Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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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... Full story
With many residents thinking spring, local winter attractions are wrapping up in preparation for warmer weather. Frigid weather dominated the ski season, leading to a drop in numbers at local ski hills and on snowmobile trails, despite excellent conditions. Snowmobiling In Iron County, snowmobile trails are set to close on March 31 at 11:59 p.m. According to Dorrene O'Donnell, executive director of the Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce, it was a "steady year" for snowmobiling, despite sub-zero... Full story
In what has turned into one of the most brutal area winters in modern history, the Gogebic Range on Monday shared in the bone-chilling cold that hit much of the Midwest. Area schools canceled classes Monday as the overnight low dipped to -20 degrees across the Gogebic Range, with gusting winds sending wind chill readings to 40-below. Many school districts also canceled classes for today. The blue ice that arrived near shore at Little Girl's Point on Lake Superior over the weekend looked... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Edwin Fisher, 95, of Sheboygan, Wis., spent part of his birthday month the best way he knows how Friday, skiing with friends at Big Powderhorn Mountain. Born in January of 1919, Fisher has been skiing for 65 years, and is happy to come to Michigan to ski as most of "little hills in Wisconsin aren't much of a challenge." Fisher said he's skied "all over the West," but enjoys coming back to the U.P., especially with friends. Fisher, a retired mechanical engineer with the... Full story
IRONWOOD - With snow totals continuing to rise, local ski hills, cross country ski trails and snowmobile trail groomers are preparing for what could be a banner winter. As of 7 a.m. Thursday, Ironwood had received 27.7 inches of snow this season, with more in the forecast through the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Indianhead Mountain in Wakefield was expected to open today, with the other ski hills in the area set to open in December. "We pride ourselves on being able to offer a longer seaso... Full story
HURLEY, Wis. - Irene Marie Nasi, 86, of Pine Lake in the Town of Oma, passed away peacefully on Monday, Nov.18, 2013, at Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center in Hurley, with loving family members at her side. The former Irene Traynor was born on Nov. 24, 1926, in New York City, to parents Thomas A. Traynor and Mae Neubert. Irene's first 18 years were spent in Maspeth, Queens, N.Y. She graduated from Grover Cleveland High School in 1944 and was a member of the Arista Honor Society. After... Full story
IRONWOOD — Former Ironwood resident, guitarist Aaron Jay, will perform at the Historic Ironwood Theatre Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature country, rock and blues music. “Jay grew up in a musical family, so he knew that music would be the road he would travel,” Theater Director Bruce Greenhill said. “His dad, Johnny Jay, and uncles, Max Lee and Mike, were known as ‘Johnny Jay and the Jay Birds.’” Jay’s father and Uncle Max helped pique his interest in playing and performing publicly,... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — After nearly a lifetime of devotion and passion for ski jumping, ski flying and Copper Peak, Charlie Supercynski was inducted into the American Ski Jumping Hall of Fame with the Class of 2013 on Saturday night. Supercynski was enshrined for his “longtime outstanding service to the sport of ski jumping” along with sixteen other inductees at the Big Powderhorn Lodge in Bessemer. The event was held on the Gogebic Range for the first time and drew nearly 150 people, which was t... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP – Charlie Supercynski will be the first Gogebic Range resident to be named to the American Ski Jumping Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will be held at Big Powderhorn Lodge in Bessemer on Saturday, Aug. 17, at 7 p.m. Six months later, ski flying returns to Copper Peak after a 20-year absence and a strong volunteer effort, led by Supercynski, to get the facility ready. Bryan Sanders, president of the American Ski Jumping Hall of Fame, said Supercynski will be cited for h... Full story
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Betty A. Olson, 82, of Ironwood Township, passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at Westgate Nursing, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Community in Ironwood. She was born July 15, 1930, in Ironwood Township, the daughter of the late Conrad and Agnes (Erickson) Walquist. She attended Roosevelt Grade School and Luther L. Wright High School, graduating in 1948. After graduation, Betty moved to Chicago and worked at Kraft Foods. She returned to Ironwood a short time l... Full story
WAKEFIELD, Mich. — Vivian M. Coleman, of Bessemer, died Sunday, April 14, 2013, in Wakefield. She was born in Ironwood, daughter of the William N. and Amanda (Utter) Coleman. Some years later the family moved to Bessemer. Vivian graduated from the A.D. Johnston High School in Bessemer. She took numerous classes at Gogebic Community College and an accounting class from LaSalle University. She received her senior accountant’s degree from the Ford Motor Company. Her first place of employment was the Bessemer Auto Company as its bookkeeper, the... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Local racers fared well at last weekend’s snowmobile race and hill climb at Big Powderhorn Mountain. The Mid America Snow and Terrain Expert Racers (MASTERS) Racing Circuit Snow Drags and Snowmobile Hillclimb took advantage of the late-winter snow, although rain that froze Sunday turned the soft snow of Saturday to ice. Bessemer’s Keegan Boggetto edged out Iron River’s, Sidney Storti and Keegan’s 3-year-old brother, Nolan, to win the 120 cc feature Saturday. The junior cl...
BESSEMER — Drivers from all over the Midwest traveled to Bessemer over the weekend to participate in the first ever Snowmobile Drag Race and Hill Climb on Saturday and Sunday at Big Powderhorn Mountain. According to Bruce Noren, general manager at Powderhorn, the weather was key in making the event successful. “We had really great weather today (Sunday),” Noren said. “So that helped.” The event is one of many snowmobile-themed events in the area, and according to Noren, each event is great for...
