Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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by Veronica Cruz vcruz@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - The Gogebic Community College board of trustees met in special session Tuesday to act on a number of staffing appointments before the beginning of classes for the fall semester on Monday. The board approved Maryann DeCaire for the position of director of financial aid. DeCaire has a bachelor's degree in business from Barat College in Lake Forest, Illinois. She has more than 30 years experience in financial aid. Rozina Doss, who used to be a...
by Veronica Cruz vcruz@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - Lifelight Ministries returned to Ironwood Tuesday to offer a family friendly festival of Christian music, as well as illusionists, unicyclists and BMX stunt bicyclists, in Ironwood's Downtown City Square. Jill Seppala, festivals director for the South Dakota-based Lifelight Ministries, said the event was free and open to the public. Funding was provided by three local churches, including Cornerstone Church from Ramsay, St. Paul Lutheran in...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER - Music resounded from Bluff Valley Park in Bessemer throughout the day on Saturday as folks gathered for Marty's Goldenaires annual Town Picnic, with live music from the drum and bugle corps and other local musicians under the park pavilion. The picnic was a celebration of Marty's 72nd anniversary. The corps was first established by senior members of American Legion Post 27 in Bessemer in 1950 but has since expanded to include members as...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@youdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - To help students get prepared for the first day of the coming school year, which is scheduled for Tuesday, Ironwood Area Schools held a Back to School fair at Luther L. Wright K-12 School on Thursday. Outside the school, Superintendent Travis Powell was grilling hamburgers and hot dogs and serving them to students and their families while welcoming them back for another year of school. Students were able to visit their classroom and meet the...
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - A fine, lingering drizzle last Saturday threatened the second day of harness racing, but turned out to make it better than ever at the Gogebic County Fair. "The track was really in excellent shape," said Marvin Kauppi, director of harness racing, after races ended. "After the rain, I thought it would be a little greasy." Instead, he said the moisture actually helped the surface, and although the track was dragged after each race, no watering...
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com ONTONAGON TOWNSHIP - It's that time of year when folks from near and far flock to campsites to bask in warm, fresh air and all the joys of the good life. Ontonagon Township Park is no exception, with people enjoying the site in various locations on July 30. By mid-morning, numerous folks were strolling the path along Lake Superior. Kids were active on the playground and adjacent beach, and campers were stirring with pleasant outdoor chores. Gene Fiszer of...
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - Friday evening rain threatened to shut down a performance by the Dweebs, a northern Midwestern family band that was scheduled to perform on the small stage of the Gogebic County Fairgrounds. Luckily, a little ingenuity and a lotta pluck saved the day and didn't seem to faze the audience that watched and cheered them on from under three nearby canopies. Although the band also had a canopy, it was not adequate to prevent water from dripping onto...
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - Despite interruptions from Mother Nature, the Gogebic County Fair drew lively crowds over the past weekend and allowed local residents to participate in a wide range of fun over a 4-day weekend schedule. Light rain hit the Ironwood fairgrounds, off and on, from Friday evening through Saturday, but it was not enough to cancel activities. One unfortunate casualty was that a new performance by the Stateline Drill Team - a mounted horse show...
IRONWOOD - The Gogebic County Fair kicked in on Thursday afternoon as registrations continued throughout the evening. The Midway was busy with games in gear, fair food flowing, and long lines at favorite rides such as the tilt-o-whirl. "It's amazing," said Genesis Rady of Ironwood, who was taking a break with her friends on the outskirts of the carnival area. "It's so fun." On the small stage, popular tunes such as those by Chicago were offered to an appreciative audience by Superior Horns and...
A survey now underway is aimed at gauging the economic and social impact of arts and culture in this region. "It kicked off a couple months ago," said Howard Sandin, vice chair of the Upper Peninsula Arts and Culture Alliance, which is based in Marquette. On behalf of the alliance, Sandin said he already has been collecting surveys at several local events such as at last weekend's Main Stage event for the Emberlight Festival. Surveys also will be collected on Saturday, from 6-7 p.m. at the...
SAXON, Wis. - One of the most popular events at this year's Iron County Fair was the draft horse pulling contest, in which four 2-horse teams pulled thousands of pounds in an attempt to show who's boss. It turns out that every team left with an award, but that seemed less important than the sheer excitement that the Sunday contest generated among all parties: horses, drivers and members of the audience who watched in anticipation from the fairground grandstands or from behind a fence...
SAXON, Wis. - Saxon had a high-energy weekend with three fun-filled days of activities at the Iron County Fair. As the aroma of familiar fair foods wafted throughout the air, ongoing music - whether live or piped in - provided an additional lift, along with the squeals of kids enjoying a host of carnival rides. Rain posed a threat on Saturday, but resulted only in some inconsequential sprinkles during festivities that drew a steady stream of people of all ages moving in every direction....
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com SAXON, Wis. - The Iron County Fair got off to a rolling start with registrations starting on Thursday evening at the fairgrounds in Saxon. There was activity throughout the grounds, with riders running their horses in formation on one end of the property while 4-H exhibits stood ready on the other end. In between, stalls for cattle and goats were mostly full while registrations were expected to continue into Friday. Spread throughout were food and...
MERCER, Wis. - Wednesday's Loon Day in Mercer was a huge success, with dozens of tented stalls lining Railroad Street, Lakeview Avenue and neighboring locales. The shopping extravaganza lured a constant flow of wandering adults, skipping kids and lolling dogs, all captivated by aromatic snacks and hundreds of items for sale. The temporary market offered items as small as key rings and as large as furniture. Welcome vendor staples such as pretty clothes and yard signs were available in...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College faculty decided on Tuesday to close its Ironwood campus, including the Lindquist Center, on Wednesday and today “due to recent threats and uncertainty.” A Facebook post from the college says that Ironwood campus staff will be working remotely and the Copper Country Center in Houghton will remain open on these days. The Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department received a bomb threat directed at Gogebic Community College on Monday. College president Dr. George McNulty...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE ltholcombe@yourdailyglobe.com Voters in Gogebic County renewed two millages in Tuesday's primary election - continuing support of the HOPE Animal Shelter and a parttime animal control officer; as well as the Gogebic Medical Care Facility. The animal control program millage renewal passed with 84% of the vote, 2,099 to 410. It calls for an annual levy of 0.2 mills over four years to support the operation of the HOPE Animal Shelter and part-time animal control officer. The...
By ZACHARY MARANO zmarano@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners prohibited the use of several fairgrounds buildings on July 27, just two weeks before the Gogebic County Fair on Aug. 11-14. With less than two weeks left before the fair, the fair board met on Monday to discuss how to move forward with this announcement. Gogebic County contracted the Houghton-based firm U.P. Engineers and Architects to perform a buildings study earlier this year. The study...
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com GREENLAND - Fine weather favored a great outcome for the Ontonagon County Fair, which celebrated its 50th anniversary at its Greenland location over the weekend. Saturday was the main day, and it was bustling with people enjoying activities from one end of the grounds to the other. One consistently popular choice was a ride led by Tim Duncan, who was hauling children in colorful, kid-sized carts that were attached to his tractor in a train-like fashion....
By LARRY HOLCOMBE lholcombe@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - Eleven days, 685 miles. All on a bicycle. All on the Iron Belle Trail. That summed up the bulk of Tomas Quinones' vacation back to his home state of Michigan this month. He started at Belle Isle in Detroit on July 16 and rolled across the bridge across the Montreal River on Wednesday morning. If your counting, that's 12 days, but the software engineer from Portland, Oregon, took the second day off as he visited his parents in Grand Blanc...
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com HURLEY - Persons of Polish ancestry had the opportunity to learn a little more about their origins by attending a Wednesday evening presentation at the Iron County Historical Museum. The session was specifically within the former courthouse of the building, which once was known as the Iron County Courthouse. Jay M. Orbik, an Illinois genealogist, was at the site to present information on Polish immigration to the Gogebic Range, specifically from Iron...
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com BESSEMER — In 2018, Michigan citizens voted to legalize recreational marijuana in Michigan. Ever since then, the Bessemer City Council has said no to any given offer from businesses hoping to set up related enterprise in that city. At their Monday evening meeting, the council received yet another offer from Frost Bite Management Inc., based in Baraga, Michigan. Frost Bite uses the brand name of Farm Science, based in Warren, Michigan, and the parent company of the brand name is Vendco Michigan, Inc., b...
By P.J. GLISSON news@yourdailyglobe.com LAND O'LAKES, Wis. - Kites were flying high on Saturday as members of the Wisconsin Kiters Club provided demonstrations and workshops in conjunction with the past weekend's Airport Days at King's Land O'Lakes Airport in Wisconsin. "I love this kite," said Catherine Piotrowski of Milwaukee as she prepared to launch her device that was designed to look like a gigantic Chinese fan. In fact, Piotrowski said she bought the kite from a man who was in the midst...
