Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD — A traffic order setting up a no-parking zone near the Miners Memorial Mural was approved by the Ironwood City Commission on Monday. Since the mural was painted on the wall of the building last year, it has become a popular downtown attraction, often resulting in dozens of spectators stopping by and taking photos on any given day. The traffic control order states there will be no parking on both the south and north sides of McLeod Avenue, beginning at Suffolk Street and extending 75 f...
IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area School Board Monday approved both amendments to the 2012-’13 budget and an $8 million 2013-’14 budget. The budget calls for $1,738,474 in local taxes, around $5 million in state aid and $549,760 in federal aid. Superintendent Tim Kolesar said the entire budget amounts to $7,990,885. The school district is left with an estimated fund balance of $379,875, pending the upcoming annual audit. We’re not in deficit and we’re in no danger of being in deficit,” Kolesar said. Lunch program The board approved a motion to i...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Jon Parker, of State Farm Insurance in Ironwood, donated a 2012 Ford Escape Hybrid to the Gogebic Community College Automotive Technology program. Parker has arranged a partnership between State Farm and GCC with automotive technology instructor Jon Werkmeister to donate a vehicle every year for use as a teaching aid. The project began in December, said Parker. “It took a few months to get what they needed,” he said. The vehicle was shipped from Bartlett, Ill. The partn...
ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Area Board of Education Monday hired a new superintendent- principal combination for the 2013-2014 school year. The board approved a one-year contract with Jim Bobula. Bobula graduated from the Ontonagon school system and has been a longtime teacher, and in the past year, principal and athletic director. The hiring of Bobula came following a letter of resignation of five-year superintendent Gray Webber. Webber spent 27 years as a teacher in the system and was hired i...
HANCOCK — Local nurses, health educators and peer trainers will facilitate a series of workshops to help cancer survivors manage chronic symptoms like fatigue, pain and depression that can accompany completion of cancer treatment. The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department will offer PATH, or Personal Action Toward Health, a series of six weekly workshops that help people learn to manage their own health conditions, in several locations across the Western Upper Peninsula to be determined depending on interest. The health department seeks c...
FOND DU LAC, Wis. — Edna Rose Julia Rupnick, 94, of Oshkosh, formerly of White Pine, Mich., passed away Friday, June 21, 2013, at Manor Care in Fond du Lac. She was born on Nov. 15, 1918, the daughter of the late Leander and Elizabeth (Beck) Wuolo. On June 20, 1942, she married Robert L. Rupnick in Waukegan, Ill. Edna enjoyed bowling, fishing, skiing, camping at Kidney Lake and swimming in Lake Superior. She was also known to be an awesome cook, especially for her fried chicken. She is survived by her son, William (Jeanne) Rupnick, of O...
It’s hard to believe the longest day of the year has already come and gone on the Gogebic Range, as Friday marked the summer solstice. At 1:04 a.m. Friday, the summer solstice arrived, marking the astronomical start of summer. Now area residents are seeking some extended sunshine, like the bright skies of Monday, to dry up last week’s rainfall. The Farmers Almanac predicts an “oppressively hot” July for the Midwest and other areas of the country, but not as bad as in the last two years. The 197-year-old publication also predicts normal amounts...
BOSTON (AP) — An NHL-record unbeaten streak to start the lockout-shortened season. Three straight victories to clinch the title. From beginning to end, the Chicago Blackhawks skated away from the rest of the league. Bryan Bickell and Dave Bolland scored 17 seconds apart in the final 1:16 and the Blackhawks struck quickly to win Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final 3-2 on Monday night for their second NHL championship in four seasons. “I still can’t believe that finish. Oh my God, we never quit,...
