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Articles from the December 3, 2019 edition


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  • Gogebic Range recovers from weekend snow storm

    Dec 3, 2019

    By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - The second storm of the week brought about 20.1 inches of new snow to the west and northwest of Ironwood over the weekend, said Taylor Prislovsky, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Marquette. The highest total for the Upper Peninsula was 28.2 inches about three miles east of Rapid River in Delta County, he said. The Climate Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National...

  • Community calendar

    Dec 3, 2019

    Tuesday, Dec. 3 Pickleball, 10 a.m.-noon, Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Wakefield Seniors, noon, Wakefield Senior Center. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Disabled American Veterans, 6 p.m. Ironwood American Legion post, Memorial Building, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the... Full story

  • Eugene 'Gene' J. Juoni

    Dec 3, 2019

    ASHLAND, Wis. — On the afternoon of Dec. 1, 2019, at the age of 86, Eugene “Gene” J. Juoni went to his eternal home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Gene was born in High Bridge, on July 12, 1933 the only child of Jacob and Hannah (Nortunen) Juoni. He was raised on his parent’s farm in High Bridge and spent nearly all his life there. On July 27, 1957 he was joined in marriage to Dale G. Beauregard, also of High Bridge. He worked for a few years in road construction as a truck d... Full story

  • Roselle Marie Pekol Adams

    Dec 3, 2019

    WAKEFIELD, Mich. - Roselle Marie Pekol Adams, 96, formerly of Ironwood, passed away at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield, Michigan on Nov. 29. She was born on August 2, 1923, in Ironwood, the daughter of Stanislaus and Teresa (Doroz) Pekol. Roselle was a member of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood and the former St. Michael's Catholic Church. She served on the Funeral Pall Committee at Our Lady of Peace. She graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1941. This little... Full story

  • Ontonagon prepares for Home Town Christmas

    Dec 3, 2019

    By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — Home Town Christmas in Ontonagon has become a favorite way to welcome the holidays to Ontonagon over the last 19 years. The festival starts Thursday and ends with a big parade and a visit by Santa Claus Sunday. In between there are dances, games, sales, crafts and Christmas contests. A Christmas concert at the Christian Center kicks off the festivities Thursday at 7 p.m. Friday brings open houses at various business places and the judging of business and residential Christmas lighting. Business i...

  • Fallen snow

    Dec 3, 2019

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  • Former Bessemer drug dealer arrested in Duluth fentanyl bust

    Dec 3, 2019

    By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] DULUTH — A Chicago man who was sentenced to federal prison for dealing heroin in Bessemer in 2016 was arrested late last month in Duluth, in what authorities there say may be the biggest fentanyl seizure in Minnesota this year. Raymond Valentino Bowser, 35, was one of two men arrested Nov. 21 in Duluth during an undercover operation, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Denzel Lavon Hale, 29, of Duluth was also arrested. In addition to the arrests, BCA Superintendent Drew E...