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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD — Seventy-two Luther L. Wright High School graduates were celebrated during the school’s 123rd commencement ceremony Sunday afternoon in Ironwood. “This has been an amazing journey,” superintendent Tim Kolesar said. “You have been tried and tested and you are still standing. … Be proud of all your accomplishments.” Those accomplishments include academic achievement, with 48 students earning scholarships and more than half the class graduating as honor students, athletic triumph, succ...
HURLEY — Saturday’s graduation ceremony at the Hurley K-12 School focused not only the accomplishments of the graduates, but of those who helped them get that far. Forty-five seniors walked across the stage to receive their high school diploma, after thanking parents, teachers, family and friends for their help. At the beginning of the ceremony, superintendent Chris Patritto said that the school would also be recognizing the faculty and staff in the district. “They have a big impact on these...
EWEN — Twenty graduates turned their tassels from right to left after receiving diplomas at Ewen-Trout Creek High School’s 46th annual commencement ceremony Friday night in Ewen. The class was hailed by E-TC staff members as hard-working, determined and goal-oriented. “This class has been especially a pleasure to work with in terms of achieving the goals they’ve set for themselves,” class advisor April Syria said. “Whether it was a homecoming project or personal goals, they were very on tar...
LITTLE GIRL'S POINT — For more than 30 years, area students have attended Camp Superior at the Extension Camp at Little Girl’s Point on Lake Superior. That tradition continued this week with more than 100 kids attending. Despite cold temperatures, volunteer coordinator Jackie Rowe said it didn’t stop the kids from enjoying their time. “It was muddy and cold, but the kids had fun,” Rowe said. “I didn’t hear one complaint about the weather.” Sixth grade students from Ironwood, Bessemer, Wakefield-...
IRONWOOD — Kindergarten students at Sleight Elementary School were able to see the behind-the-scenes action that takes place at the Historic Ironwood Theatre on May 16. More than 60 students toured the theater throughout the day, and according to Bruce Greenhill, managing director for the theater, the kids had fun. “It was just a wonderful opportunity for us to let the kids experience the theater,” Greenhill said. “We had over 20 students in the morning and over 40 that afternoon, and they ha...
ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Area Board of Education Monday agreed to ask for bids on all non-instructional Ontonagon Teacher Education Association schedule B positions. Superintendent Gray Webber said the board has been trying to reach an agreement with the education association to separate coaching and non-instructional pay from fringe and retirement benefits for the past three years. “We could not reach that agreement and will institute it ourselves,” he said, adding many other school districts...
MERCER, Wis. — A steady downpour didn’t dampen many spirits in Mercer Saturday morning as residents came out to celebrate Claire d’Loon’s a-May-zing Birthday Bash. Many residents braved pouring rain at the Mercer Chamber of Commerce Saturday morning to kick off the day’s events celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the town’s loon statue being built on May 22, 1981. “If you were a loon, this would be a perfect day for you,” said chamber president Vic Ouimette during a ceremony in front of the st...
IRONWOOD — Ironwood residents lined up for blocks in the rain Saturday morning to participate in the city of Ironwood’s tenth annual Spring Cleanup. A line of vehicles, many with trailers, stretched from the vacant lot on the 300 block of Ayer Street at times to Luther L. Wright School at 638 E. Ayer St. as residents waited to dispose of unwanted items. A steady rain didn’t seem to hold participants back, according to Mayor Kim Corcoran. “People plan for this, so they’re here rain or shine,” she...
SAXON, Wis. — Middle and high school students from the Hurley K-12 School participated in a service learning project at Saxon Harbor Friday. Juniors and seventh-grade students helped clean up the park and beach by raking leaves, picking up garbage, cleaning fire pits and more. “I am so thankful that they are here, especially this year, with everything being so late,” Kathy Koski, Saxon Harbor Boating Club member, said. “We really appreciate it.” According to high school English teacher S...
IRONWOOD — It was pancakes in the morning, pancakes in the evening, pancakes at suppertime at the annual Ironwood Kiwanis Pancake Day at Tacconelli's in Ironwood on Thursday. Hundreds of people dined on flapjacks and sausages from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. "Things have been steady," Kiwanis member Joe Cayer said. "It's a great time for our guests to not only have a great meal, but have coffee and socialize." More than 100 pounds of sausage and 130 pounds of pancakes were served throughout the day, w...
BESSEMER — Kenneth Wayne Peters, 50, of Bessemer, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing his wife, 79-year-old Ethel Grzena-Peters, in August. Peters was found guilty of first-degree murder and second-degree vulnerable adult abuse on May 1 by a jury following a lengthy trial. First-degree murder carries maximum punishment of life without parole in prison, while vulnerable adult abuse carries a maximum sentence of 15 years. Gogebic County C...
HARRIS — One day last summer, Deke Routheaux of Ironwood made the short trip to the Gogebic Country Club to enjoy a round ofgolf. Little did he know it would turn out to be much more than that. That was the day the retired Gogebic Community College basketball coach learned he was being inducted into the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame. “We were out on the course when (U.P. Sports Hall of Fame council member) Nancy Osier nonchalantly mentioned that I was being inducted,” said Routh...
KIMBALL, Wis. — For more than 25 years, local residents have dined on pie while searching for hidden treasures during the annual Kimball Homemakers’ Rummage and Pie Social at the Kimball Community Center The tradition continued on Saturday with more than 100 people looking through items and dining on homemade pie. According to group member Sandy Brunello, the event is very popular each year, with many repeat customers bringing their support. “People like it because it’s very affordable,” Brunell...
With wet weather and cooler temperatures expected to hit the area over the weekend, flood watch continues to take place in both Gogebic and Iron counties. According to the National Weather Service in Marquette, today's forecast calls for a 20 percent chance of rain and snow showers, with highs in lower 40s. Temperatures are expected to stay cool throughout the weekend, with a 20 percent chance of rain and snow showers on Sunday morning. According to a spokesman at NWS, the snow showers will...
IRONWOOD — The Luther L. Wright High School show choir Accent! will perform today and Saturday with shows at 6 and 8 p.m. both nights at Theatre North in Ironwood. Accent’s theme for this year’s show is “Accent! Road Trip.” “There’s a lot of fun music covering a wide variety of eras,” director Denise Woodward said, “such as ‘Eye of the Tiger,’ ‘September’ and several medleys bringing a large variety of music.” Some of the students have helped with choreography for the show, including Jourdyn...
WHITE PINE — Lowell and Peggy Elmblad joined thousands of people more than five years ago who have heard the verdict of cancer. As Lowell was in the treatment and recovery stage, the couple discussed something they wanted to do for the Ontonagon County Cancer Association which had helped them financially with some of the cancer bills. Lowell and Peggy are great bowling enthusiasts and thought they could combine bowling and a benefit. Out of that thinking came the Bowling for the Cure benefit, w...
MERCER, Wis. — Mercer resident Jeff Richter’s hobby started small. He began taking photographs, which later developed into videos and has had his work featured in a book. But now, his hobby has reached new heights, a national television show. Richter will appear on the PBS show, “Nature” in an episode “The Private Life of Deer,” airing tonight at 7 p.m. Richter’s work specifically focuses on a certain type of deer, the albino White Tail. “I had never seen one before, and when I opened a galler...
The first time I had to test a recipe for steamed fish was back in the ‘80s, when I was working in the test kitchen at Gourmet magazine. And truthfully, the very idea seemed preposterous. Steaming anything over water had always struck me as boring. And the idea that you could count on a good result by applying such an intense method to a protein as delicate as fish seemed highly unlikely. But the recipe in question relied on the Chinese method of steaming fish, and I became a believer the v...
HURLEY — The Silver Street bridge was reopened to traffic Thursday afternoon as the water level on the Montreal River dropped substantially during the day. With more than a foot of slushy snow falling on the Ironwood area, Iron County Emergency Management Director Stacy Ofstad said it was still a “wait and see game,” however. Lt. Mike Rimkus of the Ironwood Public Safety Department said the water had gone down quite a bit in the east branch of the river at the Silver Street bridge. A bridg...
HURLEY — First grade students at the Hurley K-12 School are in the process of hatching 24 chicks as part of a unique way to learn about their life cycles. Teacher Kellie Pitrone started the project this year after years of doing it in another district. “Everyone is very excited,” Pitrone said. “We hope this tradition continues here.” The project began on April 10, and after 22 days, the class already had over five chicks hatched, with more on the way. “My friend has a hobby farm, so he supplied...
HURLEY — Eighty sixth and eighth graders presented geology, chemistry and consumer-based projects at a science fair at the Hurley K-12 School Wednesday. “We had some students do projects on consumer science, like the best kind of hairspray and the best paper towel,” said sixth grade teacher Steve Lombardo. “The kids did outstanding on their projects.” Ten judges from the community graded students on the use of the scientific method, creativity and originality, overall display of data, whether th...
More personal, more inventive. Those are the dominant trends in wedding receptions, experts say, in an era when brides have all the resources of the Internet to plan, share and often produce their own affairs. Many are drawn to something beyond the traditional banquet/speeches/garter throw-and-go reception of the past. Pins, plans Sites like Project Wedding, The Knot, Wedding Wire and Pinterest show a wide variety of designs for fabric and paper decorations, centerpieces, color schemes, food...
I was chopping vegetables for dinner recently when my 14-year-old daughter, Grace, disappeared with the unusable end of the bok choy. She returned five minutes later with paper, a stamping ink pad and the pilfered vegetable. “Look, Mom,” she said, and held up a stunner: The bok choy head, refuse to me, had stamped a beautiful blooming rose onto the paper. I discovered what some crafters have long known — the beauties of stamping with food. Part of the pleasure derives from the experimentation, a...
BESSEMER — During their closing arguments, prosecuting attorney Richard Adams and defense attorney Rudy Perhalla discussed a variety of options and theories for and against the conviction of Kenneth Wayne Peters, 50, of Bessemer. Peters is on trial for allegedly murdering his 79-year-old wife Ethel Grzena-Peters in August 2012. Prosecution Adams started his closing arguments by writing a list of things that were discussed in the trial; deceit, motive, opportunity, geography, topography, w...
EWEN — The Michigan Department of Transportation closed the bridge on M-28 over the South Branch of the Ontonagon River just east of Ewen Monday at 2 p.m. At 3:30, the water was still rising according to Ontonagon County Road Commission officials, but the water was not over the road. Truck traffic was being detoured on M-64, M-38 and U.S. 45. Lighter traffic was rerouted to a bridge just south of M-28, adding a 3.5 mile detour, according to Jerry Mattson of the OCRC. Mattson, one of many OCRC w...
