Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER — The Bessemer City Council moved through many items on the agenda Tuesday, but those results were overshadowed twice by heated discussions about which city officials are truly looking out for the city. The most contentious of the two was during the Public Comment section at the end of the meeting. Board member Rob Coleman said he had been denied an agenda item. Coleman described some law enforcement issues and hearsay regarding the proponents of medical marijuana and culminated with his displeasure of city attorney Mike Korpula’s per...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - State Rep. Scott Dianda, D-Calumet, visited Contrast Coffee in downtown Ironwood Friday afternoon to give local residents a chance to share their thoughts and concerns and to hear his views on the direction of the state and District 110. Dianda went around the room shaking hands and listening to constituents voice their opinions. Traveling with Dianda was his Constituent Relations Director, Rawley Van Fossen, who trailed behind Dianda to...
IRONWOOD - Last Saturday, Gary Engstrom of Ironwood finished the Calumet Great Bear Chase cross country ski race naked and prone, registering a fourth place finish in his age bracket. That's pretty good for someone who is 70 years old and had been clinically dead for 10 minutes. Most people would get arrested for finishing a race naked, but Engstrom, who was carried across the line like a true king in the prone position, was given a free pass. Engstrom's clothes had been cut off by emergency...
IRONWOOD - Skiers and guides from the Blind Outdoor Leisure Development group cross country skied at ABR on Friday and are expected to stay in the area and ski over the weekend. BOLD is sponsored by the Lions, Lioness and Leo Clubs of Districts 27-A1 and 27-A2 of Southeastern Wisconsin and other area businesses in their region. According to the BOLD website, the group is open to all legally blind people and event participation is free. BOLD's purpose is to allow the blind and visually impaired...
HURLEY — The Aging Unit of Iron County Board of Directors discussed a resolution regarding its status on Friday. Would it cease to exist as a nonprofit and become a county entity as it was under the false impression it was mandated to do, or would it remain a nonprofit with closer ties to the county for oversight, or become part of a sub-department of a county department, like Human Resources? Those were the three options available to the board as laid out by Mark Marczak, executive director of the aging unit. At the conclusion of the Feb. 2...
WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP - Wakefield Township Supervisor John Cox informed the Daily Globe the town board on Tuesday voted to leave the Western Gateway Trail Authority. He said the move was made because the township does not include any part of the trail. Cox said township officials brought up the fact there is no funding mechanism for trail maintenance and that is a sticking point made repeatedly. Township officials feel there is no reason for them to pay for Ironwood and Bessemer's trail, when they...
BESSEMER - The Bessemer library is preparing a return of its Family Fun events the first Saturday of the month at 11 a.m. Family Fun consists of stories, art projects and treats. According to Melissa Rajala, librarian, it has been some time since the library offered Family Fun and this is a great opportunity for people to use their local library. Upcoming themes for Family fun are: -Feb. 4: Valentine's Day. -March 4: Dr. Seuss's Birthday Day. -April 1: Easter. -May 6: Mothers Day. In June, the...
BESSEMER — The Michigan State University Extension office in Bessemer is hosting parenting classes every Monday from 4-5:30 p.m. Classes will be at the Extension office on North Moore Street. Last year, the classes were early in the afternoon and according to Erin Ross, interfered with many peoples’ work schedules. This year they made the classes later in the day to accommodate schedules, while also still being available for public transportation. Ross said, “beyond those required to take the parenting classes by the MDHHS, many day care provi...
IRONWOOD - As Ironwood gears up for an influx of snowmobile racers for the next few weeks, Tom Auvinen and crew are busy making ice and preparing the track. Without the ice-makers and hay bale layers, there would be no racing in Ironwood, but for Auvinen and crew, they are fine with the racers receiving all the attention. Next Saturday, Dec. 31, between 9a.m. and 4 p.m., vintage racers will ascend to race on the historic half-mile oval at the Gogebic County Fairgrounds. On Jan. 7-8, the...
BESSEMER — Monday’s Bessemer City Council meeting at 5 p.m. in council chambers will discuss a new master plan for the city. North of 45 LLC and Coleman Engineering provided Charly Loper, the city manager, with an outline and scope of work regarding the master plan. Loper said Coleman Engineering knows the community better, but North of 45 has more experience and specifically incorporates a “Winter City” concept into its planning. In response to a request of contractors for the city to provide asbestos and lead paint assessments for the propert...
IRONWOOD - Jessica Meuse, a fourth place finisher on the hit television show American Idol season 13, came into town Friday to fire up local area youth for the Historic Ironwood Theatre's HIT Idol competition this weekend. Bruce Greenhill, the theater's managing director, was impressed with Meuse's willingness to be available outside her stage show time. He said most artists come in right before a show, so they can spend as little time as possible in the area before leaving, but Meuse was...
HURLEY — The owners of Pat’s Foods hope to open their grocery store in Hurley on Dec. 10. Co-owner Ben Campioni, with his brother, Joe, decided to expand the front of the building, which was a grocery store before, to make more room to enhance the shopping experience. Ben Campioni said the decision to extend the store’s floor space by building walls around what was a canopy in front of the building moved the projected opening date into December. He said they will open when everything is ready and the staff is well-trained so the store can o...
