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Parents: Ontonagon sixth-grade girl takes own life after months of alleged harrassment by classmate

Kimberly Eileen Linczeski, 12, of Ontonagon was a sixth-grade student at the Ontonagon Area Junior-Senior High School. She died March 6. (Linczeski family photo)
March 18, 2010

ONTONAGON — Ontonagon County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating whether bullying by a classmate may have contributed to 12-year-old Kimberly Linczeski taking her own life.

Sheriff John Gravier said Wednesday an investigator from his department was continuing to conduct interviews and the case remains open.

The parents of Kimberly — who was a sixth-grade student at the Ontonagon Area Junior-Senior High School — said they believe there is a definite connection.

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Who was Kimberly Linczeski? She was a typical all-American girl

March 18, 2010

ONTONAGON — One of the many things loved ones remember Kimberly Linczeski for was her voracious appetite for reading.

“She loved to read,” her mother Karen Linczeski said. “She read the seventh Harry Potter book in one night.

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Ishpeming union talks ongoing

March 18, 2010

ISHPEMING — The city of Ishpeming and representatives for the three American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union locals once again exchanged contract proposals in a mediation session Wednesday.

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Heat tops Pigs as benefit game raises thousands

March 18, 2010

MARQUETTE — The 27th annual Pigs-N-Heat Charity Hockey Game raised between $12,000 and $15,000 to help provide relief to Marquette County residents displaced by fires.

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