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Articles from the October 8, 2016 edition


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  • Midgets outlast Miners

    Jason Juno|Oct 8, 2016

    BESSEMER - Hurley's potent rushing attack was too much for a shorthanded Gogebic Miners squad as the Midgets won the non-conference meeting 42-6 Friday night. The Midgets rushed 55 times for 455 yards and had 21 first downs to five for the Miners as Hurley improved to 8-0 against the Bessemer/Wakefield-Marenisco co-op. "Hurley, they're a good team," Gogebic coach Mark Movrich said. "They've been the program of consistency on the Range for Lord knows how many years. Even had we been 100 percent...

  • A survivor's journey

    Jan Tucker|Oct 8, 2016

    ONTONAGON - Sara Domitrovich is a teacher. Although now retired, she still has the curiosity of a teacher to learn all about her subject. When she was diagnosed with extensive lobular ductile breast cancer in June 2008 after a mammogram at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital, she was determined to learn all she could about it and make the best decisions. First, she sought out her friend, Jane Dickow, who had breast cancer two years earlier. Next was another friend, Bonnie Johnson. Throughout the surgery...

  • Mount Zion adds adaptive ski equipment

    Larry Holcombe|Oct 8, 2016

    IRONWOOD — Mount Zion ski hill has expanded its opportunities this winter to those who need adaptive equipment to ski. The Gogebic Community College Board approved an $8,000 purchase of two adaptive sit-skis that will allow paraplegic and quadriplegic individuals to ski at Mount Zion. The college purchased two sit skis — one for an adult from 140 to 250 pounds, and the other for a child from 50 to 140 pounds. The college’s ski area management director, Jim Vanderspoel, said the idea of the purchase grew from a request of a parent of an Ironwood...

  • Community Calendar

    Oct 8, 2016

    Saturday, Oct. 8 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Masonic Lodge Open House, 1-3 p.m., Frank Koller Masonic Center, Mercer. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, Oct. 9 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org.... Full story

  • Patricia L. Boyer

    Oct 8, 2016

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Patricia L. Boyer, 76, of Ironwood, passed away peacefully after a fierce battle with cancer on Thursday evening, Oct. 6, 2016, at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield, with her family at her side. Pat was born April 11, 1940, in Ironwood, daughter of the late John and Lucille (Piasecki) Kapets, and attended St. Ambrose High School, graduating in 1958. After graduation, she attended Milwaukee Business Institute in Milwaukee. Pat worked for General Motors Corp. in... Full story

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