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Articles from the May 9, 2018 edition


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  • Mercer family prepares to graduate together at GCC

    May 9, 2018

    By KIM ZECKOVICH Gogebic Community College IRONWOOD - Last year while Mary Engler and her two children, D'kota and Alexis, all of Mercer, Wis., were planning their future course schedules, Mary was the first to realize they would all graduate together from Gogebic Community College on the same day - this Friday. "That was when it became exciting," said Mary. She will receive an Associate in Applied Business with an accounting specialty, D'kota an Associate in Applied Technology in mechanical eng...

  • RedBull 400 this weekend

    May 9, 2018

    By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — This Saturday many highly conditioned athletes have signed on to rapidly ascend Copper Peak in their running shoes. Copper Peak, widely known as the ski flying hill located just off Lake Superior, is hosting its first event since 1994 and there will not be a skier in sight. Billed as the world’s steepest 400 meter race, athletes will start at the bottom of the ski jump and race each other up hill 40 stories to the top of the jump. Organizers of the RedBull 400 call it a race of...

  • Wakefield men sentenced to probation, jail in neglect case

    May 9, 2018

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER - Two Wakefield men won't be able to own any pets for the next four years. That was one of the conditions Gogebic County Circuit Judge Michael Pope put on their probation during a sentencing hearing in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Gerard Joseph Herlache and Lawrence C. Murphy were each sentenced to four years probation - the first two months of which will be served in jail - for attempted abandonment/cruelty to 10 or more animals....

  • Community calendar

    May 9, 2018

    Wednesday, May 9 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Red Cross Blood Drive, 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Ironwood Memorial Building, Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Healt...

  • Fannie D. Hendrickson

    May 9, 2018

    ONTONAGON, Mich. — Fannie D. Hendrickson, 98, passed away on March 1, 2018 at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital LTCU. Fannie was born on Feb. 1, 1920 in Ontonagon, to Anselm and Fannie (Maki) Mayra of Woodspur. She attended local schools, graduating with the Ontonagon Class of 1937. She then left for Detroit and was employed by Parke Davis Laboratories and later at Detroit Diesel during World War II. In 1941, Fannie married Archie Hendrickson and they resided in Detroit until retiring to Ontonagon in 1974. They were happily married for 57 years w...

  • Charles J. Jezek Jr.

    May 9, 2018

    GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Charles J. Jezek Jr., 86, of Gettysburg, died Sunday morning, May 6, 2018 at the Gardens Nursing Home in Gettysburg. Born Jan. 7, 1932, in Bessemer, Mich., he was the son of the late Charles and Veronica E. (Martinkewz) Jezek Sr. He was the husband of the late Mary Ellen (Bennett) Jezek, who died Nov. 11, 2009. Mr. Jezek was a Veteran of the United States Army serving during the Korean War. He was a graduate of Michigan State University and retired as a federal employee of the...