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Articles from the July 10, 2013 edition


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  • Penokee Range to face Portage Lake in elimination game today

    Pat Krause|Jul 10, 2013

    IRONWOOD — After winning their first two Little League District 11 Tournament games at the John Krznarich Field, the Penokee Range All-Stars fell victim to Ishpeming and the 10-run rule in the winner’s bracket semifinal. Ishpeming thumped Penokee Range 15-3 in four innings. “Our boys just didn’t come out to play today,” Penokee coach Scott Wilson said. “We didn’t have the defense we normally play and we’re a better hitting team than we showed today.” Ishpeming quickly jumped ahead by scoring two...

  • 'Prairie Fire' sparks area kids' interest in theater

    Jul 10, 2013

    IRONWOOD — Fifty-four local children will be gracing the stage during two performances of “Tom Sawyer,” Saturday at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. The Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre, of Barrett, Minn., will spend the entire week working with the kids to get them ready for two performances. Both performances are Saturday and take place at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. The script and music were written by the Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre and features original numbers “Who Put the Lizard in the Split P...

  • Helen M. Daul

    Jul 10, 2013

    HURLEY, Wis. — Helen M. Daul, 97, a lifelong Montreal resident, died Monday, July 8, 2013, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. The former Helen Raffini was born March 13, 1916, in Montreal, daughter of the late Paul and Josephine (Basin) Raffini, and attended Montreal schools through the ninth grade. She was an active member of the former Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Montreal and its Altar Society, and enjoyed bowling in her younger years. She also was formerly a...

  • Reichardt, Marciniak to perform Sunday in Ontonagon

    Jul 10, 2013

    ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Theater of Performing Arts will host a vocal and piano concert Sunday at 7 p.m., featuring Ontonagon native Leah Reichardt and Alex Marciniak, of Ironwood. “We’re so pleased to have Leah and Alex together on our stage,” said Carol Reid, a theater spokesperson. “It’s always special when one of our own talented young people comes home to perform. We first heard Leah sing when she was a teenager, and her soprano voice was breathtaking even at that age. We can’t wait...

  • Mesun, Butcher to play benefit concert for HOPE shelter

    Jul 10, 2013

    IRONWOOD — Tim Mesun and Paul Butcher will perform a benefit concert together Saturday at 7 p.m. at Theatre North in Ironwood. The concert will benefit the HOPE Animal Shelter. The duo will perform jazz, pop and blues songs and original compositions by both musicians. Mesun has studied jazz piano with Butcher in the summers since 2006. The pair will perform together for the third summer in a row. This is the 13th concert performed to benefit local charities by Mesun, who will attend Gogebic C...

  • Jauch, Bewley deride G-Tac security measures

    Cortney Ofstad|Jul 10, 2013

    UPSON, Wis. — Local Wisconsin politicians sent a letter to Gogebic Taconite president Bill Williams, asking him to immediately remove the “heavily-armed, masked commando security forces” currently hired to protect the company’s property, the site of a proposed iron mine near Upson. Sen. Bob Jauch (D-Poplar) and Rep. Janet Bewley (D-Ashland) sent the joint letter, called the hiring “horrifying” and “appalling.” “These kind of security forces are common in third world countries, but they don’t be...