Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER — Members of the jury listened to testimony on bloodhounds and forensic video analysis Wednesday during day five of the Kenneth Peters murder trial at the Gogebic County Courthouse in Bessemer. Peters, 50, of Bessemer, is on trial for allegedly murdering his 79-year-old wife, Ethel Grzena-Peters, in August. Gogebic County Prosecutor Richard Adams started the afternoon by questioning Det. Sgt. Louise Horn, of Vilas County, Wis., on her involvement in the case. Horn works with b...
BOSTON (AP) — Investigators poring over photos and video from the Boston Marathon bombing have a department-store surveillance-camera image of a man dropping off a bag at the scene of the one of the blasts, a top city politician said Wednesday. City Council President Stephen Murphy, who said he was briefed by members of the Boston Police Department, said he does not know if investigators know the man’s name. He said officers are chasing leads that could take them to the suspect. “They may be on...
IRONWOOD — “Take a trip through hit after hit” with the Lowell Street Band, with two performances at the Historic Ironwood Theatre Friday and Saturday. According to band member Ken Stasiak, the group is looking forward to the event. All of the members are returning this year, including Ryckie Holm, Kevin Maki, Nick Wulff, Keith Cannon, Steve Boyd, Rob Ahnen, Ron Niemi, Dan Pitrone and Stasiak. While the members are the same, they have been practicing different songs to introduce to audie...
LANSING — The city of Ironwood has been named an award winner for its downtown revitalization efforts. The Michigan Municipal League’s Region 7 Community Excellence Award was presented to the city last week at the MML’s conference in Lansing. The region includes all communities in the Upper Peninsula. Ironwood now goes on to compete against the other six regional Michigan winners for the statewide Community Excellence Award at the MML’s annual convention Sept. 17-20 in Detroit. “We’re...
WAKEFIELD — According to Michigan State Police Trooper Matt Lequia, of the Wakefield Post, it all started for him as an Upper Peninsula boy in middle school. “I did a ride-along with a trooper and I got a good taste of what it was like,” Lequia, formerly of Champion, said. Lequia is a trooper at the Wakefield Post after graduating from the 124th Michigan State Police Trooper Recruit School in March in Lansing, along with 90 other recruits. “I am really excited,” Lequia said. “I am happy to be in...
BOSTON — Ironwood’s Donna Gering, 48, finished the Boston Marathon in 3 hours, 23 minutes, an hour and 6 minutes before two explosions rocked the finish-line area Monday. Her husband, Jim Gering, was watching the race across the street from where the second bomb went off, but left before that happened. He had even considered going across the street because the warm sun was shining there on the cool day. He didn’t because it would have meant a much longer walk to meet Donna after the race. “Like...
HURLEY — The Hurley School Board heard pleas from students and parents Monday to keep two staff members employed next school year despite district budget concerns. Chris Tweiten and Nicole Giancola-Routheaux may have their jobs terminated before the 2013-’14 school year, according to school officials. “Mr. Tweiten is more than just the (cross country) coach or teacher,” high school student Athena Butkiewicz said. “He is an extraordinary person who is always there when students need him. He r...
IRONWOOD — Three real estate agents from Action North Realty in Ironwood have received awards for their work through Re/Max. Owner Dean Lantta and associates Nancy Zak and Judy Kucera were all named to the Re/Max of Michigan Executive Club for 2012. The award means each earned from $50,000 to $99,000 in commissions over the year. “I’ve got a great office and team, and we work together to accomplish our goals throughout the year,” Lantta said. Kucera was also named to the Executive Club in 2008...
ONTONAGON — More than a quarter of a ton of weight was lost by competitors in the seventh annual Aspirus Ontonagon Fitness Center Meltdown in Ontonagon. The three-month contest saw two-person teams competing for the largest percentage of weight loss. The top team award was garnered by Joe and Linda Haas. They lost 58.5 pounds, or 23.6 percent of their body weight. Coming in second with a loss of 60.5 pounds or 21.6 percent of body weight was the team of Todd Penegor and Erik Hartzell. Coming i...
HURLEY — A backpack left near the front door of Gogebic Taconite’s office in downtown Hurley led to the evacuation of the area for more than six hours Saturday until a bomb squad declared there was no threat. Gogebic Taconite personnel located the backpack near the front door of their office at 402 Silver St. Saturday morning and reported it as a “suspicious item” to police at about 10 a.m., according to Hurley Police Chief Dan Erspamer. Police cordoned off a four-square block area of downtow...
HURLEY — Local residents warmed themselves up with a hot meal benefitting the Iron County Memorial Building Restoration Committee at the Iron Nugget in Hurley on Sunday. Attendees dined on hot bowls of chili and a baked potato bar with all of the fixings. “Our turn out was really good,” committee chairman Paul Mullard said. “Once church let out, we had a rush.” One hundred percent of the proceeds benefit the project, and according to Mullard, the numbers for this year’s chili feed were up ove...
IRONWOOD — Ironwood’s firefighters joined forces to create the new Ironwood Fire Division Tuesday. The organizational change fused together the Ironwood Public Safety Department’s firefighting efforts and the Ironwood Volunteer Fire Department into one entity, said Ironwood Public Safety Fire Officer Brandon Snyder. Firefighters are anticipating a better command structure, and more accountability on the fire scene, said Snyder, Ken Jacobson, Ironwood Volunteer Fire Department chief since 1991, said it’s basically worked this way for a long ti...
NEW YORK (AP) — Sometimes the bait is a small amount of cash in a stray wallet. Or a credit card. Even a pack of cigarettes can do the trick. Police in New York City leave the items unattended — on subway platforms, on park benches, in cars — and wait to see if someone grabs them. The New York Police Department says the practice has been a valuable tool for catching career criminals and deterring thefts in public places. But a recent court ruling throwing out a larceny case against a Bronx...
BESSEMER — Friday’s continuing trial against Kenneth Wayne Peters, 50, of Bessemer, was “unpredictable,” according to 32nd Circuit Court Judge Roy Gotham after a day of testimony at the Gogebic County Courthouse. District attorney Richard Adams called numerous witnesses, presenting a case against Peters for allegedly murdering his wife, Ethel Grzena-Peters, 79, of Bessemer, in August 2012. Grzena-Peters went missing on Aug. 3, 2012, and her body was found on Aug. 13, 2012, in Watersmeet Townshi...
IRON BELT, Wis. — “The weather threw a little curve to us,” said Sandy Larson at the district Lion Club convention at Whitecap Mountains Friday afternoon. Larson, Lion’s Club District Convention Chair, is attending the conference for Lions across Northern Wisconsin. She is from Rhinelander. Some of the speakers scheduled for the weekend cannot make it due to the spring snow storm, said Hurley Lions Club treasurer Bob Traczyk. Another speaker, scheduled to present at the Hurley K-12 School...
Prom season kicks off tonight with Wakefield-Marenisco High School’s prom at the Wakefield VFW. Seven area proms will be held through May 11. School and other public officials have tips for precautions to make sure the celebrations stay safe and everyone has a good time. For Wakefield-Marenisco, once the teens are at the prom site, they must stay there until it is over, as they will not be readmitted if they leave, said Melody Saubert, W-M high school secretary and junior prom advisor. For the p...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A promised path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally may leave out hundreds of thousands of them. Bipartisan Senate legislation would make legalization and ultimately citizenship available only to those who arrived in the U.S. before Dec. 31, 2011, according to a Senate aide with knowledge of the proposals. Anyone who came after that date would be subject to deportation. The bill, expected to be introduced next week, also would require applicants t...
IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Carnegie Library is celebrating National Poetry Month in April. Throughout this past week, assistant director Lynne Wiercinski has worked with children, introducing them to the world of poetry. On Monday, a local Girl Scouts troop listened to works by Shel Silverstein, and Wiercinski worked with third grade students at the Norrie School in Luther L. Wright on Tuesday. A poetry event is planned for adults on Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the library. Participants can read and d...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic and Republican negotiators have reached agreement on all the major elements of sweeping legislation to remake the nation’s immigration laws and expect to unveil the bill next week, lawmakers said Thursday. After months of arduous closed-door negotiations, the “Gang of Eight” senators, equally divided between the two parties, had no issues left to resolve in person, and no more negotiating sessions were planned. Remaining details were left to aides, who were at work c...
