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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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DANVERS, Mass. (AP) — A well-liked teacher was found slain in woods behind this quiet Massachusetts town’s high school, and a 14-year-old boy who was found walking along a state highway overnight was charged with killing her. Blood found in a second-floor school bathroom helped lead investigators to the body of Colleen Ritzer, a 24-year-old math teacher at Danvers High School who was reported missing when she didn’t come home from work on Tuesday, Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said....
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is going into uncharted waters, deep-sixing the giant paper nautical charts that it has been printing for mariners for more than 150 years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday that to save money, the government will stop turning out the traditional brownish, heavy paper charts after mid-April. The agency will still chart the water for rocks, shipwrecks and other hazards, but sailors, boaters and fishermen will have to u...
IRONWOOD — The third annual auction benefitting the emergency room project at Aspirus Grand View will be take place Nov. 2. The event is called, “A Tisket, a Tasket, a Table or a Basket,” will feature gift baskets and handmade or detailed tables for auction, with all the proceeds benefitting the ER construction project. Items have been donated by local residents and businesses for the event, and they feature themes. Some of the themes include flowers, house remodeling projects like paint...
BOSTON (AP) — A 90-year-old Holocaust survivor made his orchestral debut with renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma on Tuesday to benefit a foundation dedicated to preserving the work of artists and musicians killed by the Nazis. Ma and George Horner received floral bouquets and a standing ovation from their audience of about 1,000 people in Boston’s Symphony Hall. They appeared to enjoy their evening, chatting briefly between numbers and walking off the stage hand-in-hand after taking a bow together. Bef...
HURLEY — A 48-year-old Ashland man was sentenced to three years in prison and two years of probation Monday for a seventh drunk driving offense. Iron County Judge Patrick Madden sentenced Lloyd Neveaux Jr. in a late afternoon court session. Neveaux, formerly of Odanah, was also assessed fines and court costs of $2,000, had his driver’s license revoked for 24 months, received a five-year interlock ignition system requirement and was given credit for 65 days served in jail. Asked by Madden if he...
IRONWOOD — Monday night 98 local women gathered at Maplewood Steakhouse for “Information is Bliss,” a women's health event that raised $509 for the American Cancer Society, educated women about breast cancer, and honored the journeys of two survivors of breast cancer who shared their stories and hope. Breast cancer diagnoses are increasing in younger women, said Iron County Health Officer Zona Wick, which is why self-exams are so important; current guidelines suggest that many women do not n...
IRONWOOD — “Finding Home,” an independent film shot in ten days just outside of Upson and released in 2012, was shown at the Historic Ironwood Theatre Saturday evening, with Chars Bonin, the film’s director, producer, and writer on hand, as well as two actors from the film, Brian John Evans and Bill Bonin, Chars’ father. Bonin became acquainted with the area through his wife, the former Sarah Hagstrom, a 1997 Luther L. Wright graduate. Her parents Pat and Chuck are partial owners of Camp Olym...
IRONWOOD — Roaming the halls of Gogebic Community College during this time of year, students are sure to stumble upon spooky décor and ghoulish themes. To honor the Halloween season, GCC will hold its annual zombie run on Monday, Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. The race will take place on a marked trail on Mount Zion, with a bonfire and refreshments to follow. Participants may choose to be a runner, who will follow the course marked on Mt. Zion, or a zombie, who will lie in wait and attempt to capture the runners. Those who choose to register as a zombie wi...
IRONWOOD — Numerous local patrons gathered at the memorial building on Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. to peruse books at the semi-annual Ironwood Carnegie Library book sale. An exclusive book sale for Friends of the Library members was held on Friday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Ironwood Memorial Building. A book sale has been held by the library every spring and fall for at least the last eight years. All books offered at the sales are donated by local individuals. The book sales help to f...
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...
BESSEMER — Recently, biology students at the A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer spent the morning learning about watersheds and forestry while at Powdermill Creek. The annual event exposes students to wildlife and fisheries biology in addition to forest ecology and succession. According to biology teacher Dave Rowe, “the partnership that has developed between the school, the U.S. Forest Service, private businesses and community members has really paid big dividends. When my students see t...
BESSEMER — Sheri Nyquist’s third grade class at Washington Elementary school gained a welcomed addition for the 2013-’14 school year, Xander Stutz, a new student only in Bessemer for the year while his father, a Marine, is deployed in Dubai on the U.S.S. New Orleans. Stutz and his mother, Johnnie, are in Bessemer with his grandmother for the school year, and will move back to California when his father, Gunnery Sergeant Nathan Stutz, returns from deployment. On Friday, the 35 children made...
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...
HURLEY — The Hurley American Legion voted to terminate its lease with Iron County for the Iron County Memorial Building Wednesday evening. According to Legion member Bob Traczyk, most members were in favor of terminating the lease and voted as such. The Legion pays $1 per year to the county for the building, but with a decline in bowling, the Legion has had trouble making enough revenue to pay utility bills. During a meeting of the Iron County Finance Committee Wednesday morning, Traczyk and o...
BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Election Commission Thursday approved language for a ballot on whether Bill McDonald should be recalled from the Bessemer School Board. Sheri Graham, a fellow school member who is attempting to oust McDonald from office, will now have 180 days to collect signatures for a recall petition. The earliest a recall election could be held would be next May. In her second effort to approve language for the ballot, Graham alleged: —McDonald misled voters, telling them to...
MERCER, Wis. — “Penokee: Explore the Iron Hills,” a traveling art exhibit featuring 18 artists inspired by the Penokee Hills opened at the Mercer Public Library on Wednesday night with a reception, music, and the addition of visual art and poetry by Mercer students. It will remain at the library until Dec. 1. The exhibit has been featured at the North Lakeland Discovery Center in Manitowish Waters, Lac Court Oreilles Community College in Reserve, and at the Milwaukee Urban Ecology Center over...
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first month alone, the Obama administration projected that nearly a half million people would sign up for the new health insurance markets, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. But that was before the markets opened to a cascade of computer problems. If the glitches persist and frustrated consumers give up trying, that initial goal, described as modest in the memo, could slip out of reach. The Sept. 5 memo, for Health and Human Services S...
MERCER, Wis. — The Mercer Lioness Club inducted two new members during its monthly meeting Tuesday in Mercer. Julie Begalle and Vikki Vollrath were inducted in a candlelight ceremony conducted by Lioness President June Brunell. The new members were presented with their Lioness pins and a corsage. During the business portion of the meeting, the membership voted to donate decorations for one of the new downtown Mercer lights and to make a donation to the Historic Ironwood Theatre. Begalle v...
IRONWOOD — Despite Ironwood Township’s decision to cut nearly $14,200 in funding to Ironwood Carnegie Library Monday, youth programs continued on Tuesday, with the 25 members of the grade six-12 drama group formally auditioning for a production slated at the Historic Ironwood Theatre on Dec. 10. Mary Hansen and Gene Goss have been directing the group of budding thespians since mid-September, Goss said. They will perform “Crimson Parasol,” “Henny Penny,” and “Bremen Town Musicians.” ...
