Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer City Council on Monday evening voted to approve an employment agreement with Samantha Zacovek, newly named as the city’s clerk/treasurer. Zacovek had been been working as deputy clerk since earlier this year when former clerk/treasurer Mandy Lake began also serving as interim city manager. The council recently hired Lake as city manager. Until this month, Zacovek also had served in recent years as a part-time administrator to the Downtown Development Authority. Cou...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday approved a proposal submitted by the Michigan Baseball Congress, which wants to use Randa Field for its adult baseball league. The city field, which the league hopes to use as of the spring of 2025, is near the iconic “Big Indian” and the Norrie Amateur Sports Club Inc. City manager Paul Anderson said that the congress approached him about a month ago with the “unique opportunity.” “We noted that it does need some significant work in order to pl...
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD -The Ironwood Carnegie Library celebrated Andrew Carnegie's birthday on Nov. 21 with a cake and a presentation by local historian Larry Peterson. The celebration was hosted at the historic library, with members of the community gathering to learn more about its history and its future, which includes a planned addition. "We are hoping to see ground break early next spring," said library director Lynne Wiercinski, "It is sounding like the building i...
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD —- The Board of Education for Ironwood Area Schools heard a Monday presentation from Trisha Winn, chair of the English Department and coordinator of the Professional Learning Committee. The board also heard a presentation from Alan Tulppo, superintendent of the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District. Tulppo has been making the rounds of all GOISD schools regarding how each of them utilize various services. The GOISD aims to provide support to its districts in areas such as academic s...
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer Board of Education met on Nov. 15 for its monthly meeting, having changed from the regular schedule due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Alan Tulppo, superintendent of the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District, presented the annual service report. Tulppo's report summarized data about how the GOISD was serving the Bessemer district, including year-to-year data of Career and Technical Education program enrollment and student...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] MANITOWISH WATERS, Wis. — On Oct. 1, the Benson family of Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin, woke up to what they called "a nightmare." In communications shared this past week, Josh and Tristen Benson said their daughter, Hadley, 8, suddenly rose that day "displaying behavior far different than normal." According to the Bensons, emergency service personnel cleared her at that time, but Hadley then again awoke the next day and "wasn't herself and we knew something was off." After that incident, they s...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] BESSEMER — Members of Bessemer’s Downtown Development Authority underwent a shift in management at their Nov. 13 meeting and also reduced by half the number of meetings scheduled throughout the year. The DDA also invites potential new members to apply to the authority. It was the last meeting with Deputy Clerk Samantha Zakovec serving as a part-time administrator to the DDA. Zakovec reported in a Nov. 15 email to The Globe that City Manager Mandy Lake now will assume the responsibilities that Zak...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] HURLEY — The Finance Committee of the Iron County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved $12,000 in tribal-related funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to be put toward a wage and benefit study for county employees. Committee chairman Kurt Wolff said that the county now has used all ARPA funds that it received in relation to governmental allotments relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee also approved forwarding to the board the terms of the consulting, which Wolff said is tended to a...
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] GOGEBIC RANGE — Area schools are preparing for the holiday season, announcing their respective holiday and Christmas concerts. Below is a list of the upcoming concerts, dates and locations. Gogebic County Ironwood Ironwood will offer five separate concerts this season, dividing them by class and by type of concert. The first concert, featuring the middle school band and choir, will be held this Sunday at the Historic Ironwood Theatre from 2 to 4 p.m. The sixth grade concert will be on Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. i...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] PALM BEACH, Fla. — The transition team for President-Elect Donald Trump announced Monday that he has chosen former Ashland resident Sean Duffy, 53, as a member of his cabinet in the new administration starting directly after current President Joe Biden leaves office on Jan. 20, 2025. “I am pleased to announce that former Congressman Sean Duffy, from the great state of Wisconsin, is nominated to serve as the Secretary of Transportation,” stated Trump in the Monday report. “Sean has been a tremendous...
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] HURLEY — The Board of Education for the Hurley K-12 School met on Monday for their regular meeting. During the meeting they heard a presentation from Jacob Hostettler, metal shop teacher in the school’s student-run Northwoods Manufacturing. Hostettler reported on the progress that students have made in the past semester and provided a brief summary of topics being taught. He spoke highly of students in the home maintenance course that he also teaches and noted their keen interest in cooking and sew...
By BRENDA MOSELEY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Students from six different area high schools in three counties joined forces on Nov. 15 to offer a concert at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. Members of the Gogebic Range Honors Band played under the direction of renowned director John Lynch of Wisconsin. The Gogebic Range Honors Band program is an opportunity for select young band members to train together with a guest conductor. According to promotional material, the kids "come to the...
IRONWOOD - The Chamber Singers will present their annual Christmas concert on Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 8 at 4 p.m. at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood. From jazzy to calypso and contemporary to traditional, the concert will cover a wide range of musical styles. The concert will start with the peppy "Ding Dong Merrily on High" before moving on to "Celtic Carol" and "What Shall We Give." The first set ends with "Do You Hear What I Hear?" Next, the men will present the rousing...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] GOGEBIC RANGE — Canvassing of the Nov. 5 election results has been completed in both Gogebic and Iron counties with the latter county reporting only one nominal change. In Gogebic County, Clerk Ramona Collins noted a few major issues on Tuesday. According to her, there were 473 unresolved write-in votes for county mine inspector but no official winner. Nobody declared candidacy for that race. Collins added, however, that Dan Wood of North Ironwood was elected to the position of county drain c...
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield Marenisco K-12 School held a Veterans Day ceremony on Monday afternoon, with members of the community attending in support. This year's guest speaker was Ret. Lt. Col. Dave Manki, U.S. Army. Manki gave a speech about the importance of Veterans Day and its history, as well as the role that veterans play in the United States. "War kills people, it maims people, it destroys things and wastes money," he said, "but there is always one...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday evening a resolution that acknowledges a 2025 fiscal year budget of $21,438,349. The action followed a public hearing that drew no public comment and included some final tweaks of the numbers. The motion included a millage rate of 4.07 that will result in levy of $6,034,357 being collected in 2025. Board member Roxanne Lutgen said the new millage rate is actually 33 cents lower than the previous one due to a change in fair value of c...
By PAMELA JANSSON [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer City Council voted Tuesday evening to table action on appointing a new clerk/treasurer until a committee can negotiate related terms. The vote also included the temporary designation of Mandy Lake as being responsible for that role in the interim. Lake had been hired as the clerk/treasurer in the fall of 2023 and then also became the interim city manager earlier this year. Tuesday was her first day as the official city manager. Councilwoman Linda Nelson referred to deputy c...
