Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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CHICAGO (AP) - An emergency track-side braking system activated but failed to stop a Chicago commuter train from jumping the tracks and barreling to the top of an escalator at O'Hare International Airport, a federal investigator said Tuesday. The events that led to Monday's accident, which occurred around 3 a.m. and injured more than 30 passengers, might have begun with the train operator dozing off toward the end of her shift, according the union representing transit workers. But Tuesday's... Full story
WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield city council denied a request to deed city property near Olson Avenue to Martha Vestich. The council discussed gaining right-of-way to the remainder of the city property from adjacent land owners, if Vestich's request was approved. It heard the city's application for the Stormwater, Asset Management and Wastewater grant was not approved. "Applications were approved through a random computer lottery rather than being scored on applications meeting certain criteria,"... Full story
BESSEMER - The Bessemer Area School District Board of Education held a contentious meeting Monday, debating the proposed bond issue with one board member. Bill McDonald, an outspoken opponent of the proposed bond referendum, was asked numerous questions by other board members about the consolidation committee he is a part of. The committee proposes to ask for the consolidation of Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco School districts on the ballot in August. Bessemer superintendent Dave Radovich... Full story
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - It was the unwelcome, anguishing news that families of the missing had dreaded, and when they heard it from Malaysia's prime minister Monday night there were shrieks and intense heartbreak: The missing Malaysian Airlines flight whose fate was a mystery that consumed the world had crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean. The news, based on fresh evidence gleaned from an unprecedented analysis of satellite data, meant it was all but impossible that any of... Full story
MERCER, Wis. - Four Mercer School students attended the Superior Days conference Feb. 18-19 in Madison to lobby with other students and adults, a news release said. Superior Days is a community-based effort to bring important issues from northwestern Wisconsin to the attention of state legislators, according to the Superior Days website. Before meeting with legislators, students learned about the issue they would discuss in Madison, how to properly shake hands and speak to adults, and how to... Full story
IRONWOOD - Kratos and Oceta took a furlough from their prison training program Saturday to attend the Spring Home, Yard and Sport Show at the Patrick O'Donnell Civic Center. The dogs are two of many up for adoption at the HOPE animal shelter. The dogs walked through the crowd at the civic center, stopping to be petted by youngsters and adults alike. They are staying at the Ojibway Correctional Facility in Marenisco, where they are being trained by inmates right in the prison cells. The inmates'... Full story
BESSEMER - The Bessemer Parent-Teacher Organization held its sixth annual action night Saturday evening at the VFW. "Beach party" was the theme of the event. All attendees were given leis upon entry. Activities included a silent and live auction, raffles, a door prize and refreshments. The raffles and auctions included over 100 prizes, such as art pieces from Washington school and a season pass to a local ski hill, all donated by local families, individuals and businesses. All proceeds from the... Full story
MASON (AP) - An appeals court reinstituted Michigan's constitutional ban on gay marriage, but not before several hundred same-sex couples rushed to the state's county clerk's offices to get hitched. The order on Saturday by a federal appeals court in Cincinnati to at least temporarily restore the ban that Michigan voters approved in 2004 came after Glenna DeJong, 53, and Marsha Caspar, 51, of Lansing, were the first on Saturday to arrive at the Ingham County Courthouse in the central Michigan... Full story
IRONWOOD - As the old saying goes, "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." For students at Sleight Elementary School in Ironwood, breakfast is a given. Each day, students are able to eat breakfasts thanks to grant funding. Each student is provided with a breakfast pack, containing low-sugar cereal, juice and Graham crackers or other snack items. Employee Julie Siirila organizes about 211 packs for students each day, allowing them to get breakfasts. The meals are provided free of... Full story
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) - In Michigan's way-up-north Keweenaw Peninsula, where 200 inches of snow in a single season elicits barely a shrug, officials know there's nothing in the budget more important than keeping the roads passable. Yet even they have been caught short this merciless winter. Houghton County planned to spend around $2.1 million for plowing, salting and related maintenance, which experience suggested would be plenty, but has overshot it by $500,000 and counting. State and local govern... Full story
Hello friends: This week’s column is brought to you thanks to a bear research study conducted for the past 30 years in Ashland, Sawyer and Bayfield Counties. It is run by Tim Ginnett, an associate professor at the College of Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Sunday, March 16 High 25, low minus 14 I met Margaret “Maggie” Heino back in the early 1990s, when professor Ray Anderson was running this study and also figuring out a way to get elk introduced into Wisconsin....
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Pro-Russian forces seized three Ukrainian warships Thursday and Ukraine said its troops were being threatened in Crimea as the U.S. announced a new round of sanctions against Russia for its annexation of the Black Sea peninsula. Tensions in the region remained high despite the release of a Ukrainian naval commander held by pro-Russian forces. Shots were fired but there were no casualties as the Ukrainian corvette Khmelnitsky was seized in Sevastopol, according to an AP... Full story
ROSCOMMON - Five Michigan Department of Natural Resources employes have been honored "for going above and beyond the call of duty" to rescue two snowmobilers in a late January blizzard in the Porcupine Mountains. DNR Director Keith Creagh recognized four Porcupine Mountains State Ppark staff members, Justin Farley, David Merk, Jimmy Newkirk and Emily Pleiness, and William Doan, Parks and Recreation western Upper Peninsula district supervisor. They all received DNR Director's Awards at a Natural... Full story
By CORTNEY OFSTAD [email protected] ERWIN TOWNSHIP - More than 90 kids navigated ABR Ski Trails Thursday during the fourth annual River Valley Bank Lapset Loppet Race. Third grade students from the Hurley and Ironwood schools participated in the 2-kilometer race. According to race coordinator Paulette Niemi, kids aged 5-11 were also invited to participate in the afternoon. The event was planned during Sisu Ski Fest, but weather conditions caused it to be rescheduled. "This is a really... Full story
FLAT ROCK (AP) - The fact that Yvette Vajcner of Flat Rock lost 100 pounds in almost exactly one year is remarkable. The additionally impressive detail is that she achieved this goal without the help of a professional trainer or weight loss service membership.Her diet and meal plans were researched and created on her own, and her exercise plan was stepping on an old treadmill day after day, according to the Monroe News. "It was all me and the will to change my life," she wrote on her... Full story
BERLIN (AP) - The Munich zoo's 14-week-old polar bear twins don't yet have names, but they're already stars. The tiny cubs - one male, one female - were greeted by nearly 100 reporters as they skipped across their enclosure during their first public appearance Wednesday. The still unnamed cubs were born on Dec. 9 and made their first outing under the watchful eye of their mother, Giovanna. "She is only seven years old, so she is a very young mother and everything is excellent," said the Zoo's... Full story
WASHINGTON (AP) - Toyota agreed to pay $1.2 billion to settle an investigation by the U.S. government, admitting that it hid information about defects that caused Toyota and Lexus vehicles to accelerate unexpectedly and resulted in injuries and deaths. Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the penalty is the largest of its kind ever imposed on an auto company. The four-year criminal investigation focused on whether Toyota promptly reported the problems related to unintended... Full story
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (AP) - Surrendering to Russia's inexorable seizure of Crimea, Ukraine announced plans Wednesday for mass troop withdrawals from the strategic peninsula as Moscow-loyal forces seized control of Kiev's naval headquarters here and detained its commander. Attempting to face down the unblinking incursion, Ukraine said it would hold joint military exercises with the United States and Britain. Hours after masked Russian-speaking troops forced their way onto Ukraine's main naval base... Full story
WAKEFIELD - For Wakefield resident Jeannie Tabb, Ukraine is home away from home. It's a place where she teaches, learns and sees history in the making. Recently, Tabb returned from Kiev after a 15-day trip. She traveled with an English club with the Campus Crusade ministry at Kiev Polytechnic Institute. "It's a short-term opportunity for college students to speak conversational English with native speakers," Tabb said. "We use the Bible with segments for lessons." Tabb, originally from Houston,... Full story
