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  • HITTING THE SLOPES

    Mar 18, 2017

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  • Ironwood man finishes race despite suffering heart attack

    Ian Minielly|Mar 18, 2017

    IRONWOOD - Last Saturday, Gary Engstrom of Ironwood finished the Calumet Great Bear Chase cross country ski race naked and prone, registering a fourth place finish in his age bracket. That's pretty good for someone who is 70 years old and had been clinically dead for 10 minutes. Most people would get arrested for finishing a race naked, but Engstrom, who was carried across the line like a true king in the prone position, was given a free pass. Engstrom's clothes had been cut off by emergency...

  • Community calendar

    Mar 18, 2017

    Saturday, March 18 Community Pickleball Paddlers, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer School gymnasium. 715-776-4588. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Sunday, March 19 Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m., closed meeting, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. St. Urho’s Day Dance, 2 p.m., Little Finland, Kimball, Wis. 906-932-1608. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org. Monday, March 20 Gogebic County Human Ser... Full story

  • Joseph Eugene Doleshal

    Mar 18, 2017

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Joseph Eugene Doleshal, 66, a long-time resident of Watersmeet, passed away peacefully Wednesday afternoon, March 15, 2017, at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield, surrounded by his loving family. Joe was born on April 19, 1950, in Laona, Wis., a son of Joseph George and Peggy Jane (Otto) Doleshal. He attended Antigo High School in Wisconsin and graduated in 1969. Joe spent many years in the logging industry. Later he owned and operated his own excavating and caretaking business. Joe took great pride living on B... Full story

  • Carl John Domitrovich

    Mar 18, 2017

    ONTONAGON, Mich. — Carl John Domitrovich, 88, died peacefully in his home on Thursday, March 16, 2017, surrounded by family. Carl was born to Frank and Mary Domitrovich on the family farm outside Ontonagon on May 24, 1928. He was the second of nine children. Carl graduated from Ontonagon High School in 1946. He worked the family farm, and he and his brother, George, started a logging company together. In 1961, he married Janet Morin. They built their own home on the Domitrovich farm and raised five children there. Carl spent his entire life f... Full story