Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Articles from the July 11, 2017 edition


Sorted by date  Results 1 - 5 of 5

  • Koski remembered one year after flood

    Ralph Ansami|Jul 11, 2017

    MONTREAL, Wis. - One year after 12 inches of rain in four hours destroyed Saxon Harbor, the Montreal man who lost his life in the storm is being remembered. City of Montreal Mayor Todd Haeger on Monday declared Mitch Koski Week. "I would ask that during this week, think about your friends, neighbors and find a way to help better the community," Haeger said. "That's what Mitch would have done. On July 11, 2016, there was a call for help, and Mitch answered." Koski, 56, was killed when his truck...

  • American Symbol

    Jul 11, 2017

  • More charges brought in Gogebic jail escape case

    Richard Jenkins|Jul 11, 2017

    BESSEMER — Two more charges have been brought against Daniel Ferguson, stemming from his multi-day escape from the Gogebic County Jail. Ferguson, 26, was arraigned Friday on two felony counts of breaking and entering a building with intent to commit larceny. Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs said the charges, which each carry a potential maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, involve two separate condominiums on Powdervale Drive in Ironwood Township. Ferguson is already facing a felony charge of escape while awaiting trial for a felony...

  • Community Calendar

    Jul 11, 2017

    Tuesday, July 11 Pickleball, 9 a.m. to noon, good weather, Hurley High School tennis courts, bad weather: Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Tiny Tot Story Hour, 10 a.m., Wakefield Public Library. 906-229-5236. Friends of the Mercer Public Library, 10 a.m., library, Mercer, Wis. U.P. Regional Blood Center Blood Drive, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Aspirus Ironwood Hospital. 906-932-7672. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org.... Full story

  • Archie Dean Searle

    Jul 11, 2017

    HURLEY, Wis. - Archie Dean Searle, 82, of Ironwood, died peacefully in his sleep at the Villa Maria Nursing home in Hurley on June 29, 2017. Archie was born May 8, 1935, to John James and Dorothy (Hewitt) Searle in Ironwood, Mich. He attended Central grade school and later graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1953. Right after graduation, Archie joined the U.S. Navy, where he served as an ordnance man on the USS Midway and the USS Saratoga. While on the Midway, he was awarded his Shell... Full story

Rendered 03/18/2024 11:13