Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - Keweenaw Land Association was recognized Friday afternoon for being a leader in forest management certification. In fact, Keweenaw was the first publicly-traded company in the country to be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council through KLA's participation with the Rainforest Alliance, a nonprofit organization. That was in 1994. While many states have addressed forest certification in the past few years, Keweenaw was far ahead of the curve 20 years ago. Brian Glodowski, manager o...
The clean-up from the gales on Lake Superior continued Thursday morning at Saxon Harbor and Little Girl's Point. The Tuesday and Wednesday storm resulted in north winds of up to around 50 mph washing debris all along the shoreline. Waves of 20 feet or higher were whipped up by the storm. At Saxon Harbor, there was a double whammy in the marina area as not only did large logs and debris get blown in from the lake, but Oronto Creek flooded over the access road that leads to the creek mouth. About...
IRONWOOD - Saturday, Sept. 20, has officially been proclaimed Mining Memorial Heritage Day in Ironwood. City commissioners on Monday adopted a resolution designating the special day. The commission learned the observance will begin with a noon gathering at the downtown Miners Wall Mural and conclude with a candlelight vigil around 6 p.m. Events at the Historic Ironwood Theatre are also being planned in connection with the observance. It has been proclaimed as a day of recognition for all local m...
HURLEY - A Wednesday fire destroyed an unattached garage and damaged the vinyl on the side of a house at 104 Germania St. in Hurley. Hurley Fire Chief Darrell Petrusha said the garage was fully engulfed when firefighters were dispatched to the scene at 11:35 a.m. He said no one was at home at the house, owned by Lois Chatterson, but there was a dog inside and it was saved. Seventeen firefighters responded and were able to save the house, although the west side wall vinyl melted. A car was a...
On a hot, muggy Tuesday afternoon, Eagle Bluff Golf Club groundskeeper Jeff Tenlen was aerating the greens, a process in which dime-sized holes are poked into the surfaces. It was 77 degrees in Hurley, and the Tuesday Night Men's League was preparing for its last day of play for the season. Tenlen figured his crew had better get the work done in anticipation of impending Wednesday precipitation. Well, those holes on the greens more than filled with water Wednesday as from 2 to 3 inches of rain...
IRONWOOD - The city of Ironwood has received only one bid to demolish the former Kenny's Studio building at 227 E. Aurora St., next to the Carnegie Library. The city commission will meet Monday at 5:30 p.m. in regular session and will consider the bid from Jake's Excavating, of Ironwood, for $75,000. That cost is apparently too steep because the agenda calls for commissioners to consider rejecting the bid and authorizing a rebidding process. The parcel containing the former photography studio...
Labor Day weekend of 2014 will be remembered as one of wetness and lightning across the Gogebic Range. A Sunday night lightning storm that extended into Monday morning caused area streams to rise and some gravel roads to wash out, capping off a wild week of weather. Parkers and Oronto creeks at Saxon Harbor, nearly bone-dry just two weeks ago, turned high and muddy as the rain caused them to rise to spring run-off levels and send woody debris into Lake Superior. The Saxon area recorded more...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission decided Monday to again conduct a city deer hunt, but it will be scaled down from previous years. In approving a 2014 archery hunt, city commissioners rejected a recommendation from the parks and recreation committee that the hunt be suspended because of a lack of deer after a very harsh winter on the herd. The commission approved a hunt that will include issuing 50 permits, down from 100 in 2013. It will be the ninth year of a city hunt, City Manager Scott E...
IRONWOOD - As Carl Levin prepares to leave office after spending the past 36 years as a U.S. senator, he wants Americans to know the effort in Afghanistan has not been a failure. While he said polls show 60 percent or more of Americans believe U.S. policies in Afghanistan have failed, he said, "We've accomplished a hell of a lot." Levin, D-Detroit, spoke to a Monday noon Gogebic County Democratic Party luncheon gathering at Tacconelli's. It was an opportunity for key members of the party to...
Two of the area's numerous waterfalls have been identified by CNN.com as in the top 10 in America. The secluded Potato River Falls, in Gurney, Wis., and Bond Falls, in Paulding, are among the best in the country, according to CNN. "You're likely to sweat a little to get to some of the best waterfalls, but they deliver a cool refuge and a powerful reminder of nature's force," Caitlin Schmidt writes in the CNN online article. Of Potato River Falls, in the heart of Gurney's potato and corn...
IRONWOOD - Cool, precipitation-free weather greeted Gogebic County Fairgoers on opening day Thursday as entries continued to be accepted in all departments. In front of the grandstand, area high schools competed in wheelbarrow races and other games in the "Youth Challenge," while kids enjoyed carnival rides and animals settled down in their new homes for the four-day fair. County clerk Gerry Pelissero delivered the youth games play-by-play analyses as the pushers of the wheelbarrows were...
IRONWOOD - The present detour set-up will remain the same when half of U.S. 2 is paved this summer during the reconstruction project. When the infrastructure work is completed, including placement of sewer and water pipes, the highway will be resurfaced as part of the Michigan Department of Transportation project. The current pattern of only one lane of westbound traffic being open will continue on the new road surface and the McLeod Avenue detour will still be in effect. Mike Foley, of Coleman...
SAXON, Wis. - Nicholas Walesewicz was keeping a close watch on his rabbits as the 84th Iron County Fair opened Friday at Saxon. Ideal weather greeted fair-goers as the crowd grew around 6 p.m., while some exhibits were still being entered. Fair board president Tom Salzmann, of Saxon, said while cattle entries were down, the number of 4-H animals appeared to be up, including market hogs. The 4-H animal auction is scheduled for 6 tonight in the livestock ring near the cattle barns. In the...
IRONWOOD - The Luther L. Wright School parking lot would normally be deserted on a late July day, but it was the scene of 38 huge military vehicles on Thursday evening. Area residents can rest assured there was no local invasion. The Michigan Army National Guard 1437th Multi-Role Bridge Company stopped in Ironwood after three weeks of training in Minnesota, south of Brainerd, on the Mississippi River. Company Commander Alek Willson said the training, including 12-hour days, was at Camp Ripley,...
IRONWOOD - The manager of the Ready Money store on Cloverland Drive was not injured when a car crashed through the front of the building around 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Christina Youngberg said the noise was similar to a bomb exploding when the vehicle crashed into the building. She was sitting behind her desk in the store when she heard the crash. A young worker at the adjacent Little Caesar's Pizza said he was still shaken a half hour after the accident. Bystanders said a woman was driving the car....
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Air Choice One was welcomed to the Ironwood area at Wednesday day-long festivities at the Gogebic-Iron County Airport. The Chicago-based airlines has been operating out of the airport for nearly a month and CEO Shane Storz said he's pleased with the response and ticket sales. "We're looking to a great future here," Storz said before a ribbon-cutting ceremony. He said Air Choice One is a "family business" and that is borne out in the fact that his sister, Darnea Wood, is the...
HURLEY - Hurley School District teacher Dan Rye on Monday showed school board members how seventh and eighth grade students will better be prepared for high school technology classes. Rye said two new Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics classes will be offered at the school. He indicated the classes will better prepare students for some of the areas on state standard tests where they haven't been performing up to state averages. The classes will cover electronics, alternative...
BERGLAND - The Lake Gogebic Chapter of Walleyes for Tomorrow believes sinking 550 tons of boulders will be a big boost to fishing on the lake. The $45,000 rock-sinking project was expected to conclude today or early next week, as Outdoor Impact Shoreline and Landscape Services, of Green Lake, Wis., was hauling the boulders on a small barge 3.5 miles out from the Bergland dock. Tony Piencikowski, secretary of the chapter, said a similar reef-building project worked well in another massive body of...
IRONWOOD - The city of Ironwood has received a $386,614 Safe Routes to School grant from the Michigan Department of Transportation. It will fund new sidewalks and bicycle paths near the Luther L. Wright-Norrie School, as well as programs to help students walk and bike to school safely. A local Safe Routes to School team has been working with state officials for more than a year. The team includes representatives from the Ironwood School District, city of Ironwood, city parks and recreation...
NORMANDY, France - A 1994 graduate of A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer had the honor of meeting President Barack Obama at the 70th anniversary of the Normandy Beach invasion on June 6. Army Sgt. First Class Peter Bracket, of Ramsay, also met numerous World War II veterans and mingled with the foreign residents who continue to appreciate the United States for its war contributions. Bracket, who will have served 13 years in the military in August, is the son of Dave Bracket, of Ironwood, and...
HURLEY - The son of one of the six men who lost their lives in two B-47 crashes near Hurley in 1961 said Friday the memorial dedicated today will be a "testament to those killed in defense of their country, including others who were killed and don't have a memorial." Darrell Rasmussen and 27 of his family members traveled from Nebraska to attend a Friday ceremony at the Iron County Memorial Building in Hurley. The joke was half of Nebraska showed up. His father, Dale Rasmussen, was one of the...
IRONWOOD - The new ice-making system at the Patrick O'Donnell Civic Center is allowing summer open skating for the first time. Civic center manager Brian Roehm said Tuesday he hopes for a good turnout of skaters from Friday through July 4, a test period for the new system. The new ice-making equipment was first used last fall and Roehm had no complaints about how it performed during the winter months. "With kids being out of school, we're hoping for a good response. Word is getting out," Roehm...
SAXON, Wis. - Intermittent fog didn't keep the trolling boats off Lake Superior for the weekend's Saxon Harbor Boating Club's annual fishing derby. The derby was delayed about a month because of floating ice on Lake Superior that lingered up until about two weeks ago, causing the annual spring tourney to become a summer contest. "We lost a few boats because of the rescheduling, but all in all it turned out to be a good weekend," boating club president Joe Maslanka said. Thirty-nine boats in two...
Ruffed grouse populations in Wisconsin have shown another slight decline this spring, but northern Wisconsin numbers were the exception, as they were up about 3 perent, according to a survey. It seems the coldest winter on record in much of the north didn't knock out the grouse. In fact, it helped. In regard to the slight increase in northern Wisconsin, Gary Zimmer, coordinating biologist for the Ruffed Grouse Society, points to winter weather. "While cold temperatures and deep snow are...
IRONWOOD - Renovation of Ironwood's Little League park, including the addition of a second field, could be a three- to five-year project, the city commission learned this week. City manager Scott Erickson said Monday the project will likely begin this year because material from the U.S. 2 construction project is available to be used as fill for parking and trail development at the John Krznarich Little League field near the Pioneer Park Apartments. Commissioners reviewed a concept plan developed...
