Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER — To some, Halloween is a time for dressing up, getting free candy and being as scary as possible. But for Dick and Arlene Vittone, of Bessemer, Halloween is a time for birthdays, celebrations and showing off their spooky style. Each year, the Vittone’s celebrate halloween over the course of three days in October. Starting on the 29th, they celebrate Arlene Vittone’s birthday, followed by their daughter, Wasilia, Alaska, resident, Peri Rund’s birthday on Oct. 30 and Halloween on Oct....
IRONWOOD — For weeks, teachers and students have been studying and preparing and the day is almost here. On Tuesday, students across the state of Michigan will begin standardized testing. Third through ninth grade students will take the Michigan Educational Assessment Program tests which cover reading, writing, mathematics, social studies and science. According to Dan Niemi, dean of students for the Ironwood Area School District, students will have different subjects depending on grade level, w...
Schools across the state of Michigan tallied up enrollment numbers for the annual count day for the Michigan Department of Education. School districts were required to submit the number of students in the school district, Wednesday, in order to receive state funding. More students equal more funding, but while other schools across the state deal with unbalanced budgets, districts in both Gogebic and Ontonagon counties deal with declining enrollments. Out of six districts between the two...
IRONWOOD — Local author Pat O’Neill will be hosting a “story-bearing benefit” Tuesday at Tacconelli’s in Ironwood at 6:30 p.m. The event will feature passages from O’Neill’s book “Songs of the Coyote,” as well as poems from his upcoming book “Paste Baby Black.” Proceeds from the event benefit local creative programs through the Ironwood Carnegie Library, Downtown Art Place and Schneller Art Gallery. “Every penny goes to the kids,” O’Neill said. “They do a phenomenal job with those pro...
HURLEY — Residents of Iron County took part in the first mobile food pantry Monday at the Iron County Courthouse in Hurley. The pantry was created through a partnership between the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office and Second Harvest Food Pantry, of Duluth, Minn. Food was handed out for an hour in the parking lot, with many residents lining up before food was handed out. “It’s exciting to see how receptive people are, and it also shows us the level of need we have in Iron...
ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon-White Pine Rotary Club presented SONCO Ambulance with a check for $771 Wednesday as a result of the Rotary Club Log Race over the Labor Day weekend. The money will purchase a Littmann electronic stethoscope and a Welch Suretemp electron thermometer for the ambulance. According to Gina Linna, SONCO manager, the stethoscope offers improved quality and ease of use to help make a clear diagnosis. “It is a state-of- the-art sound sensor which provides a life-like, hig...
IRONWOOD — Students at Gogebic Community College participated in the first ever food pantry/farmers market on campus, Wednesday. The idea for the project came on Tuesday morning, according to Cindy Franck, student outreach and retention coordinator at GCC, after students spoke to staff about not having enough food. “We had a good idea, and we went for it,” Franck said. Campus counselor Mark Wendt said many students are dealing with the changes of not qualifying for food-assistance Bridge Cards...
IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area School Board of Education heard from students and faculty about the possible movement of the Birchwood Alternative School from Bessemer to Ironwood, Monday. During an Aug. 19 meeting, superintendent Tim Kolesar was asked to make arrangements to move the alternative school out of the St. Sebastian building in Bessemer to help save the cost of renting the building. But with the start of school on Sept. 3, it proved to be an “impossible task,” said Kolesar. Diffe...
WAKEFIELD — Out of hundreds of schools and thousands of students across eight states, Wakefield-Marenisco School pupil Kayla Kalmanek was one of 11 students featured in the annual Xcel Energy Safety Calendar for 2013-’14. Kalmanek, a fifth grader, participated in the contest while in fourth grade and drew a photo with the energy safety tip, “Never unplug electronics with wet hands, or you will be TOAST!” Her photo was selected for the month of August. On Friday, Kalmanek was presented with co...
IRONWOOD — All her life, Karen Winkowski, of Ironwood, was a “Harley Honey.” She loved Harley Davidson motorcycles and the sound they made. A couple of weeks ago, Winkowski was diagnosed with cancer. She was given two days to live, and fought for two weeks. According to neighbor and friend Donald “Lucky” Morrison, Jr., she didn’t want an obituary or funeral. She wanted to hear Harley Davidson motorcycles. “She loved that sound and wanted to hear that rumble,” Morrison said. “It was her dyi...
GILE, Wis. — Four years ago, Daniel “Danny” Baross lost his battle with depression and took his life, just two months shy of his 32nd birthday. His death was shock to his family and friends. Each year, his friends and family host a memorial softball tournament, not only to honor their lost friend and loved one, but to spread awareness of suicide prevention. This year marked the third annual Danny B Jack and Jill Softball Tournament in Gile. The tournament was on Aug. 24, and according to co-or...
HURLEY — The Iron County Finance Committee continued to move forward with the process of refinancing courthouse-jail construction bonds from 2004 Thursday. If the bonds, originally borrowed for $3.2 million, are refinanced, the county is projected to save $15,000 to $20,000 a year, based on interest rates as of Wednesday, according to Dave DeYoung, senior vice president of the public finance department for Stifel, Nicolaus and Company of Brookfield, Wis. In July, DeYoung told the committee i...
IRONWOOD — Women attended a “lunch and learn” at Aspirus Grand View Wednesday to learn health tips. Dr. Tarek Khalife, of the obstetrics and gynecology department, offered a “crash course” on women’s health. The event is part of a series of lectures that have been taking place over the past three years through Aspirus. “We try to do these every quarter,” Dave Sim, marketing manager for AGV, said. “We try to find topics that are of interest to people, and come up with providers who have the time...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees heard an update about the Airport Park project Monday. According to supervisor Alan Baron, the next step is to transfer dirt to level off an area for playground equipment. The equipment has been ordered and should be in by the end of the month, treasurer Jyl Renee Olson-DeRosso said. “Our goal is to have it so people can use it this year,” Olson-DeRosso said. “Hopefully, we’ll have a late fall.” Installing the playground equipment i...
IRONWOOD — Volunteers from Christ Lutheran Parish of Ironwood were out in full force Sunday morning working to improve their local community. More than 100 volunteers lent their hands at a dozen sites throughout the Ironwood area for service activities through the "God's Work, Our Hands" project, a nationwide effort celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. More than 4 million members of nearly 10,000 congregations across the country were expected to partici...
HURLEY — Hundreds of people celebrated their Italian heritage, or pretended to be Italian for a day, during the annual Festivale Italiano in downtown Hurley Saturday. Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce director Dorrene O’Donnell said the event was “humbling” in terms of community support. “It is just nice to see,” O’Donnell said. “To have this many people show up for a community event is wonderful.” Attendees dined on authentic Italian foods, including spaghetti, raviolis, gnocchis and other dishes...
ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Labor Day Festival Parade brought large crowds, music and ingenious home built floats to River Street Sunday. Float competition was close. “Judging this was really tough,” said Don Lutz. He was in Ontonagon for his 50th class reunion and to serve as one of five float judges. The first place went to the Norwich Country Club with its three-part float. The first section featured WLUV TV weatherman Karl Bohnak, a weary ice fisherman and the tough winter of 2013. The secon...
With Labor Day activities filling up the weekend and many traveling to spend time with family and friends, local law enforcement wants to remind people of safety practices during the holiday. Last year in Wisconsin, 10 people died in traffic crashes during the holiday weekend and in Michigan, eight people died. To prevent traffic deaths and injuries this year, Wisconsin, Michigan and other states are participating in the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. In Michigan last year, off...
IRONWOOD — Football players at Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood are drinking something different after games as part of the “Rethink Your Drink” campaign through the National Dairy Council. Instead of water, juice or sports beverages, players are drinking chocolate milk. “Each year different grants are available in different areas and this year we received a grant from the National Dairy Council,” Mary Hampston, school district food service director, said. “It’s a good connection be...
HURLEY — The annual Festivale Italiano is taking place Saturday in downtown Hurley. According to Dorrene O’Donnell, executive director of the Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce, the “fun-filled, family event” starts at 11 a.m. with craft and food vendors set up for “shopping and lunch.” “I encourage everyone to come down and celebrate all things Italian with the rest of us,” O’Donnell said. “Be Italian for a day.” The stretch of Silver Street from U.S. 51/Second Avenue to Fifth Avenue will be...
HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors approved language and alterations to the zoning ordinance for the county, in relation to ferrous and nonferrous mining, Tuesday. The changes approved by the board for sections 9.4.4 through 9.4.11 were in relation to districts with ferrous and nonferrous mining and the uses authorized by a conditional use permit in those areas. The addition of two new sections to the ordinance were also approved, which focused on the requirements set by the county f...
WAKEFIELD — Wakefield resident Scott Favero received permission from the Wakefield City Council Monday evening to clean up an eye-sore on city property. Favero plans to remove some old storage tanks and a few hundred tires from a spot along a an old railroad grade that is now a trail. The spot is about 500 feet east of Sunday Lake Street, south of Nunnemacher Street. Favero will do the work for free, but plans to scrap the metal and tires for profit. “He hopes to send some money back our way...
HURLEY — The Iron County Comprehensive Planning/Land and Zoning Committee approved a motion to changes and additions of sections to the zoning ordinance, in relation to both ferrous and nonferrous mining after a public hearing, Monday, in Hurley. The motion was to approve the language and have it sent to the Iron County Board of Supervisors for final approval during tonight’s board meeting. Changes were made to sections 9.4.4 through 9.4.11 in relation to ferrous and nonferrous mineral explorati...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] WHITE PINE - Prairie Plant Systems, owners of SubTerra in White Pine, said it has completed its purchase of the Traxys Power Group Inc., which includes the White Pine Power Plant, White Pine Copper refinery and Upper Peninsula Power Marketing LLC. Brent Zettl, president and CEO of Prairie Plant Systems, will be president of all three groups, while Steve Walsh, president of TPG Power Holdings, the former owner of TPG, will be CEO of White Pine Electric and...
HURLEY — During a Iron County Mining Impact Committee meeting Wednesday, John Sendra presented an economic impact study in relation to the proposed Gogebic Taconite iron mine in Upson, Wis. The purpose of the study, according to Sendra, was to analyze the potential economic impact of the G-Tac mine in Iron County, as well as show impact in a 12-county area. The 12 counties include Iron, Ashland, Douglas, Bayfield, Washburn, Sawyer, Price, Oneida, Vilas and Forest counties in Wisconsin, and Gogebic and Iron counties in Michigan. The study i...
