Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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The Western Michigan Mountain Bike Club hosted a fundraiser at the Maplewood Steakhouse on Sunday to raise money for five miles of new bike trail near Copper Peak. "If we can continue to build nice bike trails around here, that will bring more people to the area," said Maplewood owner Peter Palm. "It takes people like us to go ahead and make that stuff happen." Palm donated all of the food and the staff needed to pull the dinner off. He said there were also volunteers who helped host the games,...
By RYAN JARVI [email protected] BESSEMER - Michigan Technological University students came to Washington Elementary School to teach students about science and engineering for the Family Science and Engineering Night on Thursday. The night is part of MTU's K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education Outreach, run through the Western U.P. Center for Science, Math and Environmental Education. Joan Chadde, education program coordinator from MTU, said the program has been coming...
ERWIN TOWNSHIP – More than 50 people packed the Erwin Township Town Hall for an informational meeting regarding a proposed ordinance that would place traffic restrictions on heavy truck traffic through the township. Township supervisor Bill Sullivan presented Ordinance No. 2014-1 to the public, and the ordinance is designed as a measure of protecting the township's roads. Sullivan said he has seen the township's funds shrink since he began as supervisor 18 years ago. During that same time the c...
HURLEY - More than 50 years ago, a B-47 Stratojet disappeared from radar on a low-level training mission about 10 miles south of Hurley. Three months later, another aircraft disappeared near the same area, a densely wooded place about 3 miles east of U.S. 51. The airplanes were part of the Air Force's 40th Bombardment Wing from Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka, Kan. The missions were run because of the location's similarity in terrain to areas of Europe that were anticipated bombing locations...
BESSEMER - Bessemer City Council members were updated about this past winter's impact on the region and the emergency situation of Gogebic County at a meeting Monday. "We in Gogebic County declared a local state of emergency," Jim Loeper, emergency manager for Gogebic County said. "The next step we would take as a county is that we would ask the governor to declare Gogebic County a disaster area." Loeper mentioned a state of emergency declaration that was recently made for Marquette County. The...
MELLEN - Northern Wisconsin is known for its beautiful scenic views, and no one knows that better than Mike Stafford. Stafford is president of the North Country Trail Association-Heritage Chapter and has hiked the area's trails for years. In previous years, the chapter has hosted a spring hike to kick off the hiking season, but had to cancel this year's event partly because of the weather. "I've done this spring hike for many years," Stafford said. "We often encounter some rain, which is no big...
Spring weather conditions are expected to return next week, but don't put that winter coat away just yet. "You're still going to have some chances of snow in the western Upper Peninsula, even into late afternoon, before it's pretty much over in the evening," Jim Salzwedel, a hydromet technician at the National Weather Service in Marquette, said. Wednesday, snow was falling at a rate of about two and a half inches in a five hour period, with a total amount expected to pile up around 13 inches,...
HURLEY – Hurley City Mayor Joseph Pinardi took his oath of office and appointed council members to serve on various committees at the city council meeting Tuesday. Joanne Bruneau was elected to serve as mayor pro-tem and was also appointed to chair the finance committee, with Robert Lanctoe and Steve Lombardo. Lanctoe was also appointed chair of the board of public works, with newly elected members Jay Aijala and Terry Seibel. Appointed to the parks and recreation committee were chairman J...
