Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BOSTON — Ironwood’s Donna Gering, 48, finished the Boston Marathon in 3 hours, 23 minutes, an hour and 6 minutes before two explosions rocked the finish-line area Monday. Her husband, Jim Gering, was watching the race across the street from where the second bomb went off, but left before that happened. He had even considered going across the street because the warm sun was shining there on the cool day. He didn’t because it would have meant a much longer walk to meet Donna after the race. “Like...
HURLEY — The Hurley School Board heard pleas from students and parents Monday to keep two staff members employed next school year despite district budget concerns. Chris Tweiten and Nicole Giancola-Routheaux may have their jobs terminated before the 2013-’14 school year, according to school officials. “Mr. Tweiten is more than just the (cross country) coach or teacher,” high school student Athena Butkiewicz said. “He is an extraordinary person who is always there when students need him. He r...
IRONWOOD — Three real estate agents from Action North Realty in Ironwood have received awards for their work through Re/Max. Owner Dean Lantta and associates Nancy Zak and Judy Kucera were all named to the Re/Max of Michigan Executive Club for 2012. The award means each earned from $50,000 to $99,000 in commissions over the year. “I’ve got a great office and team, and we work together to accomplish our goals throughout the year,” Lantta said. Kucera was also named to the Executive Club in 2008...
ONTONAGON — More than a quarter of a ton of weight was lost by competitors in the seventh annual Aspirus Ontonagon Fitness Center Meltdown in Ontonagon. The three-month contest saw two-person teams competing for the largest percentage of weight loss. The top team award was garnered by Joe and Linda Haas. They lost 58.5 pounds, or 23.6 percent of their body weight. Coming in second with a loss of 60.5 pounds or 21.6 percent of body weight was the team of Todd Penegor and Erik Hartzell. Coming i...
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WEST BEND, Wis. — David Lee Larson passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2013, at the age of 61, at Kathy Hospice surrounded by his family. Dave was born on Sept. 15, 1951, in Port Washington, to Kenneth and Marjorie (Korb) Larson. Dave spent his childhood years in Newburg; shortly after he migrated to West Bend. He was employed as a construction worker for various companies throughout the years. In 2002, Dave married his longtime girlfriend, Ginnie Frings, in a tropical wedding in Jamaica. S... Full story
The report of a suspicious backpack found at the door of Gogebic Taconite’s office in downtown Hurley Saturday morning caused quite a stir. The good news is the bomb squad called in from Marathon County, Wis., found nothing explosive in the backpack and no one was hurt, but beyond that, it was, as always, heartening to see the quick and broad response of local officials. The Hurley Police, Iron County Sheriff’s and Hurley Fire departments were out in full force for the better part of seven hours. The area was efficiently evacuated and bar...
To the Editor: The people in the White House elected and appointed seem to have money to burn. We borrow from China; we then give it to countries that hate us along with high-priced tanks and jet fighters. I don’t think that a week goes by that I don’t get at least one or more organizations for veterans seeking donations to help our veterans. With the billions funneled out of this country, you would think that Washington would take care of our wounded, crippled warriors, physically as well as mentally. There is no reason why we can’t or don’t...
To the Editor: In the very early 1950s when radio was still more prominent than television, I happened upon a quiz program beamed over the airwaves. To this day I cannot tell you the name of the broadcast, but I do remember the multiple choice question asked of a man as if it were yesterday. The emcee asked, “Of these three nations, per capita, Switzerland, Finland or Columbia, which has the greatest number of coffee drinkers in the world?” The man quickly responded “Switzerland.” “No, I’m sorry, the answer is Finland,” the announcer sai...
To the Editor: Accepting the truth does not make one a bigot. A bigot is one who does not tolerate the opinion of another. You can tolerate opinions, but you do not have to tolerate immoral acts. It’s a self-evident truth that if you cannot lead a moral life while you are alive, you can not lead a moral life when you are dead. If you had a perfect city with no immorality in it, what would happen if you allowed murderers, thieves, adulterers, fornicators, homosexuals, drunkards, etc., into your city? Would it not surely deteriorate as did S...
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