Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - Nearly 20 kids spent part of the afternoon on Tuesday building cars, buildings, towers and other creations out of Legos during the first session of "Lunch and Legos" at Depot Park. The Ironwood Carnegie Library event coincides with the summer lunch program at the park through the Ironwood Area School District. Meals are provided free to kids in Ironwood and surrounding towns from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays until Aug. 21. According to Lynne Wiercinski,...
WAKEFIELD - Monday kicked off the annual summer reading program at the Wakefield Public Library, featuring science projects, books and fun. According to library director Denise Engel, the summer program has been going on for many years. The goal is to encourage kids to read and find fun activities to incorporate into it. "I think the kids look forward to this," Engel said. "It keeps them reading, which is important to help them avoid the 'summer slide.'" This year's theme is "Fizz, Boom, Read,"...
IRONWOOD - On Friday's throughout the summer, students will have a chance to read a book and grab some lunch during Books and Brunch at the Ironwood Carnegie Library. According to Lynne Wiercinski, assistant director at the library, this is the first year the event is being held. "This is our first year, but it's another way to encourage kids to read," Wiercinski said. The event kick-off took place on Friday with kids enjoying pizza, grabbing a book and performing science experiments. More than...
BESSEMER - Local residents dined on decadent sweets during the annual benefit coffee social in honor of Flag Day Friday in Bessemer The social, hosted by the Bessemer Woman's Club, has been going on for more than 20 years. According to Barbara Karpus, club member, the event is something people look forward to each year. "They look forward to it because of the decorations and the time put into it," Karpus said. Each year, the theme is red, white and blue, in honor of Old Glory. Karpus said the...
HURLEY - The Iron County Finance Committee hired two employees Thursday morning, creating a new position, and backed switching the county's depository to another bank. New bank The committee heard a presentation from Chippewa Valley Bank, which recently opened in the town of Kimball. The committee was informed it could make a lot more money off of the county's deposits in the bank, compared to the current depository, Hurley Associated Bank. County treasurer Mark Beaupre attended the meeting and...
ONTONAGON - The eighth annual Barbecue Cook-off for Life added more than $6,000 to the Ontonagon County Cancer Association. On Wednesday, members of the cook-off staff presented a check for $6,390 to OCCA President Bev Meagher. Cook-off co-chairman Tom Domitrovich noted that the event was a "big success" and brings the total amount raised by the cook-offs to $46,400. He added that it would not be possible without the many generous people and businesses that "dig deep each year and donate to the...
HURLEY - With summer comes sunshine, swimming, barbecues, family vacations and mosquitos, lots of mosquitos. Because of the high-level of mosquitos, people are asked to guard against the spread of West Nile Virus. According to a press release from the Iron County Health Department, the virus is spread to people by the bite of a mosquito infected with the virus. West Nile Virus was first identified in 1937 in Uganda, Africa, and prior to 1999 was only found in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and...
HURLEY - Besides cleaning out the desk and helping the teacher tidy up the stacks of books, what better thing to do on the last day of school than learn about healthy things to do this summer? At least that's how Zona Wick, of the Iron County Health Department, saw it as she marshaled the ICHD's annual health fair at the Hurley School on a sunny Tuesday morning. "Goal of the day was to promote health," Wick said. "We're trying to instill good, healthy habits in these kids, so they realize good,...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Ironwood Township Board approved the text amendment to ordinance 50, related to sand and gravel pits, Monday, with hopes of changing a portion of the document later. Board members expressed concern about hours of operation of pits. Under the ordinance, hours of operation are 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturdays. Many residents complained about the hours during previous public hearings, and the board discussed possibly limiting hours o...
ONTONAGON - The weather was cool and sometimes rain fell but the Ontonagon Marina Saturday was full of children and parents for the Kids Fishing Derby, hosted by the Ottawa National Forest. The day included casting contests, minnow races, prizes in many divisions and other activities. Dad Joey Voldarski said it was "exciting " to see the kids smiling and excited about catching fish. The Kids Fishing Derbies were held at several areas during the Michigan Free Fishing Weekend. The local event was...
HURLEY - Friday was a busy day for students, staff and faculty members at the Hurley K-12 School. It started with the second annual Walk to School Day, with students, parents and teachers dressed in Hawaiian gear to celebrate the end of school. During the walk, students also participated in the first "Color Dash" in preparation of students working toward joining the 100-Mile Club. "This is the second year we've done the walk to school, but this is the first time with the color run and 100-mile...
IRONWOOD - Friday marked the end of the school year at Ironwood, and faculty, staff and administration are right in the middle of moving everything into one building. At the end of April, the Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to move students from Sleight to LLW School, making it a K-12 facility. The move has kindergarten through second grade students moving from Sleight to the first floor of Luther L. Wright, third through sixth grade students on the second floor and...
I had a birthday this week. When you are a twin, birthdays are a little different, even from the start. It is never just your birthday. It is our birthday. The cakes have both the names, the parties are shared and the songs sung to both of you at the same time. Often the gifts are double of the same item, two sets of roller skates, two bikes, two radios, games addressed to both of you. When it’s time to go to school, you walk together, are generally in the same room and often sit alphabetically (at least it was that way in the old days). S...
HURLEY - Second grade students at the Hurley K-12 School walked for 30 minutes on Thursday to help kids across the country. Students received pledges, benefitting the Cole's Foundation of Ironwood. The foundation helps kids with pediatric diseases from across the country, supporting them and their families with encouragement, hope and love. Cole's Foundation was started by Aaron and Maureen Ruotsala, of Ironwood, after their son, Cole, died from a rare form of childhood cancer called...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Ironwood Township Planning Commission approved the text for a sand and gravel pit ordinance and forwarded it to the township board Thursday. The township board will hold a meeting Monday at 5:30 p.m. As of Thursday night, it was not known if the ordinance or date of a future public hearing would be on the agenda. At a public hearing Thursday, the planning commission listened to comments and read letters from the public. Many people attending the hearing commented on the...
Since 2012, schools across the country have implemented food restrictions and guidelines in lunch-time meal programs for students. When the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act passed in 2010, schools were told the regulations and restrictions had to be executed before the 2012-'13 school year. The regulations are enforced by the food and nutrition services division of the United States Department of Agriculture. Some changes to meal programs included more fruits and veggies being offered to students,...
IRONWOOD - Elementary students took a break from their end-of-the-year studies to have a little fun during the annual Ironwood PTO picnic at Luther L. Wright School in Ironwood Wednesday. Students in grades kindergarten through sixth grade ate a picnic lunch outside before participating in games and activities on the football field. Some visitors to the event included a fire truck from the Ironwood Public Safety Department, troopers from the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post and the Klements...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Throughout the week, playground equipment will be erected at the Airport Recreational Park in Ironwood Township. On Tuesday, volunteers and Ironwood Township employees worked with contractors from Miller and Associates, the company which sold the equipment to the township. The equipment installation is one of the final pieces needed to complete the park project, which began around two years ago. Other park features include a new pavilion with restrooms and a walking track....
ONTONAGON - Six teams competed for Barbecue honors at the eighth annual Barbecue for Life Saturday in Ontonagon. The proceeds of the dinner are donated to the Ontonagon County Cancer Association. Tom Domitrovich, co-chairman, along with Griff Roehm, said he was pleased with the number of teams entered this year. He noted, however, that one of the original teams Fuzzy-P, was absent since their leader Tom Burgess ruptured his achilles tendon before the event. Teams participating included:...
IRONWOOD - Nearly 3 million online votes were cast and the local Youth Drama Club has been selected as one of 40 winners of $25,000 grants. The grant is through the State Farm Neighborhood Assist Grant program. From the end of April through the middle of May, people voted daily on Facebook on grant entries from around the country. The drama club is organized by the Ironwood Carnegie Library and Historic Ironwood Theatre. According to Bruce Greenhill, director of the theater, more than 4,000 gran...
NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP (AP) - On a recent sunny, unseasonably warm afternoon at the Yellow Dog River, just off of the Marquette County Road 510 bridge, more than a dozen people were in the water looking for bugs. Macroinvertebrae, to be exact. Having donned waders and separated into teams of three and four, and armed with 5-gallon buckets and sturdy nets, the crews spent half an hour in the water doing a "river dance," using their feet and the nets to stir up cobble and sand to get at where the...
HURLEY - Kindergarteners learned a different kind of alphabet Thursday at the Hurley K-12 School during a bike safety presentation by the Hurley Police Department. Students learned the "ABCs" of bike safety from Sgt. Chris Colassaco, who explained that each spring, bikes should be checked for three things - air in the tires, brakes and chain tightness. Eggs were used to show the importance of helmets while riding bikes. Colassaco taped an egg inside of a bike helmet, and dropped the helmet to...
IRONWOOD - Local residents are invited to an informational meeting regarding the proposed cultural tourism event History Prize tonight at Theater North. The meeting is from 7 to 8 p.m., featuring a discussion with History Prize founder Mara MacKay. MacKay will update attendees on the 2016 event. History Prize won the Jumpstart competition at the Pure Michigan Governor's Conference on Tourism in Traverse City in March. History Prize will feature historic reenactments, collections and fixed...
HURLEY - Forty-one third graders from the Hurley K-12 School donned gloves, grabbed trowels and planted flowers along Silver Street in Hurley Wednesday. Joy Schelble, of the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office, prepared students for the planting by speaking in classrooms. Schelble is the county's horticulturalist, and asked students why flowers are planted in the city each year. "The first student looked at me and said, 'To take care of the environment,'" Schelble said. "The nex...
HURLEY - Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and Reed Hall, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Economic Development, stopped in Hurley Tuesday morning to discuss Iron County's struggling economy. Kleefisch and Hall started with a tour of Highline Corporation in Hurley and followed with a tour of Northwoods Manufacturing, a student-ran company in the Hurley K-12 School. Iron County's unemployment rate is the second worst in the state, at 13.3 percent, or twice the national average. After...
