Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BAYFIELD, Wis. - "Closed for the season." Apostle Island National Lakeshore officials have closed the ice caves for the season along Lake Superior east of Cornucopia because of deteriorating conditions. Park officials, citing their Federal authority, closed the lake's surface within the National Lakeshore from Saxine Creek to Sand Point at 12:01 this morning "extending through the ice season." The ice caves proved to be extremely popular, drawing an estimated 120,000 visitors since officials...
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IRONWOOD - McInnis' Kitchen, a Celtic performance group, entertained the crowd at the Historic Ironwood Theatre Saturday evening. The group delighted the audience with a variety of Irish and Scottish songs, including "Terranova" and "Molly Malone." "We all kinda grew up in different cultures, so we all bring different musical influences," said Chuck Butler, fiddle and accordion player. Other members of the group include: vocalist and guitarist Sue Spencer, fiddler Mark Monroe and vocalist, drumm...
WATERSMEET - The Nimrods celebrated Dr. Seuss's 110th birthday in comfort on March 7. Watersmeet School students and their parents were invited to spend the morning in their pajamas at school reading their favorite Dr. Seuss stories. The Title I program helped sponsor the event which organizers called "a success." Students and parents ate doughnuts and designed their favorite pair of pajamas. Parents judged the pajama design drawings and one winner from each grade received a We Read book....
WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield Chamber of Commerce named Jerald Rocco as the 2013 "Citizen of the Year" Sunday afternoon. "It's quite an honor and I am truly humbled," Rocco said. Rocco is the Lakeside Memorial Chapel funeral director, Eucharistic minister and treasurer of the regional Lions Club. "He is one of Wakefield's most respected and trusted businessmen," said chamber president Dennis Ferson, "Jerald is a total and active supporter of our community and its worthy causes." The chamber has...
