Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - A Milwaukee woman faces a possible prison sentence of 46 years after being convicted Wednesday by an Iron County jury of being a party to trafficking a child for commercial sex acts and physical abuse of a child. The 10-man, two-woman jury found Nikia Burchette, 28, not guilty of a third count of being a party to the crime of human trafficking, however. The jury deliberated only an hour and 15 minutes before reaching its verdict on the second day of the trial. Iron County Judge Patrick... Full story
LANSING (AP) - The Michigan Civil Service Commission voted Wednesday to impose higher health care costs on about 32,000 unionized Michigan government workers. Roughly 70 percent of Michigan's 47,000 employees have union representation. The commission voted 3-1 at its meeting in Lansing to accept wage increases and health benefit terms that an impasse panel had recommended. Commissioners postponed the decision Dec. 18 after deadlocking 2-2 on an alternate proposal that excluded some health care... Full story
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. (AP) - When Georgia Rae Mussared's violin progress began flagging four years ago, and with it her irrepressible enthusiasm, her mother, Ronilyn "Roni" Mussared, turned to Google and started searching for a private instructor. Not just any instructor would do. Georgia Rae was particularly interested in honing her fiddling, even more specifically her "old time" fiddling. That's how the Mussareds, of Richmond, Ill., connected with Shawn Drake and began crossing the border... Full story
IRONWOOD - More than a dozen residents from Michigan and Wisconsin attended a Lunch and Learn session at Aspirus Grand View Hospital Wednesday on the federal Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. Attendees learned about different kinds of insurance policies, including private, government and employer-provided policies. Alicia Cook, patient services specialist for Aspirus Grand View, spoke on how using navigators can help people through the process of the online insurance marketplace. As of... Full story
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police divers have pulled the body of a female University of Minnesota student from the icy Chicago River after an accident that left another student dead and a third injured. The Cook County medical examiner's office identified the woman pulled from the river Wednesday as 21-year-old Lauren Li of Burnsville, Minn. Twenty-six-year-old Ken Hoang, of St. Paul, was pronounced dead after he was pulled from the river Monday. A third student, Quoc-Viet Phan Hoang was rescued... Full story
To the Editor: I have had the pleasure to attend many area events in the past few weeks. On behalf of all of the people who organize these events, I would like to give a huge shout out and thank you to each and every one of you that were involved in any way with the area’s events. I keep going back to this, but our area is like none other. We would be considered by other folks’ standards as small, rural communities. I have seen world-class events come to our backyard to play because of the dedication, determination, passion, strength, com... Full story
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. - Russell A. Baird Jr., 71, of Lindenhurst, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at ManorCare Center in Highland Park. He was born in Cresson, Pa., on Oct. 18, 1942, the son of the late Anne and Russell Baird Sr. He grew up in White Pine, Mich., and graduated from Ontonagon High School in 1960. He married his wife Karen on May 26, 1973, and lived in Lindenhurst since 1981. He was also a member of Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Lake Villa. Russ retired from the U.S.... Full story
