Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER - Four city council members sought re-election in Tuesday's general election along with one new candidate and a last-minute write-in candidate - all running for one of five seats on the council. The top five vote getters were incumbents Terry Kryshak with 231 votes, Mayor Adam Zak with 222 votes, Louis Miskovich, 208, and Linda Nelson garnered 164 votes. Newcomer Bill McDonald received a total of 102 votes. There were 66 write-in votes. Jim Prezkop had launched a write-in candidate,...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - All Saints Academy was the place to be on Friday night if you were a kid looking for a fun time. The annual "Fun Frolic" event in the All Saints Catholic Academy gymnasium typically draws more than 2,000 kids and their parents for games, food, costume contests and of course, the famous haunted house. "I liked going through the spooky house," said Audriana Carli, 7, of Ironwood. The scariest part was "when the hand popped out," she said. D...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Gogebic County food pantries had the opportunity to stock their shelves in time for the holiday season Friday as the Michigan State Police's Wakefield Post distributed the food items the community has donated over the past several weeks. Although the final donation totals are still being finalized, post officials said they received 22,275 pounds of donations from Gogebic County. "We did good - I'm happy, the pantries are going to be...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Michigan State Police’s Wakefield Post would like residents to dispose of expired, unused and unwanted pills during National Prescription Drug Take-back Day on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Residents can go to any state police post with their medications (pills only) and drop them off with no questions asked. Anyone who is unable to do so at this time can surrender their unwanted medications at any Michigan State Police post between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Fri...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Michigan State Police Post and Super One Foods joined efforts Monday to help stock local food pantries for those in need. The Stuff a Goose food drive began Monday and ends Oct. 24. From now until then, donations can be made either by purchasing a $5 dollar bag filled with $10 worth of groceries at Super One, or by donating non-perishable food items to the Michigan State Police Post in Wakefield Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m....
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield City Council voted Monday evening to approve Resolution No. 266, in relation to granting tax-exempt status to the Forward Wakefield Development Corporation for a three-year period. According to city manager Rob Brown, the resolution now will be sent to the State Tax Commission for final determination. The council's unanimous vote occurred after three members of Forward Wakefield presented a slide show regarding their goals during...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] BESSEMER - Discussion at Monday's Bessemer city council meeting centered on the issue of whether the city is in compliance with the American with Disabilities Act with regard to the city hall. Councilman Louis Miskovich provided several letters from residents who are disabled and cannot use most of the facilities at the building - including paying utility bills, voting and attending city meetings. According to Miskovich, the city may be in compliance...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. — By volunteering in a traffic safety exercise the city of Hurley Police Department has received a $4,000 award, according to Chief Chris Colassaco, at the city council’s Police, Fire and Licensing Committee meeting Wednesday. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation conducted a Click It or Ticket safety belt compliance check over Memorial Day weekend, he said. The effort wasn’t funded and Hurley participated on its own initiative, he said. “We were fortunate in that they put tog...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD — A free snowmobile safety education/certification course is being offered Saturday Oct. 12 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Gogebic Community College in Ironwood. In Michigan, snowmobile safety training is recommended for all riders, but is required for those ages 12 to 16. In Wisconsin, those born on or after Jan.1, 1985 and at least 12 years of age need to take the course, said Department of Natural Resources safety instructor Deborah Fergus. Once a certificate is obtained, it can be r...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — It may soon become harder to pass on Lake Road after the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees decided Monday to send a letter to the Gogebic County Road Commission seeking to prohibit passing south of Sunset Road. The board’s letter seeks to remove the passing zones between Margaret Street and Sunset Road and requests a traffic study to determine whether the speed limit can be reduced as well. The board based its decision on the fact the section of road is both fairly hea...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield City Council on Monday approved an Oct. 14 public hearing to consider a tax-exempt status request for the former town memorial building site. The property has been vacant since the memorial building was razed in 2010. Forward Wakefield Development Corporation, the nonprofit owner of the three-acre plot at 500 Lakeshore Drive, received the land from Marvin Suomi, who donated it in 2018 after his own tax-exempt status expired....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Public Safety Department announced Wednesday night that several local law enforcement agencies executed a search warrant in Ironwood earlier that day in connection to a series of local thefts. An IPSD spokesperson said the department received “numerous” reports from citizens about vehicles and garages being broken into recently and items stolen. The Michigan State Police received an “actionable tip that they shared with the Public Safety Department,” the spokesper...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - While the Ontonagon Village Council has been considering the question of an ordinance to allow the licensing of marijuana facilities and businesses in the village or adopting an ordinance to prohibit them, the crowd at Monday's council meeting left no doubt about what they wanted. Speaker after speaker called on the council to opt-out of permission for such business in Ontonagon. Tim Guzek, a former Ontonagon police chief and officer, and county...
Wednesday, Sept. 4 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency quarterly food commodity distribution for registered families, noon-2:30 p.m. EST, fire hall, Bruce Crossing; 2-4 p.m. EST, 429 River St., Ontonagon. 906-667-0283. 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., M...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. - Parents and students of the Hurley K-12 School had an open house Thursday to help take the anxiety out of the first day of fall semester classes on Tuesday. Amanda Jewell, Montreal, said she and her daughters going into kindergarten, third and sixth grade, were able to see their class schedules, meet their teachers and find their lockers. "I think it's a great idea," Jewell said. "This is the first time I came and I think it's been...
MENOMINEE — Seven men were arrested Thursday during a joint operation in northern Menominee County aimed at reducing the demand for sex trafficking, according to a statement Monday from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team. “Law enforcement agencies initiated the operation by placing online advertisements on websites used for prostitution,” said the press release. “During the investigation 32 individuals responded to the website advertisements.” Seven men followed through and met with an undercover detective, who posed as a prostitut...
IRONWOOD — A second round of manganese testing showed residential levels below levels of concern but an infant health advisory remains in effect for the cities of Ironwood and Hurley, Wisconsin. Testing conducted just over a week ago by the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department was sent to White Water Associates, a state of Michigan approved testing facility. Manganese levels remain below adult and infant health advisory levels but the cities are maintaining the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services advisory that recommends h...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - As the 2019-20 school year approaches administrators of area school districts said funding has allowed security upgrades in an ongoing effort to provide a safe learning environment. "Student safety is our number one priority," said Jason Gustafson, superintendent of Wakefield-Marenisco School District. "In order for students to learn effectively, they must feel safe in their learning environment." The school district has invested heavily...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Inspections and investigations are ongoing regarding the Sunday fire that damaged two second floor apartments and the Pines Restaurant below at 120 S. Suffolk. Ironwood Public Safety said the investigation is ongoing and there was no new information to provide on Monday. "Everything is still under investigation," said Susan Graumann, co-owner of the restaurant with Janice Miskovich. "We will not know anything until the investigation is...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission is proposing an engineering and funding search to build a water filtration system, according to discussion at its Monday meeting. The commission meeting drew around 200 people who were mostly present to express anger that the city waited until manganese levels were discovered approaching federal Environmental Protection Agency precautionary levels to take action on filtration. “Ultimately, the solution to this issue is filtration,” said Scott Erickson, city...
MARQUETTE — Irene Elizabeth Raisanen, 95, of Marquette, entered eternal life Wednesday morning, July 24, 2019, at Brookridge Heights Assisted Living. Irene was born on March 21, 1924 in Wakefield, a daughter of Andrew and Mayme (Burg) Pitkanen. She graduated from Wakefield High School in 1942 as salutatorian of her class and while in high school earned the honor of being named Potato Queen of Gogebic County. After graduation, Irene moved to Chicago for work. In August of 1943, Irene was u...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The co-owner of Pines Restaurant said she will be closed until repairs are made from damage caused by an apartment fire above on Sunday. “We will be closed for a while,” said Janice Miskovich, who is co-owner of the restaurant with Susan Craumann. “The smoke and water damage from the upstairs apartment came into the restaurant and destroyed the ceiling.” A news release from Ironwood Public Safety said the police and firefighting personnel responded to a 5:35 p.m. emergency call abou...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A Hurley man pleaded no contest to several charges Tuesday in Iron County court. Andrew Zaleski, 39, pleaded no contest to charges of false imprisonment, felony bail jumping and stalking. He also pleaded to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. A no contest plea is similar to a guilty plea but isn’t considered an admission of guilt. The bail jumping and false imprisonment charges are the two most serious he pleaded to, as both are classified as Class H felonies in the state of...
Wednesday, Aug. 7 Mercer Loon Day, downtown Mercer, Wis. 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. Survivors of Suicide, 3 p.m., basement of Zion Lutheran Church. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community...
Tuesday, Aug. 6 Loony Pedalers, 8:30 a.m., Sharon’s Coffee Company, Hurley. Pickleball, 9 a.m.-noon, Patterson courts or Ironwood Memorial Building. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Ironwood Memorial Building. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Ironwood Kiwanis Club, noon, Golden Dragon. Wakefield Seniors, noon, Wakefield Senior Center. Cribbage, 1 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Public Library. 715-476-2366. Mountain Biking Group, 6 p.m., Wolverine Trails. Disabled American V...
