HURLEY - The longest-running marathon in Wisconsin is happening again to Hurley this year. Registered for Saturday's full and half-marathon races are 320 runners. Established in 1969, the race is ...

By JASON JUNO [email protected] HURLEY — The Paavo Nurmi Marathon appears poised to live up to all three of the h’s it’s known for this year. The grueling hills, of course, are a constant. But ...

By BRENDA MOSELEY [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - At 64, with her children grown and her marriage over, Kay Oursler applied to the Peace Corps. One year later, she stepped off a plane in Dar es ...

By JASON JUNO [email protected] WAKEFIELD — Casey Carlson can add a little blue to his sideline attire. Wakefield-Marenisco’s new varsity girls basketball coach is trading Ironwood’s red and ...

By JASON JUNO [email protected] HURLEY — Basketball camps and leagues are a summer staple. Football passing camps and strong man activities filled July. Baseball and softball kept going for ...

By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic Range Trail Authority has announced that Trail 2, the snowmobile trail from Wakefield to the Michigan/Wisconsin border in Hurley, ...

By BRENDA MOSELEY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Should veterans have to pull their own teeth because they can't access dental care? In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, 12% of veterans surveyed by the ...

By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] HURLEY - Members of the Iron County Board of Supervisors approved a new county logo at their most recent meeting on July 29. Board chairman Larry Youngs ...

BESSEMER — The Bessemer City Council has approved additional construction charges of nearly $70,000 in relation to the city’s new water tower. The action at a July 28 meeting occurred at the advice of ...

By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] BESSEMER — The Board of Education for the Bessemer Area School District learned at the latest monthly meeting on July 28 that Massie Field needed some cleanup ...

HURLEY — During a July 29 special meeting, members of the Hurley City Council approved resolutions that authorize the issuance and sale of $610,633 in water system and sewer system revenue bonds.

IRONWOOD, Mich. - It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Fredrick John "Fred" Tezak, who departed this life on July 30, 2025, at the age of 93. He led a rich and colorful life, ...