Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Sorted by date Results 201 - 225 of 748
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Hurley School District is getting good marks from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction but it's just a snapshot report and the work is to constantly improve, according to reports at the Hurley Public School Board meeting on Monday. "The results are overall and the scores don't fluctuate much, but the report card helps us with the goal of constantly looking for ways to improve," said Kevin Genisot, school district administrator....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors approved an option agreement Tuesday that gives Enbridge Inc. the ability to purchase an easement on Iron County land if the company moves forward with a plan to reroute its Line 5 pipeline. “It’s an agreement we would make with the county, where, if the day comes where we actually do build the pipeline, we would exercise that option and then we would negotiate an easement — a perpetual easement — with the county for that pipeline to exist on the Iron C...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - In an effort to be transparent, Enbridge Energy invited the media to attend a tour of its pump station in Saxon Thursday and was available to answer questions about its Line 5 and possible relocation project around the Bad River Reservation in Odanah, Wis. Line 5 is a 645-mile pipeline carrying light crude and natural gas liquids from Superior, Wis. to Sarnia, Ontario. According to Enbridge's website, in July the Bad River Band of Lake...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Department of Human Services is now taking application for the 2019-20 Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program by appointment only. New applicants must apply in person and must set up an appointment to do so. Otherwise applicants may apply in person, over the phone or have an application mailed to them, according to program manager Diane Schmidtke. Applications will be accepted now through May 15. Not all households will be eligible. There is a formula that takes into account i...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD - High water levels in Lake Superior for the month of August 2019 have tied the record with that of 1952, according to Keith Kompoltowicz, chief of Watershed Hydrology, Detroit District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Detroit District monitors the Great Lakes water levels and makes the information available as a public service. Since 1952, the average water level for Lake Superior has been 602.17 feet above sea level. This year it is...
SALINE, Mich. - Michael "Mike" Frederick Pogliano, 79, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019 at the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. He was born on April 8, 1940 in Bessemer Township, Mich, the son of Secondo and Margaret (Bertorello) Pogliano. On Sept. 1, 1962 in Saxon, Wis., he married Margaret "Peggy" Jarvela and she survives. Mike obtained his Bachelors Degree in Architecture from the University of Michigan. Mike was an instructor at Washtenaw Community College for over 33 years and an architect...
SAXON, Wis. — It’s been 3 years, 1 month and 19 days since flooding from the July 11, 2016 storm, destroyed Saxon Harbor. Today, for the first time since that storm, boats will be able to use the harbor’s marina again. The marina’s new docks and boat launches are open for public use, however, county officials are asking visitors to be patient over the next few weeks while some of the final cosmetic work is completed around the marina. “Go down and enjoy, but understand there’s still some work that’s being finished up,” Iron County Forestry...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — In what they called the first step in the process, several Xcel Energy officials provided the Iron County Board of Supervisors with a broad outline of a proposal to reroute transmission lines through northern Iron County Tuesday. The power lines in question run between Ironwood and Ashland, Wisconsin, crossing U.S. 2 near the Saxon Pump substation before crossing the highway again on the Bad River reservation. “(The lines) are nearing the end of their lifespans and they present some cha...
SAXON, Wis. - Niilo Arthur Vuorenmaa, 87, of Saxon, passed away Thursday morning, Aug. 15, 2019. Niilo was born on Sept. 27, 1931, in Ironwood, Mich., a son of Eric and Selina (Kitula) Vuorenmaa. He attended Roosevelt School in Ironwood Township, Mich. Niilo was employed at the maintenance department at Grand View Hospital for 36 years. He retired in 1993. Niilo was very proud of his Finnish heritage. He was a supporting member of Little Finland Cultural Center in Kimball and participated in...
VIROQUA, Wis. — Dorothy E. Peterson, 89, formerly of Ironwood, Mich. and Westby, Wis., died June 25, 2019, while in residence at the Bland-Bekkedal Center for Hospice Care in Viroqua. Dorothy was born in Cashton, daughter of the late Bernard “Ben” and Clara (Erickson) Einer. Raised on the family dairy farm, she attended school in Cashton, and graduated from La Crosse Central High School in 1947. She met her husband, Theron I. Peterson, while both were attending UW-La Crosse and they married on Dec. 22, 1947. They moved to Ironwood in 1957...
Tuesday, Aug. 13 Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency food commodity distribution for seniors, Pioneer Park Apartments tenants only, Ironwood, 9-10 a.m.; Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church parking lot, 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments west parking lot, 11:35-11:45 a.m.; Mill Trace Apartments east parking lot, 11:45-11:55 a.m.; Wildwood Apartments community room, 12-12:15 p.m. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 9...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Big machines are as much a part of county fairs as 4-H and agriculture as the fans showed Sunday by cheering on the 15th annual Mud Run, one of the final events of the Gogebic County Fair. "Lake States Mud Racers has been around for a while but this is our second year running it," said John Olkonen, club president. The races include the Gogebic County Fair, Iron County Fair, Ashland County Fair, the Bessemer Fourth of July, Butternut...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] SAXON, Wis. — As work continues to reopen Saxon Harbor’s marina three years after it was destroyed in the July 2016 storm, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, toured the site Wednesday to see the progress that has been made. Baldwin told the Daily Globe she remembered touring the region after the storm, when widespread flooding caused numerous road washouts and other damage to areas of northwestern Wisconsin. “I still remember coming up to survey the damage within a day or two of the storm and it...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - A unique ceremony was held Saturday at the graveside of a Civil War veteran in Lake View Cemetery in Saxon. More than 100 people watched as five members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Old Abe Camp 8 post near Appleton, honored Chester Huntsinger, who passed away in 1914 as Iron County's last surviving Union veteran of the Civil War. Members of the area American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Vietnam...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - The town of Saxon was the hot place to be this weekend as the Iron County Fair drew crowds from around the region. "(The fair) went really well. We were blessed with beautiful weather all three days," said Cortney Ofstad, the fair's marketing coordinator. "Our attendance Friday was excellent with our Five Dollars after Five promotion. We had great, great attendance yesterday - the carnival was as packed as I've ever seen it ... lots...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - The midway wasn't officially open until 6 p.m. Friday, but that didn't stop hundreds of people from coming early to play games, eat food and listen to music at the Iron County Fair. "I really like the fair," said Tate Guenard, 19, of Hurley, who sang the national anthem to open the Iron County Fair. "It's a community happening that brings people together, and makes money for 4-H and the area farms." Guenard has been a singer his...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] SAXON - Tables were hosed off by the Saxon/Gurney fire department and animals bathed on Thursday in preparation for Iron County Fair. Brock Swartz, vice president of the fair committee, said the fair is made possible by a collaboration of volunteers, children and local business owners. "This is our big weekend," he said. Forrest Movrich, from California, said his family is friends with the owners of a neighboring farm and was asked if he wanted to sho...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - A fair without 4-H is not much of a fair. Around 41 members of 4-H will present more than 250 projects at the Iron County Fair from Friday through Sunday in Saxon, the most in recent memory, said Neil Klemme, the area 4-H director and youth development educator for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Division of Extension. Members of the Hurley Lucky Clovers, the Iron County Green Team, the Saxon Emerald Knights and the Penokee Range...
Thursday, Aug. 1 Iron County Fair, Thursday-Sunday, Iron County Fairgrounds, Saxon. Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. SMART Recovery, 4:30 p.m., 101 E. Mary St., Bessemer. ReGeneration Youth, 5:30-6:45 p.m., ages 10-11; Relentless Youth, 7-9 p.m., ages 12-18; Lighthouse Faith...
SAXON, Wis. - Six people are safe after the U.S. Coast Guard and local personnel rescued them Tuesday after they became stranded on the shores of Lake Superior in northern Iron County. The Ashland County Sheriff's Office contacted the Iron County Sheriff's Office at approximately 5:45 a.m. Tuesday about three adults, three children and a dog stranded on Marble Point. One adult and two of the children were stranded after hiking east along the shore from the Madigan beach area Monday, according...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — It may be little consolation to the fact Iron County has to borrow close to $1 million, but the loan the Iron County Board of Supervisors approved Tuesday is for less money than what was borrowed last year. The board voted to borrow $947,583 from Chippewa Valley Bank to cover placement costs the county incurred in 2018. “That’s about $300,000 less than last year,” Clerk Michael Saari said. Placement costs relate to a variety of services, but generally cover residents being sent to facilit...
Wednesday, July 31 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center. Superior Riders, 6:30 p.m., Spider’s, Hurley. IMPACT Life Support Group, 6:30 p.m., W...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - The Hurley K-12 Commons Saturday was full as the community gathered to see the Hurley Education Foundation induct four new distinguished alumni. The foundation's Class of 2019 featured Maj. Gen. Rodney R. Hannula, Phyllis Schlecht, Edward "John" Wiita and Mike Fauerbach. For each of the four inductees, there were introductory remarks about their background before the inductee or a family member gave their remarks. The speeches made clear...
PENCE, Wis. - August "Ray" Savera, 88, of Pence, passed away at his home on July 21, 2019, in the arms of his wife, Kathy, with his sister-in-law, Sally, by his side. He was born on Dec. 28, 1930, in Ironwood, Mich., to August and Christine (Hakala) Savera. He graduated from Hurley High School in 1949. He attended college in Superior, Wis., leaving before graduation to enter the U.S. Air Force. He completed his education while in the Air Force, earning his master's degree. Ray served in the Air...
