Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Area School Board of Education held a busy meeting Monday at Luther L. Wright School. The board discussed a variety of topics including the possibility of moving students in grades pre-kindergarten to 12 into one building, Safe Routes to School, consideration of contract renewals with elementary and middle/high school principals and giving out pink slips to faculty. One building Superintendent Tim Kolesar presented the idea of having all students in one building for... Full story
IRONWOOD - Three Ironwood eighth grade students were named the local winners of the 45th annual America and Me Essay Contest recently. Angelina Jarvi placed first in the event, while MaKenzie Marshall and Madison Clausen placed second and third. All three received award certificates, and Jarvi's name will be engraved on a plaque for permanent display Luther L. Wright School in Ironwood. The topic for the 2013-'14 essay was "My Personal Michigan Hero." Jarvi wrote about her mother, Marshall... Full story
IRONWOOD - Sixteen high schools, including 26 teams, competed in the annual Spring High School Quiz Bowl Invitational Tournament at Gogebic Community College Thursday. Schools were Bessemer, Chassell, Ironwood, Wakefield-Marenisco, Baraga, Hurley, Bayfield, Phillips, West Iron County, Hancock, Phelps and Houghton. Many schools brought more than one team to the tournament, including teams for both varsity and junior varsity. Ironwood High School's first team edged Houghton High School in the... Full story
HURLEY - The Iron County Board of Supervisors moved to evict the LCO Harvest Camp and Educational Program from county land during a special meeting Thursday. For more than an hour, members of the county board met with legal counsel to discuss enforcing the county's camping ordinance. In December, the Iron County Forestry, Recreation and Parks Committee approved a recommendation to the county board to have the camp evicted for being in violation of the ordinance. People cannot camp on county... Full story
TRAVERSE CITY - After months of planning, organizing and preparing, the work paid off. On Tuesday morning, "History Prize," an international tourism event organized in Ironwood, won the Jumpstart contest during the 2014 Pure Michigan Governor's Conference on Tourism. It was one of five statewide proposals competing at the conference. According to History Prize organizer Mara MacKay, the feeling is "tremendous. It is such a relief, but also joy for the future," she said. "It is such an honor of t... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees had a somber meeting Monday after the passing of the Ironwood Township fire chief Jamie Peite. Peite died unexpectedly March 5, and in honor of his service to Ironwood Township, the board started the meeting with a moment of silence. Later in the meeting, the board heard a brief presentation from Dennis Ireland of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Local Assistance State Team. The group has been assisting the Ironwood Township... Full story
WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP - Troopers from the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post participated in virtual training Friday at the Wakefield Township Hall. The training used a program called Virtra, operated by Matt Clausen, of the Michigan Department of Corrections. The software allows for a variety of scenarios to take place virtually on-screen, including domestic abuse, basic traffic stops, active shooters or hostage situations. Sgt. Glenn Gauthier said the system was loaned from the Ontonagon... Full story
SAXON, Wis. - Local residents dined on pancakes and sausages in support of the Saxon Emerald Knights 4-H Club, Sunday morning in Saxon. According to club leader Kim Rowe, this is the first pancake feed the group has had and it went "very well." Proceeds from the event benefit the club, which includes six members. The group participates in a variety of activities and events, including the Iron County Fair. Each year, kids also travel to a store in Tomahawk, Wis., which deals in making and... Full story
IRONWOOD - Students from Ironwood and Hurley learned about the proposed History Prize project from founder Mara MacKay this week. Students participated in oral presentations and writing exercises with MacKay. Sixth grade students in classes of Karen Mattson and Steve Lombardo participated in MacKay's presentation on Wednesday in Hurley, and fifth grade students in Doug Foley's class in Ironwood had the presentation on Thursday. On Monday, MacKay will present her idea of the History Prize at the... Full story
HURLEY - Fourth grade students at the Hurley K-12 School took a step back in history Thursday during the annual Lumberjack Breakfast. Students have been learning about lumberjack camps and traditions during their social studies and reading sections. According to teacher Ronda Olkonen, the students really like the subject matter. "So many of the students have families in logging, so they can relate," she said. During the breakfast, students worked with teachers, parents and grandparents to make... Full story
IRONWOOD - The Daily Globe is celebrating its 10th year of being a part of the Newspaper in Education Program. NIE is a national program, with thousands of newspapers across the U.S. supplying papers to classrooms. The Globe delivers 485 newspapers each week to 12 different schools in Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon counties. The papers are used in 30 classrooms in a variety of ways. According to Lori Hendges, high school guidance counselor at A.D. Johnston School in Bessemer, the papers are used in... Full story
HURLEY - The Iron County Mining Impact Committee heard a presentation from Gogebic Taconite president Bill Williams Thursday regarding activities at the proposed iron mine site near Upson. During last month's meeting, the committee asked Williams to present a more comprehensive list of potential jobs, training or schooling required for the proposed mining project. While a specific number of jobs was not listed, Williams spoke about a variety of jobs and specific education required for the... Full story
HURLEY - Minnesota mining is becoming a model for potential mining in Wisconsin, including its economic impacts. On Thursday, the Iron County Mining Impact Committee listened to a presentation from James Skurla, director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, about ferrous and non-ferrous mining impacts in northeastern Minnesota. Skurla studied 18 different mining companies in the Arrowhead Region of Minnesota, and Douglas County in Wisconsin. He... Full story
HURLEY - Iron County has become a "special place" for Ginger (Reese) and Shannon Coy, of Taylorville, Ill. For years, the couple traveled to Iron County to snowmobile and enjoy other recreational sports. They dated for five years, and decided they wanted to tie the knot. Three years ago, they got the idea to make the county an even more special place. "We've been talking about getting married here for awhile," Ginger said Tuesday. "so we decided to do it." The couple stood before Judge Patrick... Full story
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Area School Board of Education heard three presentations during a meeting Monday evening. The first was from the Junior ROTC students doing their annual briefing for the board. Board member Marilyn Nezworski thanked the students for their efforts out of school, helping many community organizations with many local events. The second presentation was from Ian Shackleford, from the Safe Routes to School Committee, Shackleford spoke to the board about changes to the action... Full story
HURLEY - Forty-one Hurley third graders made the trek to the ice caves along the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore near Bayfield, Wis., Tuesday. According to teacher Mike Swartz, the students walked about 3.5 miles to the caves and back. "They were fine going out there, but on the way back, the sun was shining and the kids started to get hot," Swartz said. "We did bring a sled in case we had any problems, but we didn't have to use it." Temperatures reached the 40s in northern Wisconsin on... Full story
By CORTNEY OFSTAD [email protected] IRONWOOD - The 14th annual Bowl for Kids, through Big Brothers Big Sisters, is set for Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. The event will be at Larry Lucky Strikes and teams of four to eight people are welcome to register for the event. Teams can pre-register and each participant must raise a minimum of $37 in pledges to be eligible for two hours of bowling. According to Kristy Recla, match support coordinator for BBBS, the event is the only fund-raiser for... Full story
IRONWOOD - The Gogebic Range is being represented at the 2014 Pure Michigan Governor's Conference on Tourism in Traverse City in March, competing for $5,000. Mara MacKay and Sandy Sharp of Old Wood LLC., submitted an idea to the conference called History Prize, an annual event focused on historical aspects of cultures not just on the Gogebic Range, but around the world. According to MacKay, the idea was submitted for the conference's Jump Start competition, giving $5,000 to the best pitch to... Full story
IRONWOOD - Local high school students are preparing for their first performance through the Ironwood Carnegie Library's drama club. The students will perform "Rumbo," a parody of action heroes, celebrity, beauty pageants and popular culture. According to show director Mary Hansen, it is the first time students from different school districts are participating in the same drama club. "Schools have had their own clubs in the past, but there has never been a collaborative effort like this before,"... Full story
BESSEMER - Faculty and staff in the Bessemer School District participated in a mock shooting drill Friday during an in-service day. The drill was held at A.D. Johnston School, performed by Bob Berbohm, emergency management director for Delta and Schoolcraft counties. Gogebic County Emergency Management Director Jim Loeper also attended. All staff members were informed of the drill and participated in various scenarios, involving a shooter in the hallway while teachers were inside classrooms,... Full story
HURLEY - The Iron County Finance Committee heard a presentation from CenturyLink Thursday regarding the county possibly upgrading to enhanced 911 services. According Iron County Emergency Management director Stacy Ofstad, Iron County is the only county in Wisconsin without enhanced 911 services. Enhanced services allow the dispatchers to gain more information from a phone call, versus asking questions of the person who has called. Using technology like pictometry and GPS, the moment a phone... Full story
WAKEFIELD - All it took was the click of a mouse for Ryan Johnson to meet the love of his life. He and wife Trisha's story of falling in love was selected as the winner of the Daily Globe's 2014 "How I Met My Valentine" contest. In July 2006, Ryan came home from work with intentions of deleting his online dating profile. He said for months he saw the same people, nobody new, and he was tired of meeting people in bars. However, just before he was going to delete his profile, he had a message... Full story
HURLEY - Gogebic Taconite continues to drill for core samples, as well as beginning the bulk sampling process, at the proposed iron ore mine site near Upson, Wis. On Thursday, crews continued to drill, with a goal of 15 holes in total. Ten holes are in Iron County, and five are in Ashland County. The process is similar to the rounds of drilling done last summer, but there are more holes this time. According to Bob Seitz, G-Tac spokesman, the company is using two drilling rigs in different... Full story
WAKEFIELD - Highland Copper Company, Inc., a Canadian company that recently purchased the White Pine mine project, has acquired the Copperwood project from Orvana Resources U.S. Corp. Highland said Tuesday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all rights, title and interest in Copperwood. David Fennell, executive chairman of Highland, told the Daily Globe there is a "world class resource of copper in the Upper Peninsula," and if the resource is properly developed, "it is going to... Full story
IRONWOOD - Seventy area high school students glimpsed into their futures Tuesday at Gogebic Community College. Sophomores, juniors and seniors from schools in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties played a game called "Life Unplugged," allowing them to make choices as adults. The event started off with kids rolling the dice to start families, whether as single people or married; kids or no kids. Next, they traveled to a booth run by River Valley Bank. Students selected a career and were told how much t... Full story
