Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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The Martin Luther King holiday brought a return of cold weather to the Gogebic Range Monday after a warm winter weekend. Temperatures returned to around the zero mark and today's high was forecast at only 3 degrees. There was only a slight chance of snow in the forecast, but lake-effect precipitation fell steady throughout Monday morning in downtown Ironwood. The National Weather Service's Marquette office issued a wind chill advisory extending to 10 a.m. today, saying 20-below to 30-below...
WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield-Marenisco school board discussed updates on the proposed consolidation of the Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco school districts at its meeting Monday evening. Superintendent Cathy Shamion said a new website of unknown origin, considerconsolidation.com, has appeared on the radar. The website includes a presentation on the benefits of consolidation between the two districts. It also offers a survey for local residents. A group of citizens, not acting in consult with...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Area School Board held its annual organizational meeting Monday at Luther L. Wright School. Officers were all re-elected, including Steve Thomas as president, Ed Rickard as president pro-tem and Marilyn Nezworski as treasurer. During the meeting, the board discussed possible insurance options for student athletes after three families made claims to the district after their children sustained injuries during sporting events. According to superintendent Tim Kolesar, the...
McALLEN, Texas (AP) - Account information stolen during the Target security breach is now being divided up and sold off regionally, a South Texas police chief said Monday following the arrest of two Mexican citizens who authorities say arrived at the border with 96 fraudulent credit cards. McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said Mary Carmen Garcia, 27, and Daniel Guardiola Dominguez, 28, both of Monterrey, Mexico, used cards containing the account information of South Texas residents. Rodriguez said they were used to buy tens of thousands...
NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. — Catherine “Kay” Lopez Jacquart, 89, of Ironwood, Mich., passed away peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, in New Brighton. She was born May 18, 1924, in Hurley, Wis., daughter of the late Sam and Maria (Tiano) Lopez. She graduated from J.E. Murphy High School in 1942. On Dec. 27, 1943, Catherine married the love of her life, Robert R. Jacquart, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. He preceded her in death on July 20, 2011. They had been married for 67 years. Surviving are her daughter, Kathy (Fred) Friedman; a son, Bob (Denise...
WAKEFIELD - Wakefield-Marenisco continued to steadily move towards basketball respectability with a come-from-behind 44-37 win in a crossover Indianhead Conference game at the Cardinal Gym on Monday night. "It was a game of two evenly-matched teams," Cardinal coach Pete Yon said. "We're similar teams. Drummond is real physical and rebounds well with a lot of put-backs. Our girls will be sore after this one. I'm proud of the girls. We finished strong at the end and it was a great home victory....
