Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - Friday was a busy day for students, staff and faculty members at the Hurley K-12 School. It started with the second annual Walk to School Day, with students, parents and teachers dressed in Hawaiian gear to celebrate the end of school. During the walk, students also participated in the first "Color Dash" in preparation of students working toward joining the 100-Mile Club. "This is the second year we've done the walk to school, but this is the first time with the color run and 100-mile...
IRONWOOD - The fact that the parking lot at the U.S. 2 Michigan welcome center was empty around 5 p.m. Thursday shows the impact of the highway reconstruction project. The highway was open to the visitor center entrance for both westbound and eastbound traffic, but the stretch immediately to the east was torn apart and open to single lane, westbound vehicles, only. A few blocks away, at the Sunnyside Plaza, Angelo Luppino Construction, Iron Belt, Wis., workers were paving an alternate entrance...
IRONWOOD - Friday marked the end of the school year at Ironwood, and faculty, staff and administration are right in the middle of moving everything into one building. At the end of April, the Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to move students from Sleight to LLW School, making it a K-12 facility. The move has kindergarten through second grade students moving from Sleight to the first floor of Luther L. Wright, third through sixth grade students on the second floor and seventh through 12th grade students on the third...
I had a birthday this week. When you are a twin, birthdays are a little different, even from the start. It is never just your birthday. It is our birthday. The cakes have both the names, the parties are shared and the songs sung to both of you at the same time. Often the gifts are double of the same item, two sets of roller skates, two bikes, two radios, games addressed to both of you. When it’s time to go to school, you walk together, are generally in the same room and often sit alphabetically (at least it was that way in the old days). S...
La CROSSE, Wis. - Mercer's D'kota Engler was no stranger to pole vaulting inside thanks to this year's brutal winter that never seemed to end. So it was no surprise that he cleared 13-0 inside at Friday's WIAA Division 3 state track-and-field meet at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse's Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex. Strong storms moved through La Crosse just after the Division 2 and 3 portion of the meet started Friday afternoon. The meet was stopped 700 meters into the 3,200 relay...
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Elsa E. Stanek, of Green Bay, passed away June 4, 2014. She was born Nov. 21, 1925, in Creighton Mine, Ontario, Canada. She graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood, Mich., in 1944, and attended Badger Business College in Green Bay. Elsa worked at the Brown County University office in Green Bay, retiring in April 1985, after 40 years of service. She married Wesley A. Stanek in Ironwood in 1953, and together they owned and operated Evergreen Appraisals in DePere....
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Jennie Marcelon, 58, of Ironwood, passed away Thursday morning, June 5, 2014, at her home. Jennie was born on Sept. 30, 1955, in Ironwood, the daughter of Leo John and Irene Eva (July) Marcelon. She attended Marenisco High School and graduated in 1973. Jennie loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. She will always hold a very special place in our hearts. Jennie is survived by a daughter, Lynn (Scott) Richardson, Ironwood; a son, Jason (Rachelle) Wienandt,...
IRONWOOD, Mich. - Charles H. "Chuck" Behrendt, 92, of Pioneer Park Apartments, Ironwood, died unexpectedly Thursday, June 5, 2014, in his apartment. He was born April 17, 1922, in Ironwood, son of the late Otto and Nellie (Beare) Behrendt, attended Ironwood schools, and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1940. He worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp Norrie for a short time, then entered the U.S. Army Air Corps, proudly serving his country during World War II in the...
