Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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KIMBALL Wis. - A Lake Nebagamon, Wis., man was injured in a roll-over accident on U.S. 2 near Little Finland in Kimball Saturday. Lance Richard Adolphson, 46, rolled his car, landing near the tree line, at approximately 5:59 p.m. Saturday, according to an ICSD report. The accident slowed traffic for approximately an hour. Adolphson was transported to Aspirus Grand View, according to the report, by Beacon Ambulance. No information was available regarding his condition....
KIMBALL, Wis - The Kimball Homemakers held its annual pie social and craft show at the Kimball Community Center Saturday. "We're full and we're doing well," said Mary Smith, the group's president. "Lunchtime is always a good time, get a little more foot traffic through." Along with delicious slices of homemade pie, Saturday's menu also featured homemade soups and barbecue sandwiches. The Kimball Homemakers have been around for 50 years, Smith said, and have probably been holding the social for...
The National Finnish-American Festival Chorus preformed its annual Mother's Day Concert on Sunday at the Zion Lutheran Church in Ironwood. Gary Schlais opened the concert with a few solo pieces on the accordion. Under direction of Gale Hellier, the chorus sang several traditional songs from Finland with a focus on giving thanks to mothers. Susan Kontny accompanied on the flute, while Sandy Rowoldt played the piano. Other soloists on the program included Dorothy Walesewicz on accordion and Susan...
HURLEY - The Gogebic Iron Range Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 529 held their 26th annual Steak Feed Fundraiser Saturday evening at the Iron County Memorial Building. "I've waited all day for this," said attendee Tina Martinsek "Every year, the steaks are good." The event kicked off with a raffle and door prizes. Out back, Kyle Thompson and Terry Seibel stood over a grill flipping dozens of steaks. "Our steaks are awesome; they're hand-cut and everything," said Thompson. Over 400 steaks...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Memorial Building auditorium was filled with the sounds of excited children Tuesday as the building played host to the eighth annual family fun night. The event featured a variety of organizations, including the Ottawa National Forest, HOPE Animal Shelter and Aspirus Grand View Hospital, offering activities and information for area kids. Lynne Wiercinski, assistant director with the Ironwood Carnegie Library, credited the work of the Michigan State University Extension...
Employment numbers worsened in all western Upper Peninsula counties in January, according to the Michigan Labor Market Bureau. Gogebic County’s unemployment rate rose from 5.5 percent in December to 6.7 percent in January. The leap came despite 75 more people being employed in January. That was also balanced by 75 more unemployed persons, as well, as 100 more people entered the labor market. Total employment rose to 6,400 and unemployment has reached 450. A year ago, the unemployment rate in Gogebic County was 8.1 percent. The jobless rate in O...
ERWIN TOWNSHIP — Township residents will soon be able to recycle some of their garbage after the Erwin Township Board of Trustees approved a contract with Eagle Waste Wednesday. The agreement will have township residents receive garbage collection twice a month and recycling collection once a month, according to township supervisor Larry Grimsby. The township will pay $100 a month for garbage collection and $70 a month for recycling, Grimsby told the Daily Globe Friday, adding the new recycling service was something the township was looking f...
IRONWOOD — With the state of Michigan recently releasing results of the first year of the M-STEP testing taken in the spring of 2015, Ironwood K-12 Principal Denise Woodward cautions against judging the data against previous years, when a different test was used. “The state did warn us that this was going to be a more rigorous year ... they were lowering the amount of multiple choice questions and they were (increasing) the amount of critical thinking questions,” Woodward said. She called comparisons between the M-STEP test and previous stand...
HURLEY — Members of the Iron County Regional Trail Committee got some good news Thursday as they were informed the group’s Coastal Management Grant had cleared an initial hurdle and is one step closer to being funded. In October, the county applied for a grant to fund research into the ownership of the former Soo Line rail grade that proponents want to use to expand the county’s trail system. The grant application called for $25,000, with $25,000 in local matching funds. Determining the ownership of the land running through the county and i... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Ironwood second graders learned about snowflakes prior to hitting theWolverine Nordic Ski Trails on a field trip Friday. Students learned a brief lesson from Marcy Erickson, with the Michigan Technological University Center for Science and Environmental Outreach and the Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Math, and Environmental Education, She talked about the different types of snowflakes and the process by which snow is formed. Following the lesson, the students... Full story
HURLEY — The Aging Unit of Iron County will conduct an assessment of participants in its delivered meals program, according to interim executive director Leslie Kolesar, to ensure all participants are receiving the appropriate services. Kolesar said the home-delivery program received federal funding, and one of the requirements of the funding is that each participant be assessed annually to ensure it is eligible for the program. “The biggest guideline is the person needs to be essentially homebound, not able to leave the house under normal circ... Full story
HURLEY - The Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles Hurley branch now offers an expanded array of services, including vehicle registrations. "They used to provide drivers' licenses and identification cards, and now they can provide registration services - (for) vehicles, renewals of plates, that type of thing," said Patricia Nelson, a regional manager with the DMV. The expanded services apply to cars, motorcycles and light trucks, Nelson said. Trailers and heavy vehicles - more than 10,000... Full story
HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors Finance Committee this week approved about a $3,000 raise for Iron County Health Officer Zona Wick, bringing her salary closer to what several of the county’s other department heads make. Iron County Clerk Michael Saari argued the pay increase was deserved, especially when accounting for the fact that Wick delayed retirement twice, as the county has been unable to find a suitable replacement. “She does as much as anybody could do for the county,” Saari said. “And she’s good at her job.” “She... Full story
Even though it took a bit longer than last year for the trails to open, the recent snowfall meant snowmobilers could travel the Gogebic Range, with a parade of vintage snowmobiles traveling from Ironwood to Hurley Friday night to watch fireworks and kick off the weekend's Snowmobile Olympus races in Ironwood. The parade and fireworks were organized by the Hurley Chamber of Commerce, with the help of the White Thunder Riders Snowmobile Club. Beginning in Ironwood's Depot Park, the parade traveled... Full story
HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors Wednesday approved a deal allowing Lac du Flambeau inmates to be incarcerated in the Iron County Jail. “I’ve got room to house prisoners,” sheriff Tony Furyk told the board of supervisors’ finance committee in November when he first brought up the deal. “I certainly don’t want to refuse prisoners because it generates income here. I have an empty jail.” According to the information presented at the finance committee meeting, the program would be funded through a grant obtained by the tribe. The grant... Full story
HURLEY — Officials from a number of Iron County agencies met Friday at the Iron County Memorial Building to participate in a table-top exercise to develop a mass care plan for the county. The plan would be used in instances where the county needed to open up a temporary shelter, Iron County Health Officer Zona Wick explained, and could cover a range of emergencies including ice storms, tornadoes or fires. The creation of a care plan is required by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the state, which provides funding to the c... Full story
ONTONAGON - Large crowds returned Friday to the Michigan Works Building to vote on specific planning options for the Ontonagon waterfront which were identified at a public meeting Thursday. Participants viewed three mapped options and were given a large green circle for the best liked plan, smaller circles for somewhat liked features and a red circle for a proposal "they could not live with." Anyone using the red veto had to explain why he or she could not live with that option, Don Carpenter sa... Full story
ONTONAGON - Cancer dealt a double whammy for Gail Ollila, of Ontonagon. Ollila was a custodian at the Ontonagon Area Elementary-Junior High School when she met and married teacher and elementary principal Jim Ollila in 1983. When their daughter, Amanda, was born, Ollila became a stay-at-home mom. In addition to Amanda, she has two step-sons from her husband's previous marriage. Jim Ollila was just 56 when he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Surgery and chemotherapy followed. He was still re... Full story
IRONWOOD - Ironwood students in kindergarten through sixth grades got the chance to take a break from their regular classes and celebrate Halloween Friday during the school's "fun frolic" event. The frolic allowed each grade to take part in a variety of games and activities in the elementary gym with the chance to receive candy for at the end of most events. Games included a sack race, coloring and a challenge that had student to find a safety pin in a bowl of rice while blindfolded. Each grade... Full story
HURLEY — Members of the Wisconsin Investment and Local Impact Fund Board met Friday to discuss four applications for reimbursement of costs incurred by communities related to Gogebic Taconite’s failed development of a mine site near Upson, awarding $203,611 in funds. The towns of Anderson and Morse, as well as Iron and Ashland counties, applied for funds from the board for a number of costs relating to everything from legal fees and developing ordinances to environmental consulting and water testing. To ensure some money would remain for fut... Full story
IRONWOOD - Directors for Theatre North and Ironwood Theatre's joint production of "Mary Poppins" had a big surprise at auditions in May when a couple with three children all tried out for the show. The Steckling family had no expectations, but were excited to participate in the community theater project set to open Oct. 14 at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. To their surprise, the directors chose all of them for principal parts in the show. The eldest daughter, Hannah Steckling, was cast as Mary... Full story
MANITOWISH WATERS, Wis. - The cranberry harvest is now in full swing and Ironwood's second graders got a first-hand look into what exactly goes into wrangling the tart berries. They took an adventure Monday as they travelled down U.S. 51 to visit the Vilas Cranberry Marsh in Manitowish Waters. The students took a tour of the marsh and received a demonstration on the process of harvesting the berries. The day was led by Bob Winters, owner of the marsh, who taught the students about the life... Full story
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Ironwood's sixth through 12th graders have been enjoying the option of smoothies several times a week after the district received a commercial-grade blender as part of a grant program from the United Dairy Council of Michigan. According to information on the council's website, the grants were designed to increase the amount of dairy used in the schools. "Statistics show that milk-based smoothies continue to be a beverage of choice among... Full story
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - In an effort to complete the project before the cold weather sets in, work has begun on extending the paved portion of the regional non-motorized trail from the Montreal River to U.S. 51. The paved section will extend the trail, planned to run between Sunday Lake in Wakefield and the ski trails in Montreal Wis., into Hurley and give access to the trail via the city's streets. Ultimately, the regional trail is planned to connect to the... Full story
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - One might say the house was rocking for The Superior Horns and Blue Ice's performance at the Historic Ironwood Theatre Saturday night - but to imply the show was a simple rock concert would be a disservice to the wide variety of musical genres the group performed. Composed of several local bands, the group played a a mix of songs, ranging from rock to jazz to latin-influenced instrumental pieces. Each song featured a full horn section, a... Full story
