Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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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,...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - With a winter of white outside, all Packer fans could see was green and gold inside when the Green Bay Packer Tailgate Tour rolled into Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort on Wednesday. According to Bob Tervonen, close to 500 Packer fans purchased tickets for the event that will raise close to $15,000 for Ironwood Township and Ironwood volunteer fire departments. The departments will purchase dress uniforms that Tervonen said have been badly needed for years. "This was big for...
IRONWOOD - Luther L. Wright High School's show choir Accent! departed Wednesday on an educational and performance tour to Branson, Mo. The group, directed by Denise Woodward, will open for several shows during the tour, including Legends in Concert at the Dick Clark Theater; Dancing Queen, a '70s show, at Kings Castle Theater; and the Hamner Unbelievable Variety Show at Hamner-Barber Theatre, all in Branson. The singers will also take educational tours in Branson at locations including the...
DETROIT (AP) - Pressure was building Wednesday for Michigan lawmakers to commit $350 million to Detroit pensions, a day after the city reached tentative agreements with pension funds and a retiree group to reduce payouts. The city has an $816 million pledge from foundations, philanthropists and Gov. Rick Snyder to shore up pension funds and prevent the sale of city-owned art as part of Detroit's strategy for exiting the largest public bankruptcy in U.S. history. But the state's share still...
BERGLAND — The Gogebic Ontonagon Intermediate School District is hosting two informational meetings dealing with possible consolidation of the Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco School districts. The first meeting is April 29 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Gogebic Community College in Ironwood. The second meeting is May 8 at the Marenisco Township Hall from 6:30-7:30 p.m. According to Bruce Mayle, superintendent of the GOISD, the meetings are “not debates” about possible consolidation, but a chance for r...