Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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ERWIN TOWNSHIP - Roughly 120 children participated in the Lapset Loppet, the final event of the 2015 Sisu Ski Fest, at the ABR Ski Trails on Tuesday. Participants completed a 2.2k course on cross country skis before recieving a participation medal and heading inside for hot chocolate and cookies. The event was held later than previous years after organizers decided the later start would increase the chance of missing the poor weather that affected last year's event, event coordinator Paulette Ni... Full story
IRONWOOD - The stage of the Historic Ironwood Theatre will be turned over to high school students this weekend as The Awkward Stage Youth Drama Club stages three productions of "While the Lights Were Out" on Friday and Saturday. Described as an "over the top farce" with "serious undertones" by Ethan Puisto, the club's president and a sophomore at Luther L. Wright High School, the play is based around a dinner party that goes awry when a diner is murdered during a power outage. Puisto plays the r... Full story
To the Editor: Gogebic Taconite closed its doors, it says because of the abundance of wetlands and fear of the EPA. Throughout the past four years other culprits blamed have been oppressive state laws and local zoning ordinances, the DNR, environmentalists, protestors and the Native Americans. But to get at the primary reason, follow the money. From 1985 to 2005, iron ore traded at fixed prices, hovering between $11 and $16 per ton for that 20-year period. As demand for iron increased because of growth in China, prices doubled, and in early... Full story
HURLEY, Wis.- Evelyn R. Lewinski, 94, of Ironwood, Mich., died Monday, March 2, 2015, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley. The former Evelyn Kutil was born Sept. 15, 1920, in Ironwood, daughter of the late Louis and Amelia (Erm) Kutil, and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1938. She worked as a cashier at various theaters in Ironwood, where she met her future husband, Charles "Chuck" Lewinski. Chuck and Evelyn were married in Hancock, Mich., on July 14, 1941.... Full story
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