Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - The Iron County Finance Committee hired two employees Thursday morning, creating a new position, and backed switching the county's depository to another bank. New bank The committee heard a presentation from Chippewa Valley Bank, which recently opened in the town of Kimball. The committee was informed it could make a lot more money off of the county's deposits in the bank, compared to the current depository, Hurley Associated Bank. County treasurer Mark Beaupre attended the meeting and... Full story
ONTONAGON - The eighth annual Barbecue Cook-off for Life added more than $6,000 to the Ontonagon County Cancer Association. On Wednesday, members of the cook-off staff presented a check for $6,390 to OCCA President Bev Meagher. Cook-off co-chairman Tom Domitrovich noted that the event was a "big success" and brings the total amount raised by the cook-offs to $46,400. He added that it would not be possible without the many generous people and businesses that "dig deep each year and donate to the... Full story
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Scott Walker has a history of forcefully opposing same-sex marriage in Wisconsin, but in the wake of the state's ban on gay marriages being found unconstitutional the Republican leader said Thursday that his own views about the issue do not matter. Walker, who is running for re-election this year and eyeing a bid for president in 2016, continued to largely duck questions about the state's ban he voted for in 2006, as hundreds of gay couples wed in the last week and... Full story
LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA hopes to try again to launch a "flying saucer" into Earth's atmosphere to test Mars mission technology after losing the chance because of bad weather, project managers said Thursday. The space agency is working with the U.S. Navy on the Hawaiian island of Kauai to see if it can get the experimental flight off the ground in late June. During the current two-week launch window, the team came "tantalizingly close," but winds spoiled every opportunity, said project manager... Full story
CAIRO (AP) - The video, set to sweetly lilting religious hymns, is chilling. Islamic militants are shown knocking on the door of a Sunni police major in the dead of night in an Iraqi city. When he answers, they blindfold and cuff him. Then they carve off his head with a knife in his own bedroom. The 61-minute video was recently posted online by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an al-Qaida splinter group of Sunni extremists. The intent was to terrorize Sunnis in Iraq's army and police... Full story
BOCA RATON, Fla. - Matilda (Soffiette) McClure, 97, of Boca Raton, passed away Monday, June 9, 2014, peacefully in her sleep. Matilda was born on Aug. 31, 1916, in Anvil, Mich., a daughter of Victor and Cilia (Brolio) Soffiette. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles John McClure, on Nov. 14, 2000. Matilda is survived by a son, Richard Earl, Boca Raton; a sister, Rose Chada, Sun City, Ariz.; numerous nieces and nephews, including her favorite nephew, Roger (Joann) Langa, Bessemer,... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Melba Jean Barbera, 87, of Ironwood, passed away Thursday morning, June 12, 2014, with her adoring family at her side. Melba was born on Sept. 6, 1926, in Picher, Okla., a daughter of James and Ina (Herd) Loftin. She was raised in California, where she met the love of her life, Joe Barbera, who was serving in the U.S. Army stationed in San Francisco. On Jan. 5, 1944, they were married in San Francisco, and were blessed with more than 60 years of marriage. Soon after their... Full story
To the Editor: In recent letters to the editor, it is quite clear that Michael Korpela’s and William Hill’s highly negative attacks on the Bessemer schools are extreme. Korpela’s letter states that the data from the Michigan Education Department website mischooldata.com provides accurate information regarding the pros and cons of consolidation. This is misleading. The website provides data regarding school enrollment, test scores and special education reports. Nowhere does it mention the pros and cons of consolidation. Concerned citizens are e... Full story
