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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — The Donald Rick sentencing hearing in the Bear Trap murder-arson case has been changed from today to June 1 at 10 a.m. Rick, 45, of Saxon, admitted to murdering Lisa Waldros of Kimball in the fire that destroyed the Bear Trap Inn in Saxon on March 12, 2016, and will be sentenced in Iron County Court. Rick previously entered a guilty plea to first-degree murder and five additional counts were dismissed, but will be read into the record at the sentencing hearing. A jury trial had been s...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer Planning Commission came together Wednesday evening and took care of business and the commission and audience turned around and went home, without any hard feelings being witnessed on either end. Charly Loper, city manager, informed the commission she would like the commission to either become a blight committee or join forces with the city counsel to form a blight committee that can enforce a more tactical blight code. The...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — There are some new faces at the Mercer Area Chamber of Commerce, including new director Chelcie Pinsonneault. Pinsonneault, who started her position March 27, said she has enjoyed the job so far, but is still settling in as director. “I mean it’s definitely a learning curve,” she said. “It’s something I’m not used to, but it’s a challenge I’m willing to take on and learn all I can.” One of her primary tasks is focusing on the chamber’s membership. “We really want to start focusing...
Thursday, April 13 Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Red Hat Luncheon, noon, at Tacconelli’s, Bessemer. For reservations if not signed up, 906-667-0116 or 906-932-4953. Grief Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Kate Hospice office, 1571 U.S. 51 North in Arbor Vitae. Grief Support Group, 2 p... Full story
DAVENPORT, Iowa - A Memorial Mass for Judith M. "Judy" Napel, 76, and Dennis J. Napel, 77, residents of Davenport, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 13, at Holy Family Catholic Church, 1923 N. Fillmore St. in Davenport. The family will greet friends from 9 a.m. until the time of the Mass Saturday at the church. Private family burial will take place in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Davenport. Memorials may be made to the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, American Lung Association or Gilda's Club.... Full story
HURLEY, Wis. - Mary Alice Manchester, 84, of Kimball, died peacefully Saturday, April 8, 2017, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. The former Mary Alice Dicus was born April 28, 1932, in Ladysmith, daughter of the late Perry and Mary (Dutkiewicz) Dicus, and graduated from Tony High School in Tony with the Class of 1950. She then received a teaching certificate from Eau Claire State Teachers College and taught in Bruce for several years. She was united in marriage to... Full story
RHINELANDER, Wis. — Esther Edith Levijoki, 92, passed away peacefully April 1, 2017, a resident of Cumberland Heights Assisted Living in Rhinelander. She was born Sept. 22, 1924, to Clarence and Helmi (Hakala) Stenroos in Thomson Township, near Cloquet, Minn. Esther’s parents both passed away by the time she was 3 years old and consequently she lived most of her childhood with her grandparents, William and Hannah Stenroos, in Cloquet. Edward, her only sibling, went to live with Helmi’s parents, Franz and Mary Hakala, in Kinny, Minn. Her favor... Full story
