Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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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....
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...
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...
MERCER, Wis. - Neil Klemme, youth development agent with the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office, needed some help. He had an idea to revamp some marketing tools used in the past, including stickers and brochures, but required some assistance. Klemme mentioned this to Mercer School guidance counselor Breia Pfaller, who put him in touch with the publications class at the school. Students were asked to help re-create the Fe logo, a slogan used to describe the Gogebic Iron Range,...
MERCER, Wis. - Two Mercer students were surprised May 15 when they received a national award about a very well-known figure. Junior John Michael Klopatek and senior Heather Cihak received 2014 Smokey Bear National Award for "outstanding public service to wildlife prevention," through the U.S. Forest Service. The awards were presented during the school's award ceremony by Kelly Martinko, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources forest ranger in Mercer. Neither Klopatek or Cihak knew they were re...
HURLEY - Hundreds of all-terrain vehicles will make their way to Iron County this weekend for the 29th annual Memorial Day Weekend ATV Rally. Temperatures are expected to be in the mid-to-upper 70s, with sunshine in the forecast all weekend. "We are going to have great weather, and we're really excited," said Tina Brunell, executive director of the Mercer Area Chamber of Commerce. The event kicks off Friday with a parade through downtown Hurley at 6 p.m. along Silver Street. ATVs will line up...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Sixth graders are braving the wilderness this week in the annual Camp Superior experience at Little Girl's Point on Lake Superior. A total of 110 students from the Ironwood, All Saints Catholic Academy, Bessemer and Wakefield-Marensico school districts are making the annual trip to the Extension camp. Ironwood and All Saints students stayed at the camp Monday afternoon through Wednesday morning, while Bessemer and W-M students arrived Wednesday and will stay through Friday...
HURLEY - The Range Art Association is celebrating 60 years of existence with local artists gearing up for the annual art show in July. The association started with a group of local artists wanting to collaborate. Artist Helmi Anderson has been an association member for the past 50 years, and said she was "talked into it" by other artists. "I can't remember if it was Dorothy Silkworth or Melba Rigoni who talked me into it," Anderson said. "They asked me to join, so I did. I would leave for...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education held a busy meeting Monday night, covering multiple topics. The board approved the retirements of faculty members 1st Sgt. Tim Rang, Camille Lupino, Barb Aspinwall and Bonnie Sanders, and lifted the pink slips from 10 teachers and three community school instructors in the district. Master Sgt. William E. Murphy was hired as the Junior ROTC instructor to replace the retiring Rang and Lt. Col. Dave Manki. Another JROTC instructor will be...
HURLEY - Students at the Hurley K-12 School showed off products, talked shop and gave tours in honor of their company Northwoods Manufacturing, Friday. The open house continues today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school, and visitors Friday spoke to students about a variety of products the company has made, using a variety of machines. According to instructor Roger Peterson, the community support has been "outstanding. "Without the involvement of the community, businesses or administration in...
IRONWOOD - Pancakes in the morning, pancakes in the evening, pancakes at supper time. Local residents dined on pancakes throughout the day Thursday during the annual Kiwanis Pancake Day at Tacconelli's in Ironwood. The annual fundraiser is one of the biggest events Kiwanis does each year. "It's taken place for well over 60 years," Joe Cayer, Kiwanis member, said. "We have families that come each and every year. We have grandkids of grandkids that come, and the ages vary. People in their late...
IRONWOOD — Four Ironwood freshmen competed at the 25th annual Michigan Technological University Bioathlon recently in Houghton, and came home with a second place finish. Sixteen teams from across the Upper Peninsula competed in the event, including Bessemer, Houghton, L’Anse, Negaunee and Calumet. In order to participate, students cannot be beyond sophomore-level biology, but some teams consist of older students, including juniors and seniors. “For this very young team, it’s a great accompl...
LONGUEIL, Quebec — Canadian exploration company Highland Copper Company announced Tuesday it had completed the interim closing of all the rights, title and interest of Copper Range Company, regarding the White Pine copper project. It was announced in November Highland was acquiring the former White Pine Mine, which is located in Ontonagon County. At the interim closing Tuesday, CRC received 3 million of Highland’s common shares for White Pine. In addition, Highland will also pay in cash or in common shares, one half of one cent per pound for...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees, Monday, discussed an alternative source of funding to help update its ailing roads. Four years ago, the township passed a four-year millage to help pay for a fire truck. The fire truck has since been paid for, allowing the board to drop the 1 mill from the taxes. However, supervisor Alan Baron asked the board if it should explore the option of using the 1 mill to help pay for road repairs. "Should we move forward and have the citizens...
IRONWOOD - Last month the Ironwood School Board voted to move students from Sleight Elementary to Luther L. Wright School and students, teachers and parents alike are preparing for the transition. The board approved a majority of the students in the district under one building at LLW and students in pre-kindergarten and the alternative school attending Sleight. The Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District offices being rented at LLW will be moved to Sleight, according to the board's plan....
IRONWOOD - Representatives from area organizations and law enforcement agencies came together for a forum on drug abuse in the area, hosted by the Gogebic and Ontonagon Human Services Coordinating Board at Gogebic Community College Tuesday. Attendees watched presentations from a variety of groups, including the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Tea, the Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team, Michigan State Police, Western U.P. Substance Abuse Coordinating Agency and NorthCare Network Substance...
WAKEFIELD - Members of the Michigan State Police Dive Team recovered three stolen firearms from Plymouth Mine Lake Sunday. The firearms were recovered, stemming from a joint investigation by the MSP Wakefield Post and the Gogebic County Sheriff's Department. Last November, a string of breaking and enterings were reported in Gogebic County, and a suspect, Anthony Michael Adams, 32, of Ramsay, was arrested Dec. 9. According to Det. Sgt. Jorge Cruz, Adams was arrested on charges of first and second...
BESSEMER — Voters in the Bessemer School District will head to the polls on Tuesday to vote on a proposed bond referendum. The $4.98-million, 19-year referendum would provide for updates to the district’s two school buildings. This is the second time the school has had a referendum on the ballot in recent months. A $6.78 million referendum was rejected by voters last year. If passed, the funds will be used for flooring and external building repair, mechanical and lighting systems, a security system with cameras, an asbestos and lead aba...
HURLEY - Local residents will tie up their shoes for the ninth annual Brian Nasi Memorial Heart Run/Walk Saturday in Hurley. The event starts at 9 a.m. at the Hurley K-12 School and features a 5-kilometer walk-run, one mile walk-run and a mile walk-run for children under 12. According to Gerry Traczyk, a member of the Hurley Lioness, said the event is very popular. "This is a family race, with a lot of people participating," Traczyk said. "It's one of the first races of the season, so it's a...
WAKEFIELD - After a month of collecting donations for its first ever food drive, the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post delivered more than 1,500 pounds to St. Vincent De Paul Food Pantry in Bessemer Thursday. Throughout April, troopers collected donations throughout the community to help the pantry. According to Lt. Donald Horn, the troopers decided to help a charity, and wanted to do something "people don't always talk about. "People don't always talk about donating food, so we wanted to do...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education performed it's annual evaluation on superintendent Tim Kolesar, during a special meeting Wednesday. According to board president Steve Thomas, the format used by the board calculates a total percentage from different aspects of the evaluation. The evalutation took place under closed session, and during open session it was revealed Kolesar was rated "effective" at 70.91 percent. Members of the board also had requests for Kolesar, including...
