Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - Five students shared their business ideas during the fourth annual Idea Bounce at Gogebic Community College, Tuesday. The students presented on a wide variety of ideas and were judged on their presentations of the ideas by local business owners, business professors and other professionals. Beth Steiger, a business instructor at GCC, told the presenters that the event was a "great way" to share an idea and have practice presenting. Ross Lehto, was named the winner after presenting his...
ONTONAGON - Six years ago Ontonagon Township assistant librarian Laura Lahaie, read a book called "Fancy Nancy", and it gave Lahaie the idea to have a tea party for the kids. Each year, the number of boys, girls and parents grow at the event. Lahaie buys fancy tea cups from the St Vincent DePaul store, parents bring a few snacks and everyone wears fancy hats to the party. Lahaie said this year's party was the largest yet, with more boys added to the mix. A reading skit was presented by...
HURLEY - Chippewa Valley Bank officials are calling their new office in Hurley "lucky No. 13." "We're really excited to be here. Small towns are what we're all about," said CVB board member Randy Somerville, who attended a ribbon cutting at the new bank office on U.S. 51 near 10th Avenue in Hurley Tuesday morning. "We understand the challenges and difficulties that small towns encounter and the seasonality and nature of the local businesses," Somerville said. Chippewa Valley vice president, and...
HURLEY, Wis. - Clyde Owen "Chubby" Randall, 85, a prominent longtime Hurley businessman, formerly of Wakefield, Mich., and Ironwood, Mich., passed away Tuesday morning, April 1, 2014. He was born on Nov. 22, 1928, in Luck, the son of James Henry and Mabel Lillian (Simonson) Randall. Chubby graduated from Wakefield High School with the class of 1947. While at WHS, he participated in tennis, basketball and football. Chubby proudly served his country in the U.S. Army for two years. On July 28,...
To the Editor: Since April 2013, a group of Lac Courte Oreilles tribal members and their friends have been living on Iron County forest property along Moore Park Road in what they have called a “harvest camp.” Although harvesting of certain miscellaneous forest products is granted to tribal members through federal treaties, living on the county forest is in direct violation of the Iron County Forest 15-year plan, Iron County camping ordinance and Wisconsin statutes that govern county forest land. Twice over the past year, the Iron County Forest...
