Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The scheduled ski flying event at Copper Peak for Feb. 28-March 2 is off. All funds collected for the event will be returned to ticket holders. Copper Peak must go through "extensive renovations" in preparation to become a USA Ski Jumping National Training Center, said Charlie Supercynski, president of the Copper Peak board of directors. The hill will be modeled after European ski jumping hills that use a specialized plastic on the landing slope. The plastic acts as snow. Wit...
IRONWOOD - The city of Ironwood and Downtown Art Place have been selected to host an exhibit through the Smithsonian Museum in 2015. Mara MacKay, project coordinator, received word Friday that Ironwood had been selected. The exhibit, called "The Way We Worked," will be in the city for roughly two months. To be considered as a host site for the exhibit, the city hosted a tour for a representative from the Michigan Humanities Council. Ironwood was in the running with another Upper Peninsula city,...
Nov. 22, 1963, was a momentous day in American history. The 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas that afternoon. A nation in mourning was riveted by reports of the events over the next few days, including the killing of his assassin and a state funeral. Now, 50 years later, many still recall the moment they heard the news. Below are a sampling of recollections of that day. "I think I was in the seventh grade at J.E. Murphy. I believe Mr. (William) Zell...
HURLEY - The Iron County Mining Impact Committee listened to a presentation by Larry Lynch of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources during a meeting Thursday. Lynch, a hydrogeologist for the DNR, spoke to the committee about the bulk sampling process and the timeline related to the mining application for a proposed iron mine near Upson, Wis. With the bulk sampling, the DNR submitted a letter to Gogebic Taconite on Aug. 13, saying a storm water permit is required for bulk sampling plans...
MERCER, Wis. - The holiday season came a bit early for some senior citizens in Mercer Monday. Students in Dee Rice's life skills class served an early Thanksgiving meal to seniors for the fourth consecutive year. The meal included turkey, ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, vegetables, rolls and desserts, all prepared by the students. According to district administrator Erik Torkelson, the event is an example of leadership in the community. "Our kids are fantastic leaders, and when...
HURLEY — Gogebic Taconite officials have invited residents of Iron and Ashland counties to sit down one-on-one to discuss plans for a mining operation here. On Monday, G-Tac employees will meet with residents to answer questions and address concerns about the proposed iron ore mine near Upson, Wis. The meetings, by appointment only, will be held at various spots around the two counties. The meetings are designed to help meet with residents who may be uncomfortable speaking in a public hearing format, according to Bob Seitz, spokesman for G...
HURLEY - Beginning Nov. 25, the Iron County Mobile Food Pantry will move to a new location to better serve local residents. The pantry, a collaboration between Second Harvest Food Bank in Duluth, Minn., and the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office, will be moved to the parking lot of the Iron County Recycling and Forestry offices in Hurley on Third Avenue North. Originally, the pantry was located in the parking lot of the Iron County Courthouse, but the space is becoming too...
IRONWOOD - The Daily Globe is hosting its fourth annual food drive through Nov. 22. Non-perishable food items can be dropped off at the office, Mondays through Fridays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. To help boost the number of donations, the Globe is offering an incentive. "People who bring in five or more non-perishable food items will receive a one-week subscription to the Daily Globe, current or new," Marisa Casari, circulation manager, said. "We hope to get as many items as possible." This year,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
