Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - HOPE Animal Shelter is celebrating its 25th anniversary by looking forward. Randy Kirchhoff, director of the Help Orphaned Pets Everywhere shelter located in the Ironwood Industrial Park, said, "We have all sorts of things planned for the coming year, including fundraisers. We'll be at Festival Ironwood with a food booth. We'll be at both the Gogebic and Iron county fairs." More immediately, the shelter just moved back into the eastern half of its 2,800-square foot building this week...
SPRINGSTEAD — While district-wide totals won’t be official until the canvass is completed, two incumbents who appeared on the ballot in the town of Sherman won another term on the Chequamegon School District’s board of education in Tuesday’s election — as they were running in uncontested races. The still yet unofficial results show Lois Freeland received 888 votes districtwide, including 45 votes in Sherman; and Jim Wilson garnered 751 votes across the district and 90 votes in Sherman, according to Pamela Steger, the school district...
HURLEY — The effort to acquire a section of land between the Montreal River and Second Avenue in Hurley — while nearing its final stages — still has several steps that need to be completed, according to information at the Thursday’s Iron County Regional Trail Committee meeting. Hurley Mayor Joe Pinardi said city attorney Ray O’Dea is working on drawing up the documents to purchase the land, which is necessary to continue Michigan’s non-motorized Iron Belle Trail into Iron County. The local portion of the Iron Belle — which will run between B...
HURLEY - Iron County voters head to the polls today in a series of state and local races. At the state level, voters will decide between incumbent Tony Evers and Lowell Holtz to see who will be the state's next superintendent of public instruction. Annette Ziegler is running unopposed for another term as a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Iron County Circuit Court Judge Patrick Madden is also running unopposed for another term on the bench. Iron County's local municipalities also have...
HURLEY - A group of Hurley K-12 students had the opportunity to talk to students in Purdue University's Forestry and Natural Resources program via Skype Friday afternoon. The interaction provided another way to expose the Hurley students to potential careers, said Zach Wilson, a conservation specialist with the Iron County Land and Water Conservation Department. "(It's a way) to expose kids to natural resources as a profession," Wilson said. Wilson thought the day went really well, saying one...
BESSEMER - A group of Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco students took a break from classes Friday to learn about an important topic, the problems associated with bullying. The day's events centered on author Jim Lajoie's visit to A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer. Lajoie wrote the book, "No One Would Listen," which he described as, "A fictional work ... based on real life events. "It happened to me, it happened to my children and things that I've seen," Lajoie told the Daily Globe. "I wrote...
Ontonagon County took a big hit in unemployment numbers in November, while Gogebic County remained practically the same as in October. The Ontonagon County rate jumped from 6.9 percent in October to 8 percent in November. While the civilian labor force remained the same both months at 2,225, total unemployment jumped from 150 in October to 175 in November. Total employment also dropped by the same 25, from 2,075 to 2,050. A year ago, the Ontonagon County rate was 7.1 percent. The layoffs at White Pine Electric were not measured in that report...
BESSEMER - It took the jury just over an hour Friday to convict an Ironwood man of all six charges it was asked to deliberate on. Donovan Howard Payeur, 32, was found guilty of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, conspiracy to possess meth with intent to deliver, felon in possession of a weapon, felon in possession of ammunition, possession of a controlled substance-marijuana and possession of a weapon while committing a felony. The two most serious charges Payeur was facing,...
HURLEY - After a wait of 1,014 days, Hurley finally has a grocery store again. The wait was just a little longer Friday, as final preparations pushed a 10 a.m. store opening to 1:30 p.m., but a good-sized crowd flowed through the doors and check-out lanes. Store manager Rich Friederichs, of Hurley, said business had been going real good about two hours after they opened. Standing at the front door greeting customers as they came in and thanking them as they left, Friederichs said they'd had a...
IRONWOOD - Ironwood students, members of the public and area veterans gathered in Luther L. Wright's John Krznarich Gymnasium Friday for the district's annual Veterans Day ceremony. The ceremony began with the presentation of colors by members of the school's JROTC Color Guard and the singing of the National Anthem by Vanessa Nasi. Following this, and the presentation of the flags of the various branches of the military and service-related organization, the Ironwood High School Band performed,...
UPSON, Wis. - Everything seemed to line up right for Karen Bjork as she faced breast cancer, and her message to other women is that it can be the same for them. "Cancer is a devastating word," Bjork said. "I want people who are fighting cancer or know someone who is to know that you can beat it. I am a survivor and you can be, too." For Bjork, early detection, much needed family support, knowledgable and caring health care professionals, as well as excellent facilities all led to a positive outc...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Carnegie Library held its kick-off to National Novel Writing Month Thursday evening with local author Jodi Hughes. Hughes, who writes under the name Auria Jourdain, has published three novels. Her most recent is "Spirit of the Northwoods." "When I wrote my first book, I was just ecstatic to have my first book in my hand," she said. National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) takes place each November. It began in 1999 and has since gained popularity, with 431,626 participant...
IRONWOOD - Meghan Movrich had a plan for the fall, like many other young adults, to head back to school. Those who know the active 27-year-old mother of a 3-year-old daughter aren't surprised she has a bachelor's degree in health promotion and wellness. She's a former Bessemer high school and Gogebic Community College basketball player and now an activities director at Westgate Nursing Home in Ironwood. But she saw career opportunities in the field of occupational therapy. Over the summer, she h...
ONTONAGON - Sara Domitrovich is a teacher. Although now retired, she still has the curiosity of a teacher to learn all about her subject. When she was diagnosed with extensive lobular ductile breast cancer in June 2008 after a mammogram at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital, she was determined to learn all she could about it and make the best decisions. First, she sought out her friend, Jane Dickow, who had breast cancer two years earlier. Next was another friend, Bonnie Johnson. Throughout the surgery...
IRONWOOD — Mount Zion ski hill has expanded its opportunities this winter to those who need adaptive equipment to ski. The Gogebic Community College Board approved an $8,000 purchase of two adaptive sit-skis that will allow paraplegic and quadriplegic individuals to ski at Mount Zion. The college purchased two sit skis — one for an adult from 140 to 250 pounds, and the other for a child from 50 to 140 pounds. The college’s ski area management director, Jim Vanderspoel, said the idea of the purchase grew from a request of a parent of an Ironwood...
WHITE PINE - For Jane Dickow, it was a positive attitude and a surprising "God Wink" that got her through her experience with breast cancer. When Dickow had her regular mammogram 10 years ago, the nurse told her to wait to put her clothes on because they needed "another review." She said her first thought was, "Here we go." Dickow's mom had breast cancer in the 1950s and a radical mastectomy while still in her 40s. It was a shock, but, "I knew I would be OK and I just wanted to get on with the...
HURLEY — The Federal Communications Commission is currently accepting public comment on a petition by Gray Television/WSAW-TV to include Ashland and Iron counties in its Wausau, Wis., satellite television market. According to information presented at Tuesday’s Iron County Board of Supervisors meeting, the petition is requesting that area satellite TV providers be allowed to provide the two counties with Wausau’s feed, instead of being forced to provide the feed from Duluth. When the broadcast boundaries were initially established, Iron Count...
HURLEY - With Sunday marking the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorists' attack, several area teachers taught lesson plans Friday centered on the day's events to students with little to no memory of the tragedy. Hurley history teacher Chris Kelly began each class by offering a brief overview lecture, followed by a handful of questions students had to answer about the day using an online interactive site providing a timeline and other information about that morning. "This is a junior class...
HURLEY — A preliminary examination date has been set in the case of an Iron County woman accused of identity theft. A preliminary exam will be held Oct. 4 in the case of Wendy Sue Wuorinen, 47, of Ironwood Township. Wuorinen is facing 26 felony counts of identity theft. Each count carries a potential maximum sentence of six years in prison and/or a fine of $10,000. According to a Hurley Police Department report, Wuorinen is alleged to have used her job at the Iron County Community Credit Union to withdraw approximately $7,613 from a c...
Despite the heavy rains and flooding that caused widespread damage, it appears the fish populations of the rivers in Ashland and Iron counties came away from the storms of July 11-12 relatively unscathed. Zach Lawson, a fisheries biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' Mercer office, said an overview of the population counts show while there may be some fluctuations at specific locations, the overall fish populations remain strong. "We observed similar catch rates, similar... Full story
HURLEY — Iron County is distributing surveys in an effort to gather public input on the Saxon Harbor rebuilding process. The survey, which is available both online and in paper copies, is open to anyone who uses Saxon Harbor, and are not limited to Iron County, or even Wisconsin, residents. “We’re trying to get it out to everybody who’s interested in the harbor,” said Jason Laumann, the deputy director of the Northwest Regional Planning Commission. The survey is available on the commission’s site — nwrpc.com/saxonsurvey — and Iron County’s w...
ONTONAGON - Huge crowds and great weather ushered in the 60th anniversary of the Ontonagon Labor Day Festival in Ontonagon over the weekend. It was estimated that 5,000 people lined the streets for the large Festival Parade on Sunday as floats and bands made their way down River Street. Competition for float prizes was stiff and the Norwich Country Club with its "Dukes of Hazard 39 years later," float scored first place in the open division. All the Dukes of Hazard characters were there. Boss...
HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing Tuesday regarding the county’s community development block emergency assistance grant application to secure funds for residents and businesses impacted by the July 11 storm. Kimberly Gifford, a housing development specialist with the Northwest Regional Planning Commission, explained the county will be one of the eight counties under the state’s declaration of the emergency to apply for emergency assistance through the block grant program. The grants are a federal program ran b...
IRONWOOD - Three members of the Ironwood Red Devils tennis team and a coach were involved in an accident with a logging truck; and while no serious injuries were reported, the four went to Aspirus Grand View as a precautionary measure. At approximately 6:50 a.m., the Ironwood Public Safety Department and Beacon Ambulance were dispatched to the intersection of Cloverland Drive and Lake Street for a reported accident. According to IPSD Lt. Michael Rimkus, the accident occurred when the westbound...
BESSEMER — A Hurley woman pleaded guilty in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday to two drug charges as part of a plea agreement in a pair of cases against her. Carolyn Elizabeth Kauffman, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of delivery of methamphetamine and one count of possession methamphetamine. According to court records, the counts stem from two different cases. In exchange for the plea, the agreement calls for a second charge in each case to be dismissed. One of the counts, in the case with the delivery of meth charge, is conspiracy to deliv...
