Week of November 21, 2024

  • Bessemer DDA seeks members

    By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] BESSEMER — Members of Bessemer’s Downtown Development Authority underwent a shift in management at their Nov. 13 meeting and also reduced by half the number of meetings scheduled throughout the year. The DDA also invites potential new members to apply to the authority. It was the last meeting with Deputy Clerk Samantha Zakovec serving as a part-time administrator to the DDA. Zakovec reported in a Nov. 15 email to The Globe that City Manager Mandy Lake now will assume the responsibilities that...

  • Iron County moves forward with wage and benefit study

    By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] HURLEY — The Finance Committee of the Iron County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved $12,000 in tribal-related funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to be put toward a wage and benefit study for county employees. Committee chairman Kurt Wolff said that the county now has used all ARPA funds that it received in relation to governmental allotments relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee also approved forwarding to the board the terms of the consulting, which Wolff said is tended...

  • Former Ashland D.A. nominated as DOT lead

    By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] PALM BEACH, Fla. — The transition team for President-Elect Donald Trump announced Monday that he has chosen former Ashland resident Sean Duffy, 53, as a member of his cabinet in the new administration starting directly after current President Joe Biden leaves office on Jan. 20, 2025. “I am pleased to announce that former Congressman Sean Duffy, from the great state of Wisconsin, is nominated to serve as the Secretary of Transportation,” stated Trump in the Monday report. “Sean has been a...

  • Hurley gets thumbs up on home maintenance course

    By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] HURLEY — The Board of Education for the Hurley K-12 School met on Monday for their regular meeting. During the meeting they heard a presentation from Jacob Hostettler, metal shop teacher in the school’s student-run Northwoods Manufacturing. Hostettler reported on the progress that students have made in the past semester and provided a brief summary of topics being taught. He spoke highly of students in the home maintenance course that he also teaches and noted their keen interest in cooking and...

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  • Chamber Singers schedule their annual Christmas concert Dec. 6, 8

    IRONWOOD - The Chamber Singers will present their annual Christmas concert on Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 8 at 4 p.m. at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood. From jazzy to calypso and contemporary to traditional, the concert will cover a wide range of musical styles. The concert will start with the peppy "Ding Dong Merrily on High" before moving on to "Celtic Carol" and "What Shall We Give." The first set ends with "Do You Hear What I Hear?" Next, the men will present the rousing...

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  • Gogebic Range Honors Band performs at HIT

    By BRENDA MOSELEY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Students from six different area high schools in three counties joined forces on Nov. 15 to offer a concert at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. Members of the Gogebic Range Honors Band played under the direction of renowned director John Lynch of Wisconsin. The Gogebic Range Honors Band program is an opportunity for select young band members to train together with a guest conductor. According to promotional material, the kids "come to the...

  • Schools announce holiday concerts

    By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] GOGEBIC RANGE — Area schools are preparing for the holiday season, announcing their respective holiday and Christmas concerts. Below is a list of the upcoming concerts, dates and locations. Gogebic County Ironwood Ironwood will offer five separate concerts this season, dividing them by class and by type of concert. The first concert, featuring the middle school band and choir, will be held this Sunday at the Historic Ironwood Theatre from 2 to 4 p.m. The sixth grade concert will be on Dec. 3 at 7 p.m....

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  • Gladiators' Gordon, Besonen named to All-UP Dream Team

    By JASON JUNO [email protected] MARQUETTE — Ontonagon’s dynamic duo of Austin Gordon and Caden Besonen was selected to the All-U.P. Dream Team at Monday’s 75th meeting of the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Gogebic’s Wyatt Aspinwall and Leland Hollenbeck were All-U.P. First Team selections while several area athletes were either special or honorable mention. Gordon, selected at one of two hybrid spots, finished his senior season with 2,394 passing yards and 27 touchdowns. He also ran for 387 yards...

  • Schoeneman, Klopatek named best in league

    By JASON JUNO [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — Mercer seniors Eiley Schoeneman and Jenny Klopatek shared Player of the Year honors in the Northern Lights Conference in voting by coaches. Schoeneman and Klopatek were also honorable mention on the Wisconsin Volleyball Coaches Association Division 5 All-State team. Their teams were league and WIAA regional champions in all of their four years. “Eiley and Jenny are often paired together when talking about our success, but each of them brought their own contributions,” Mercer coach...

Snow Season Report

2023-24 Season Snow: 66.3 in.
2022-23 Season Snow: 253.4
2021-22 Season Snow: 182.3
2020-21 Season Snow:   84.4
2019-20 Season Snow: 169.3
2018-19 Season Snow: 182.8
2017-18 Season Snow: 172.3
2016-17 Season Snow: 121.2
2015-16 Season Snow: 187.5
2014-15 Season Snow: 198.1
2013-14 Season Snow: 192.7
2012-13 Season Snow: 223.7


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