Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Sorted by date Results 7748 - 7772 of 9797
MERCER, Wis. - Around 200 people in the Mercer community and school district came together to help one of their own, Peyton Towne, a fourth-grade student who has a progressive liver disease called Byler's. A fund-raiser was held Friday afternoon at Carow Park on County J, where people gathered to purchase baked goods and other items to help the Towne family. "We did this very quickly," said Dee Rice, a Mercer school employee who helped organize the fund-raiser. "For the short-term notice, we wil...
BESSEMER - The Gogebic County Sheriff's Department has received a $4,000 grant from the pipeline that cuts through the county. Sheriff Peter Matonich said the money from TransCanada Corporation has been used to purchase a trailer for transportation of the department's varied equipment for both emergencies and patrol work. Matonich applied for the grant through TransCanada's Community Investment Program, in which the company supports local initiatives. "I thank TransCanada Corporation for its...
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...
The clean-up from the gales on Lake Superior continued Thursday morning at Saxon Harbor and Little Girl's Point. The Tuesday and Wednesday storm resulted in north winds of up to around 50 mph washing debris all along the shoreline. Waves of 20 feet or higher were whipped up by the storm. At Saxon Harbor, there was a double whammy in the marina area as not only did large logs and debris get blown in from the lake, but Oronto Creek flooded over the access road that leads to the creek mouth. About...
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...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Picture the fearsome creatures of "Jurassic Park" crossed with the shark from "Jaws." Then super-size to the biggest predator ever to roam Earth. Now add a crocodile snout as big as a person and feet like a duck's. The result gives you some idea of a bizarre dinosaur scientists unveiled Thursday. This patchwork of critters, a 50-foot predator, is the only known dinosaur to live much of its life in the water. The beast, called Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, was already known to...
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...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Opening a new military front in the Middle East, President Barack Obama authorized U.S. airstrikes inside Syria for the first time Wednesday night, along with expanded strikes in Iraq as part of "a steady, relentless effort" to root out Islamic State extremists and their spreading reign of terror. "We will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are," Obama declared in a prime-time address to the nation from the White House. "This is a core principle of my...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - A surge in Ebola infections in Liberia is driving a spiraling outbreak in West Africa that is increasingly putting health workers at risk as they struggle to treat an overwhelming number of patients. A higher proportion of health workers has been infected in this outbreak than in any previous one. The latest infection was of a doctor with the World Health Organization treating patients in Sierra Leone. The organization gave no details, but an American who became infected...
WAKEFIELD - Parents of young children had the chance Tuesday to have their children's car seats thoroughly examined by members of local law enforcement and other certified child passenger safety inspectors. With eight technicians and one instructor, the event, which was held from 3-6 p.m. at the Wakefield Fire Department, aimed to safely install car seats for parents, as well as teach them how to do it correctly on their own. "The goal of the project is education," said Judy Pruner, project...
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 - Students at Luther L. Wright School in Ironwood participated in a "Lift Off to Literacy" event Monday, which also marked International Literacy Day. Elementary, middle and high school students filled the bleachers at the football field to witness a rocket being launched by teachers Doug Foley and Paul Mattson and students Austin Danielson and Michael Newberry. The high school band was also in attendance and performed the school song. "The kids were well behaved and participatory, so...
By MELISSA D'ARABIAN Associated Press Pity the chia seed. For so long this nutritional powerhouse was relegated to late-night television commercials hawking sprouting cat-shaped clay planters. That is, until recently. Americans have suddenly realized chia seeds have a lot to offer a healthy diet. A tiny tablespoon of chia seeds crams in tons of protein, fiber, healthy fats, calcium, iron, manganese, phosphorus and omega fatty acids. That's a lot to offer in a little seed. But the real reason I l...
WAKEFIELD - More than 100 people participated in a walking event at Sunday Lake in Wakefield, with proceeds benefitting Rainbow Connection, an organization helping children and their families who face life-threatening diseases. According to organizer Diane Youngberg, Rainbow Connection is similar to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, but is not as well known. About 85 percent of the money Rainbow Connection raises goes directly back to those who need it, she said, which is more than other well-known...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Clear blue skies and temperatures in the 60s were the setting for the fly-in "Airport Day" held at the Gogebic-Iron County Airport in Ironwood Township on Saturday. Airport manager Mike Harma said the event is held with hopes of attracting more individuals to the world of flying. The airport was a fly-in destination for at least six pilots who volunteered to offer rides for attendees. Pilots came from various places throughout the region, including Manitowish Waters, Wis.,...
