Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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TRAVERSE CITY - During a lifetime of hunting, John Haggard has targeted elk in Colorado, moose in Alaska and caribou in Canada. Now comes a new challenge closer to home: the gray wolf. Michigan's first wolf hunt since the animal was placed on the endangered species list nearly 40 years ago gets underway Friday. Haggard is among 1,200 people licensed to participate and he's been counting the days. "They're a crafty animal," said Haggard, 72, of Charlevoix. "Even at my age, I'm always willing to...
NEW YORK - The first trickle of fuels made from agricultural waste is finally winding its way into the nation's energy supply, after years of broken promises and hype promoting a next-generation fuel source cleaner than oil. But as refineries churn out this so-called cellulosic fuel, it has become clear, even to the industry's allies, that the benefits remain, as ever, years away. The failure so far of cellulosic fuel is central to the debate over corn-based ethanol, a centerpiece of America's g...
GLADSTONE - It was a long bus ride to Delta County and a short stay in the Class C regional volleyball tournament for the Ironwood Red Devils as they fell to the Calumet Copper Kings 25-22, 25-11, 25-7 in Tuesday's opener. The Copper Kings needed just 55 minutes to seal the verdict as they seized the momentum behind an eight-point service run by junior Catherine Frantti for a 9-2 lead in the second set. "Calumet is definitely a tough team," said Ironwood coach Lisa Graham. "They have some big hi...
IRONWOOD - High school students in Megan Maki's honors English class practiced literary law and order Tuesday. The project involved arguing for or against charging a character from William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" with involuntary manslaughter. The book involves a group of British school boys being stranded on a deserted island. Over time, the boys take on a savage nature, resulting in dangerous situations and the untimely deaths of a few of the children. "Because this is an honors class, I...
ONTONAGON - Ontonagon Village Manager Joe Erickson informed the council Monday that he has looked into the various insurance plans for village employees but still has questions on what plans would be closest to the plans presently in effect for union members. The village was notified last month that its union plan does not comply with all the requirements of the Affordable Care Act. He said that he reviewed the proposed Gold Plan and while the medical coverage is similar with only minor...
IRONWOOD - About 40 runners and walkers braved the chilly morning on Saturday to participate in the first ever Honor Our Veterans Walk/Run/Roll. Participants were not required to pay a fee to join the event, and they were not timed during the event. The focus instead was to help raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project. According to race co-coordinator Forrest Kivisto, the event was very successful early. "We haven't even started the race yet, and we have already raised $450 for the Wounded...
IRONWOOD - The Historic Ironwood Theatre played host to some local and national talent on Saturday as part of the third annual HIT Idol contest. More than 40 youth, teens and adults competed in HIT Idol, and six winners were announced Saturday night. Youth winners included Hurley seventh grader Haydn Lamerand, performing "Almost Love" by A Fine Frenzy, and Ewen-Trout Creek seventh grader Ava Moilanen, performing "Feeling Good" by Nina Simone. Teen winners included Ironwood freshman Ethan...
IRONWOOD - American Idol season 10 finalist Casey Abrams arrived in Ironwood Thursday night in preparation for the annual HIT Idol Show at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. Abrams, a singer, songwriter and musician from Idyllwild, Calif., will perform tonight at 7. The local winners of Friday night's HIT Idol competition open for Abrams. Performers ranged from fifth grade to age 29, and came from Gogebic and Ontonagon counties, as well as Iron, Vilas and Ashland counties in Wisconsin. According to...
HURLEY - The Iron County Historical Society is planning a revitalization of its museum this year. According to chairman Nick Zuvich, the goal is to have the museum become more of a public place. "Before, there used to be speakers who would come, and now we have the courtroom so we would like to use that space as a public area and invite speakers on a variety of topics," Zuvich said. The museum opened in 1976 in the former Iron County Courthouse on Iron Street. The plan is to modernize, using...
One of the most stressful parts of hosting a large dinner party is figuring out how to time everything so all the food arrives at the table piping hot and at its prime. This is especially true of Thanksgiving - the dinner party to end all dinner parties! Getting everything timed right is a crazy juggling act, even if you make good use of the turkey resting time (that 30-minute period between when the turkey comes out of the oven and when it is ready to be carved) to finish prepping the other...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican state senator has crafted a new compromise plan that would allow outdoor lovers to continue to explore the forest near a potential northwestern Wisconsin mine site and keep protesters away from mine workers. About 3,500 acres around the site just south of Lake Superior are part of the state’s managed forest program, which grants landowners reduced fees in lieu of property taxes if they keep the land open for public recreation. Tensions have run high at the site since protesters walked up to mine workers thi...
IRONWOOD - Staff members used part of an in-service day to tackle bullying Friday at Luther L. Wright School in Ironwood. Heidi Lauzon, crisis prevention institute instructor and behavior consultant for the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District, spoke to faculty about how to address bullying. The session dealt with student-to-student bullying, focusing on the bully, the bullied and the bystander. Lauzon discussed definitions of bullying, roles students play in bullying situations and...
IRONWOOD - Faculty at the Ironwood Area School District met Wednesday to discuss new ways to teach in the classroom using technology. Recently the district purchased 50 new Chromebooks, laptop devices created by Google, Inc. Each computer runs off of the Internet, and is a "very cost effective" tool teachers can use. "Our teachers will use these new Chromebooks with many web-based learning tools such as StarMath, StarReading, Accelerated Math and Accelerated Reader to just mention a few," superi...
WHITE PINE - More than $1,000 was raised at a cabaret dinner benefit for Safe Harbor Adult Care Center of Ontonagon Saturday. "Celebrity" waiters gave the diners assigned to their tables the royal treatment and with the treatment collected more tips. When the dinner was over the tips totaled $958. The waiters' team of Drew Bastman and Dustin Linder were crowned top waiters with $314 in tips. The final tally raised by tips and dinner was $1,535. Waiters included Val Seid, Ted Baird, Kenny Lee...
HURLEY - Students at the Hurley K-12 School are participating in Red Ribbon Week, a nationwide drug prevention event. The event focuses on students learning to say no to drugs, but students in Hurley have also expanded the event to include anti-bullying and alcohol prevention education. Red Ribbon Week was inspired by the death of undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena by Mexican drug traffickers in 1985. Students kicked off Red Ribbon Week Monday with, "Team Up...
MARQUETTE — Menominee High School senior Kameron Burmeister completed a perfect cross country season last Saturday by earning her first Upper Peninsula Division 1 title. It should come as no surprise she was a unanimous choice for Female Runner of the Year during Wednesday’s meeting of the Upper Peninsula Cross Country Coaches Association. Also selected for the Dream Team were Marquette sophomore Lindsey Rudden and freshman Amber Huebner, Hancock senior Abbey Tembreull, Gladstone freshman Lei...
IRONWOOD — Wintery weather on Tuesday didn’t stop the city of Ironwood from putting on a good show as a possible stop for a traveling Smithsonian exhibit next year. Gina Schreck, Michigan Humanities Council program officer, visited Ironwood to see if the community would be a good fit for an exhibit called, “The Way We Worked — A Museum on Main Street.” Winter weather cut Schreck’s visit shorter than expected, but according to project leader Mara MacKay, things went well despite Mother Natu...
IRONWOOD — The third annual auction benefitting the emergency room project at Aspirus Grand View will be take place Nov. 2. The event is called, “A Tisket, a Tasket, a Table or a Basket,” will feature gift baskets and handmade or detailed tables for auction, with all the proceeds benefitting the ER construction project. Items have been donated by local residents and businesses for the event, and they feature themes. Some of the themes include flowers, house remodeling projects like paint...
HARVEY — It was a solid day for Gogebic Range cross country runners Saturday as three placed among the top five in their respective divisions at the Upper Peninsula Finals. Ironwood junior Jared Joki was crowned Division 2 boys’ champion, with Bessemer junior Zach Mazurek runner-up in D-3 boys and Ironwood senior Jessica Gering fifth in D-2 girls. The St. Ignace boys gained their first D-2 championship with 57 points. Hancock edged Ishpeming 67-69 for the runner-up trophy and Ironwood pla...
HURLEY — First grade students at the Hurley K-12 School learned about local government during a field trip to city of Hurley offices Thursday. Students in Kelli Pitrone, Kathy Czarnecki and Mary Ann Kmetz’s classes traveled to the offices to learn how local government works up close. Students viewed the clerk’s office, public library, police department, fire department and Mayor Joe Pinardi’s office. “I got a call asking if they could take an hour and come down to learn about governmen...
HURLEY — October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and for Susan Wolfe, of Hurley, it’s the anniversary of a long-fought battle. Oct. 1 marked the one-year anniversary of Wolfe being cancer-free from breast cancer. While the anniversary is bittersweet, Wolfe said it marks a journey for both her and her family. “A lot of people will say, ‘I’m so sorry you had cancer,’ but I don’t want them to feel sorry for me,” Wolfe said. “That experience was an incredible journey for my family and...
WAKEFIELD — Students from across the area learned about fire safety with the Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department Wednesday. According to fire chief Mike Yon, students came from the Wakefield-Marenisco School District, Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency Head Start program, Trinity Lutheran Church in Ironwood and the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District. “We’re expecting more than 200 kids for this,” Yon said. “It should be a lot of fun.” The event spans many years, according t...
MADISON, Wis. — The Mercer School is one of 167 across the state to be honored with a Wisconsin Title I School of Recognition award today in Madison, through the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. School board members Kelly Kohegyi and Deanna Pierpont traveled to the state capital to receive the award from state superintendent of public instruction Tony Evers. Award recipients were classified into three sections, including “high achieving schools,” “high progress schools” and “beating the odds schools.” All of the awards winners recei...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — James Jones wouldn't be denied a Lambeau leap after a long touchdown catch. So when a Lions fan — sitting in enemy territory, no less — pushed him out of the stands, the Packers receiver tried to make the traditional celebratory jump one more time. Success. His 83-yard touchdown reception late in the third quarter was just the big-play spark the Packers needed to liven up an offense that otherwise settled for field goals in a 22-9 win Sunday over the undermanned Detro...
SAXON, Wis. — People had their paddles in hand for the annual Harvest Festival auction, sponsored by the Saxon-Gurney Community Presbyterian Church, Saturday. More than 50 people bid on a variety of items, with proceeds benefiting the church. The event also included raffles, food and items for sale, including homemade Christmas ornaments. According to church member Diana Norman, the event started many years ago, and moved from Gurney to Saxon in 1956. “The event started in Gurney because of the...
