Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD — Despite snowy weather, donors flocked to the Ironwood Memorial Building for the annual Red Cross Blood Drive Wednesday. According to volunteer coordinator Betsy Slabaugh, some people were unable to attend the event because of wintery conditions. “We had a couple of people cancel because of the weather, but our walk-ins made up for it,” she said. Repeat donors who have given 25 units or more were awarded goodie bags to celebrate their donations. “We had 63 people in this area who hav...
BESSEMER — Gogebic County Prosecutor Richard Adams has authorized charges against the five people who were arrested early Tuesday morning for meth-making in two busts. A house was raided at 525 Florence St. in Ironwood, followed by a second search of a residence on River Street in Ramsay. Both busts were conducted by the Gogebic-Iron Area Narcotics Team, with the cooperation of other area law enforcement officers and the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team. Arrested in the Ironwood raid were George Davis, 59; Kristin Carter, 31, and W...
IRONWOOD — The first day of spring resulted in more snow and cold temperatures on the Gogebic Range Wednesday as March continued to be a bear of a month. A total of 4.5 inches of snow was recorded at the National Weather Service weather station off Cloverland Drive for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Wednesday, resulting in an accumulation for the past two days of 13 inches. It was fluffy stuff and the 4.5 inches of snow melted to just .1 inch of precipitation. The overnight low early Wednesday was 6 degrees, with a windchill reading below z...
WATERSMEET, Mich. — Gordon “Pete” Hilsabeck, of Watersmeet, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at the age of 84. He was born on Aug. 23, 1928, in Peoria, Ill., the son of Raymond and Nada (Kerfot) Hilsabeck. Pete served in the U.S. Air Force as a staff sergeant for 20 years, and was honorably discharged in 1961. He owned and operated Pete’s Amoco and Wrecker Service at the junction of U.S. 2 and U.S. 45, while driving bus for the Watersmeet School until 1983. Pete enjoyed living in the Nor... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Helen Sendra, 90, of Mercer, Wis., died Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood. She was born Sept. 4, 1922, in Lipin, Poland, daughter of the late Michael and Sophia (Skouba) Pietkiewicz, and came to Chicago in 1949, where she worked at Pullman Coach Co. for 10 years. She then was employed at Zenith Corporation in Cicero, Ill., retiring as kitchen manager for the William J. Wrigley Co. in 1983. She moved to Mercer in 2006, and was a member of St. I... Full story
