoid the collision” with the truck, driven by Nicholas Obradovich, 18, of Wakefield. One student on the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A stranger screamed at and grabbed U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wausau (Wis.), who has been a vocal advocate for delaying the rollout of the federal health care law, as he walked to the Capitol to vote on legislation, his office said Thursday. He wasn’t harmed. The Wisconsin Republican’s office said in an email that he reported the incident to police as required by U.S. House security procedures but asked for no further action and has no comment on what happened. Duffy’s spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a message asking...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days into a government shutdown, President Barack Obama pointedly blamed House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday for keeping federal agencies closed, while the bitter budget dispute moved closer to a more critical showdown over the nation’s line of credit. The Treasury warned of calamitous results if Congress fails to raise the debt limit. Answering Obama, Boehner complained that the president was “steamrolling ahead” with the implementation of the nation’s new health care law. As the government operated sporadica...
DETROIT (AP) — Obama administration officials said Friday that they are sending someone to Detroit to oversee a federal effort that includes millions of dollars in grants to help fix the beleaguered city — a situation one adviser described as “an exceptional circumstance.” Don Graves will coordinate the public and private money going to hire more police and firefighters and clear out blighted neighborhoods, among other things, officials said. Graves, a Treasury Department official, serves...
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — Ronald Allen Aho, 71, entered into rest on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. Ronald was born on Sept. 21, 1941, in Ironwood, Mich., to the late William Reino and Evelyn Aho. He graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood and attended Michigan Technological University. A proud veteran of the United States Air Force, he served two terms during the Vietnam Era, attaining the rank of staff sergeant. Ronald went on to work for Robins Air Force Base, retiring as an e...
MONTREAL, Wis. — A 17-year-old area resident was killed in a 12:08 a.m. Saturday single-vehicle accident on Wisconsin 77 in Montreal in which the female driver of the vehicle received serious injuries. Iron County Sheriff Tony Furyk said the vehicle left the highway, struck several trees and rolled onto its roof, killing the male passenger. When deputies arrived on the scene, they immediately called for the Hurley Fire Department’s extrication equipment. The vehicle was headed west when it appea...
NEW YORK (AP) — Life in lower Manhattan resembled any ordinary day on Wednesday as workers rushed to their jobs in the muggy heat, but time stood still at the World Trade Center site while families wept for loved ones who perished in the terror attacks 12 years ago. For the families, the memories of that day are still vivid, the pain still acute. Some who read the names of a beloved big brother or a cherished daughter could hardly speak through their tears. “Has it really been 12 years? Or 12...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Residents in the tough Cleveland neighborhood where three women were secretly imprisoned for a decade reacted with scorn and grim satisfaction Wednesday after Ariel Castro hanged himself in his cell barely a month into a life sentence. Even the prosecutor on the case joined in. “This man couldn’t take, for even a month, a small portion of what he had dished out for more than a decade,” said Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty. Castro, 53, was found hanging from a bedsheet Tue...
With Labor Day activities filling up the weekend and many traveling to spend time with family and friends, local law enforcement wants to remind people of safety practices during the holiday. Last year in Wisconsin, 10 people died in traffic crashes during the holiday weekend and in Michigan, eight people died. To prevent traffic deaths and injuries this year, Wisconsin, Michigan and other states are participating in the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. In Michigan last year, off...
