Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Prince Fielder hit a two-run double in the 14th inning as the Detroit Tigers won their 11th straight, 6-5 on Wednesday night over the Cleveland Indians, who fell six games out of first place in the AL Central and maybe left rookie Danny Salazar in for one too many pitches. After the Tigers put two on against Bryan Shaw (2-3), Fielder lined his double off Marc Rzepczynski into the gap as the Tigers beat the Indians for the 11th time in 12 games and improved to 12-3 against t... Full story
MERCER, Wis. — Hundreds of people walked through downtown Mercer on Wednesday for the 33rd annual Loon Day celebration. Vendors lined U.S. 51, as well as numerous side streets, selling a variety of homemade items, including jewelry, lawn decorations, clothes, food and more. For Linda Barber, of Manitowish Waters, Wis., the event is personal. “The loon is my favorite bird, so I always make sure to come here,” Barber said. “My house is completely decorated with loons.” Barber has been attending th... Full story
BESSEMER — Friday morning at 6 a.m. Bessemer will be featured on “Today in America” on the Discovery channel, which reaches 104 million households. Bessemer’s spot is five minutes long, said city council member Al Gaiss, and the city’s intention in creating the spot was to attract people and businesses to the area to see what Bessemer and the surrounding area have to offer, especially to those sick of the rat race. Mayor John Frello, former Chamber of Commerce president Glen Pavlovich... Full story
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To the Editor: As of August 2013, there are 16,988 school groups recycling ink and laser jet cartridges and cellphones through the Funding Factory program. WOAS-FM joined this program to recycle items on behalf of the Ontonagon Area Schools in 1998. Currently, WOAS-FM ranks 308th on this list in terms of the number of qualifying units recycled. Math wizards out there will note that this places our collection program in the top 1.8 percent in the United States despite our small, rural population base. The Funding Factory tally breaks down our... Full story
DETROIT — Rebecca Swett successfully defended her doctoral thesis in the chemistry department at Wayne State University in Detroit on July 23. Swett’s successful defense of her thesis, “Computational Approaches for Anti-toxin Therapies and Biomarker Identification,” earned her a Doctor of Philosophy degree. She worked on the thesis with professors Andreas Cisneros and Andrew Feig for five years. Swett has accepted a position with a company in Boston and has relocated there. She is the daughte... Full story
DULUTH, Minn. — Gerald F. “Jerry” DeCarlo, 60, of Ironwood, Mich., died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, surrounded by his loving family, at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth, following a brief, courageous battle with lung cancer. Jerry was born Jan. 31, 1953, in Wakefield, Mich., son of Tom and the late Louise (Champagne) DeCarlo, attended St. Ambrose Grade School in Ironwood, and graduated from Ironwood Catholic High School in 1972. He worked at Quality Rubber in Wakefield until 1... Full story
