Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY - The Board of Directors for the Aging Unit of Iron County met Wednesday to discuss its budget and intend to give the unit's employees wage increases, if it gets a larger allocation from the county. The Aging Unit's typical county allocation is $106,000. The unit will ask for an additional $15,000 for next year's budget, and a one time request of $4,000 for this year's budget to help pay off its debt for a new roof on the Hurley Senior Center. The Aging Unit's budget proposal, which was...
IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College's Board of Trustees at its meeting Tuesday heard the college's enrollment has grown by about 2 percent from last year to 1,122, one of only three community colleges in Michigan to experience the upward trend. The college also saw an increase in credits taken this year, said Miranda Lawver, assistant registrar and institutional researcher at GCC. "Gogebic is the only one up - actually Henry Ford (Community College) is too - up both in head counts and credits...
IRONWOOD - The city of Ironwood is pursuing reimbursements for expenses regarding infrastructure repairs following damages resulted from this past winter through Section 19 of Michigan's Emergency Management Act. Ironwood's City Commission held a special meeting Monday and took action unanimously approving Finance Director Paul Linn to execute the application process on behalf of the city for $100,000 of Section 19 funding. Gov. Rick Snyder opened up the application period for Section 19...
WATERSMEET — One of Watersmeet Township’s school colors, gold and blue, will play an important part on Oct. 6 in raising awareness of bullying. The Nimrods will drop the gold and wear blue as part of a worldwide “Blue Shirt Day” to raise awareness of bullying and cyberbullying. Blue Shirt Day is scheduled each year on the first Monday of October, which is National Bullying Prevention Awareness month. April Syria, guidance counselor at the Watersmeet school, said this is the sixth Blue Shirt Day but the first year the district is working...
WAKEFIELD - Students at the Wakefield-Marenisco School District will be volunteering to help the city with a few different projects expected to start next week. Wakefield's City Council Monday approved a proposal to allow students in Chris Tweiten's Life Skills class to perform some tasks for the city. "What we have is, for this Life Skills class, we're kind of doing community enrichment projects and the city has volunteered to let us work with them," Tweiten said. Tweiten said he has about 27...
Individuals with a knack for names have a chance to suggest an official name for Michigan's statewide biking/hiking trail that stretches 900 miles from Ironwood to Belle Isle Park in Detroit through a contest of the state's Department of Natural Resources. Gov. Rick Snyder first proposed the trail in November 2012 and the DNR announced the naming contest Tuesday. "This contest is a fun, inclusive opportunity for people to share their creativity, draw on their passion for our state's trails and...
As the screen at the front of the room lit up with "math mountain" problems displayed by the projector installed on the ceiling, a teacher calls on students to answer the addition and subtraction equations. After the student answers, red numbers start appearing on the screen, as if written by a ghost or an invisible Einstein. But it's not magic, witchcraft or spirits. From the back of the room, Tony Bunt, the second grade teacher at Ironwood Area School District, wrote the answers on a wireless...
IRONWOOD - The Daily Globe is bringing the thrill of Bingo to subscribers' front doorsteps on Tuesday and awarding a $500 prize to one lucky reader. The newspaper will begin its annual Bingo game for readers with an official card being placed inside Tuesday's paper. But the game isn't only for subscribers. Anyone can pick up the Daily Globe to participate in the chance to win. "This is at least our fourth or fifth year," Marissa Casari, circulation supervisor, said about the game. "Most people...
WAKEFIELD - Wakefield City Council members entered into a lease agreement Wednesday with the Diocese of Marquette for Father Daniel Hall, located on Maria Lane, which the city plans to use as its new city hall. The city will pay rent of $166.67 cash per month, along with utilities and general maintenance of the building. The one-year agreement is set to take effect Oct. 1 and the city has the option to purchase the property for $100,000 at any time, with previously paid rent, insurance and...
IRONWOOD - Following Ironwood Area School District's transition to a single K-12 building at Luther L. Wright, the district is in the process of moving some playground equipment from the Sleight and Norrie schools to the LLW campus. "We've taken out some of the bigger stuff over there that's not really adequate for the 4-year-olds that are over there," said. Tim Kolesar, Ironwood's superintendent, "We got a bunch of new age-appropriate equipment for our 4-year-olds over there that's just being...
BESSEMER - Bessemer's City Council approved expanding its library services to cover the residents of Ironwood Township Monday. The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees agreed to enter into a contract with Bessemer at its meeting on Sept. 8 after terminating its agreement with the Ironwood Carnegie Library. Township trustees noted disagreements with the Ironwood library regarding contractual services and their recommendation of a township resident to the library's board that was not accepted....
BESSEMER - The city of Bessemer is moving forward with the process of securing state-provided grants of more than $615,000 to help with repairs to damaged infrastructure from last winter's Deep Freeze. The city will need to contribute a local match of more than $108,000 to receive the Community Development Block Grant funding. City Manager Mike Uskiewicz said the city has already expended more than $73,000 on needed repairs that will count as a portion of the match. The city plans to use the mon...
WAKEFIELD - Gogebic County Community Mental Health Authority is set to receive the rights and clean title to property in Wakefield it has used and occupied since 1995, following its final, Oct. 1 payment of bonds issued for the erection of its buildings and structures. "Community Mental Health will actually take ownership from the county because at the time the building was constructed, CMH couldn't own property," said Julie Hautala, CEO of the authority. "When we became an authority, we had tha...
MERCER, Wis. - Around 200 people in the Mercer community and school district came together to help one of their own, Peyton Towne, a fourth-grade student who has a progressive liver disease called Byler's. A fund-raiser was held Friday afternoon at Carow Park on County J, where people gathered to purchase baked goods and other items to help the Towne family. "We did this very quickly," said Dee Rice, a Mercer school employee who helped organize the fund-raiser. "For the short-term notice, we wil...
HURLEY - Hurley K-12 School now has two fully stocked libraries - even if one of them is only a small wooden box outside the front entrance. The box is known as a "Free Little Library," a movement crossing the globe to increase reading and literacy. "We just filled it (with books) this week," said Shannon Dahlbacka, high school English teacher and services learning coordinator, who helped with the project. Dahlbacka said the project started over the summer, but once school was back in session, i...
WAKEFIELD - Parents of young children had the chance Tuesday to have their children's car seats thoroughly examined by members of local law enforcement and other certified child passenger safety inspectors. With eight technicians and one instructor, the event, which was held from 3-6 p.m. at the Wakefield Fire Department, aimed to safely install car seats for parents, as well as teach them how to do it correctly on their own. "The goal of the project is education," said Judy Pruner, project...
WAKEFIELD - More than 100 people participated in a walking event at Sunday Lake in Wakefield, with proceeds benefitting Rainbow Connection, an organization helping children and their families who face life-threatening diseases. According to organizer Diane Youngberg, Rainbow Connection is similar to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, but is not as well known. About 85 percent of the money Rainbow Connection raises goes directly back to those who need it, she said, which is more than other well-known...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Clear blue skies and temperatures in the 60s were the setting for the fly-in "Airport Day" held at the Gogebic-Iron County Airport in Ironwood Township on Saturday. Airport manager Mike Harma said the event is held with hopes of attracting more individuals to the world of flying. The airport was a fly-in destination for at least six pilots who volunteered to offer rides for attendees. Pilots came from various places throughout the region, including Manitowish Waters, Wis.,...
GILE, Wis. - At 31 years old, Danny Baross, who was married with three children and an employee at the Ojibway Correctional Facility, committed suicide in 2009. There were 742 suicide deaths in Wisconsin, in 2008, the most recent data available on the Wisconsin Department of Health Services' website. In 2012, Michigan had a total of 1,255 suicide deaths, which was up from 1,095 in 2002, according to the state's Department of Community Health website. Raising awareness is part of the motivation...
BESSEMER - About 20 people attended the annual picnic of the Gogebic Range Woodcarvers club Wednesday afternoon under the pavilion at Bluff Valley Park in Bessemer. Club members Dale and Phyllis Leinenon played music while other members ate pasties and soft drinks. Allen Archie, secretary treasurer of the club, said the members meet twice a month in Bessemer's A.D. Johnston High School to talk shop, discuss carving methods and work on various projects. "We have a good time and get together;...
BESSEMER - Bessemer's City Council approved moving a piece of city-owned property into the Bluff Valley Park system during its meeting Tuesday. The decision was approved by a 4-1 vote, with council member Marlene Zaleski voting against. The property near Steiger Field, north of West Iron Street between Massie Avenue and State Street, was an item of interest for residents who owned property in the area. Two separate proposals were made earlier this year by private citizens to purchase a total...
IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College is expecting to roll out its new logo in January, which is just one phase of its new marketing plan that officials hope will attract more people to the school of more than 1,100 students. Earlier this year, GCC partnered with Interact Communications, Inc., of Onalaska, Wis., to redevelop marketing strategies. "They have already started their process, as have I," Kim Zeckovich, director of admissions, marketing and community relations, told the board of...
Michigan and Wisconsin have established programs over the years to offer younger individuals the chance to hunt. According to the Michigan's Department of Natural Resources website, the Mentored Youth Hunting program is designed to introduce youth under the age of 10 to hunting and fishing, offering a "package" license for $7.50. After acquiring the package license, youth hunters under the age of 10 are then able to hunt turkey in the spring and fall on private or public land, deer and small...
IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College's Board of Trustees heard a positive update regarding the school's Academic Quality Improvement Program. Larry Gabka, who acts as AQIP coordinator for GCC, updated the board on a recent check-up visit by AQIP and told trustees the school received a clean report of program accreditations and federal regulation compliances. "In my opinion, this is as good as it gets for a higher educational institution," Gabka said. "Really few schools get a report as positive...
IRONWOOD - A handful of kids took part in the Gogebic County 4-H Youth Shooting program, which has held weekly meetings during the summer to teach local children safe shooting techniques. Students learned how to aim and shoot with a range of weapons during the program that was held at the Superior Range Shooters Club, located on 32 acres of land just south of Copper Peak, on Black River Road in Ironwood Township. "We start off with air rifles, pellet guns, and then we went to .22s," said Gary...
