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Articles from the April 1, 2014 edition


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  • Dianda tours arts locations, offers praise

    Cortney Ofstad|Apr 1, 2014

    IRONWOOD - State Rep. Scott Dianda, D-Calumet, toured three downtown arts locations Monday, including the Historic Ironwood Theatre, Downtown Art Place and the Art Studios on Aurora Street. While at the theater, Dianda listened to Bruce Greenhill, executive director of HIT, who discussed the renovations done to the building. "So many communities across Michigan would die to have this theater," Dianda said. At DAP, Dianda said the displays were "beautiful," and he was impressed by the...

  • Ice-damaged towns face difficult choice on trees

    Apr 1, 2014

    EAST LANSING (AP) - A vicious ice storm that made Christmas week a nightmare from the Midwest to Maine shattered hundreds of trees at Michigan State University, where inch-thick layers of ice snapped thick limbs and trunks of stately towers that had stood for generations. It was a distressing sight for a campus billed as an urban forest where scientists since the 1800s have kept records of every tree, where native oaks and maples coexist with exotic Siberian elms and Japanese pagodas. But amid...

  • Ironwood students create Civil War themed projects

    Cortney Ofstad|Apr 1, 2014

    IRONWOOD - With today's rapidly changing technology, textbooks, pencils and paper are becoming things of the past in the classroom. Teachers and students are finding creative ways to discuss different subjects, including the uses of PowerPoint, iPads and other software or devices. In Ted Sim's eighth grade history class, students are assigned three projects on the Civil War. The first involves events of the war, the second covers battles and the third involves main ideas or themes of the war....

  • Wisconsin school bus driver caught in child sex sting

    Apr 1, 2014

    GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - A law enforcement sting operation targeting adults who prey on children in northeastern Wisconsin has netted 19 arrests. Authorities say several men are in custody on possible charges of child enticement, trafficking a child and use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime. The three-day sting involved about 75 officers from at least seven agencies who posted an ad on Craigslist.com. It didn't take long before the responses started rolling in, investigators said....

  • Wisconsin brothers lose trucks in Lake Winnebago

    Apr 1, 2014

    FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) - Two Wisconsin brothers lost their trucks in Lake Winnebago after the vehicles broke through thinning ice. Robert Lobajeski's truck went through the ice first after the pair finished riding their motorcycles on the ice. His brother, Brett Lobajeski, tried to pull the truck out, but his truck went in, too. "We were finished riding for the day and I was out picking up the cones to get them back on the truck," Robert Lobajeski told The Reporter Media. "I just drove off the...

  • Irene K. Rintala

    Apr 1, 2014

    HURLEY, Wis. - Irene K. Rintala, 86, of Rintala Road, Hurley, well-known Range area caterer, died peacefully Friday, March 28, 2014, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, with her loving family by her side. The former Irene Suzik was born April 4, 1927, in Ironwood, Mich., daughter of the late Paul and Suzanna (Borski) Suzik, and attended local schools. She worked as a waitress and cook at the Liberty Bell Chalet in Hurley until 1984, when she became kitchen manager at the...

  • Marliss B. 'Mardy' Henninger

    Apr 1, 2014

    WOODRUFF, Wis. — Marliss B. “Mardy” Henninger, 83, of Mercer, formerly of Neosho, found eternal rest on Friday, March 28, 2014, at Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff. Marliss was born on Jan. 18, 1931, in Edgar, to Vernon and Edna Finch (nee Dayton). She was united in marriage to Vernon Henninger on Jan. 17, 1948, in Loyal. She enjoyed flowers, bird watching, baking, embroidering and other crafting projects. She is survived by her beloved husband of 66 years, Vernon Henninger; loving children, Larry (Sharon) Henninger, Betty (Ken) Horst...