Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — Two eighth-grade students at Luther L. Wright K-12 School, Olivia Salazar and Reino Ranta, are starting a Gay-Straight Alliance student group that will hold its first meeting on Dec. 8. The group will provide a safe space for LGBTQ students at Ironwood Area Schools. Salazar said that she came out of the closet during the Pride UP 2020 campaign in Ironwood with the support of her parents. However, she said that not all LGBTQ youth are accepted by their friends and family members. “It was...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Slight flurries helped to boost the Christmas spirit as the Jack Frost tree was lit at the Depot Park on Thursday night. "The Jack Frost Festival of Lights will begin tonight," said Mike Meyer, executive director of the Ironwood Chamber of Commerce to a crowd of approximately 50 people gathered near the tree as the bell rang out to mark the 6 o'clock hour. "As you can see, we have lights all around us and tonight we are going to light the...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — After a public budget hearing and a special town meeting of electors, the town of Mercer board of supervisors held their regular meeting at the Haines Building in Mercer on Thursday evening. This year, the Rice Lake Association of Mercer received a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to remove curly leaf pondweed from Rice Lake to prevent or minimize the downstream contamination in the Turtle River Watershed. According to the Turtle-Flambeau Flowage & Trude Lake P...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Downtown Ironwood Development Authority is preparing to decorate the city for the holidays. Community Development Director Tom Bergman said the Department of Public Works puts lighted wreaths on 79 light posts in the city of Ironwood every year. Bergman said that the money to purchase the wreaths is donated to the DIDA throughout the year by local businesses, organizations and individuals. At the DIDA meeting on Thursday morning, Community Development Specialist Tim Erickson said that...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] Ironwood - November is National Alzheimer's Awareness, National Family Caregiver, and National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. In honor of this, the Ironwood Carnegie Library has put together some "memory kits," to help jog the memory of those who are affected by the disease. "We have started to recognize the needs of an aging population over the past few years and are working toward better serving those patrons," said library director Lynne...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HOUGHTON — Recent wastewater monitoring indicates that communities in the western Upper Peninsula will see another increase in COVID-19 cases, according to a release from the Western U.P. Health Department on Monday. The health department has partnered with local wastewater monitoring systems as part of a continued statewide effort in Michigan to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the release says. They are testing wastewater samples for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. According to the r...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The city of Bessemer sold just over seven acres of land to Glen Peterson, an attorney from Kerrville, Texas, with ties to the U.P. during the regular city council meeting on Monday night. The 7.3 acres of land is located near Marshalek Road off U.S. 2. Peterson offered to purchase the land for $2,000 per acre. The land is adjacent to 20 acres of land he recently purchased from the Gogebic County Road Commission for $40,000. Peterson said in a letter to the city that he will plan, design a...
MONTREAL, Wis. - Mayor Kelly Traczyk said that the city of Montreal applied for the Neighborhood Investment Fund Grant to receive funding for a proposed park at the Montreal common council meeting on Nov. 9. Traczyk said it will be named Riverside Park, which is also the name of the community center on a 1938 map of the city. The proposed park will be located on 22 acres of city property and will have a "mindfulness meditation walk," a dog park and community gardens. An old baseball field will...
HURLEY, Wis — The Hurley School Board awarded the Hurley/Ashland co-op hockey team a $500 grant per player during its regular meeting on Monday night. The district has been participating in the co-op for four years, and every year participation has increased. According to Brooke Gilbertson, the team was formed with five players from Hurley. In its second season it had six, in the third season there were eight players, and there are now nine Hurley players on the team. She said she expects to have at least nine next year as well, possibly m...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — Ironwood Area Schools will switch to a distance learning model with online classes starting Wednesday, according to a press release from the school on Friday. The release identifies substitute shortages and seasonal illness as reasons for temporarily closing the school doors and going online. “Staff have often come to work sick because there aren’t enough substitutes available to cover for them,” the release says. “We currently have several staff members dealing with seasonal illnesses, su...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER - The parking lot was packed and there wasn't an empty seat as nearly 200 people gathered Thursday evening at the Bessemer VFW Post 3673 for a dinner to celebrate and honor those who have served their country. Post quartermaster John Frello acted as master of ceremonies. An invocation was given by Rev. Matthew Gunia of Trinity Lutheran Church in Ironwood. Tom DeCarlo presented the colors and the pledge of allegiance was recited, before a long...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County Sheriff Pete Matonich announced Friday his intention to retire at the end of the year. A committee of county officials is forming to appoint an interim sheriff to complete his term expiring in 2024. “It is with both excitement and fond sadness that I announce my retirement as sheriff of Gogebic County,” said Matonich in his announcement, noting his last day on the job will be Dec. 31, 2021. Matonich announced his retirement by email to the Daily Globe on Friday. Matonich o...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Joy and pride could be seen from every corner of the Wakefield-Marenisco School gym on Thursday as students honored local veterans with a Veterans Day assembly. "On this day - Veterans Day - we are remembering the service of veterans of all wars. We remember all men and women who decided to serve the nation's cause, defending our freedom," said Wakefield VFW Post 9084 commander Russ Korpi, in his address. The ceremony began with the advance...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. - Hurley K-12 School held a special assembly Thursday morning to honor all veterans and active military men and women for Veterans Day. The event in the gymnasium included an address by Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Aspinwall, the U.S. Army Station Commander in Hurley. Aspinwall said his last tour of duty ended in 2016 and in his current capacity as station commander, he is a recruiter for the Army. Aspinwall said that he is originally from...
ONTONAGON — The village of Ontonagon has a permanent clerk. At its recent meeting, the council selected Kori Weisinger to return as village clerk. Weisinger was hired as clerk in May 2018, but in October 2020 left the position. When the village dismissed village manager Joe Erickson, Weisinger was hired as acting clerk. The council has praised Weisinger for her work in tracing incomplete grants and working on re-instating them. The council interviewed three of five applicants for the post and selected Weisinger. Auditor Joe Verlin and the counc...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors adopted the 2022 budget on Tuesday. The $16,324,722 budget was presented by Iron County Clerk Michael Saari during a public hearing prior to the regular board meeting. The initial budget presented totaled $16,089,722 in expenses, with $10,661,432 in revenues and an allowable levy of $5,428,290 to make up the difference. The budget was adjusted prior to the meeting to reflect expenditures including $220,000 for construction of a 160-foot communication t...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - "Patience" was the first word out of Ron Rundell's mouth when asked what he learned from the U.S. Armed Forces. But the Bessemer resident also was quick to add, "You learn, of course, discipline and teamwork and flexibility in any situation." Rundell should know, as he served not only in the U.S. Coast Guard but also in the Army National Guard. He took time last month to explain his history in an interview with the Globe. He also shared the...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission held its reorganization meeting on Monday to follow the general election on Nov. 2. Kim Corcoran took the oath of office as mayor as the candidate who received the most votes in the general election. David Andresen received the second most votes and took the oath of office as mayor pro tem. The three remaining commissioners, Nancy Korpela and incumbents Jim Mildren and Rick Semo all took the oath of office together. The board of five commissioners will serve...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — With air terminal modification bids due in a week the work to renovate the Gogebic-Iron County Airport to better handle an increase in passengers will be underway before the year is out. The renovations will expand the current holding area seating from 27 to 46, according to airport manager Michael Harma at the airport board meeting on Monday. The seating is required as Denver Air Connection flights are now boarding in excess of 30 passengers on Chicago flights and nearly as m...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Participants with a volunteer fair on Saturday said the event offered a one-stop snapshot of all types of opportunities to become involved in the community. The event succeeded in showing people there are many worthwhile and enjoyable things to do in the area, said Steve Lundey, board vice president of Theatre North. "They see with everything here how much this area has to offer, period," Lundey said. "Whether entertainment or other...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — “Furry Friday” was the theme of Ironwood’s November First Friday event last week. In addition to regular First Friday events, there was an animal showcase and scavenger hunt hosted by HOPE Animal Shelter in Ironwood. Local artisans and craft vendors set up their tables indoors at Incredible Bank and Cold Iron Brewing in Ironwood. Event planner Anne Atwood said that the owners of the businesses generously allowed them to use their large indoor spaces for the event. Atwood said that after s...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD – The committee for Bucketfest, a charity music festival held in Ontonagon, donated $1,500 to the Ironwood Area Schools band program on Thursday. The funds will be used for repairing old instruments and purchasing new ones. Bucketfest started in 2016 and is held in memory of Jim “Bucket” Koski, an area resident who died in a motorcycle accident in 2005. This year’s festival was held on July 30 and 31, and raised more than $5,000, committee member Rachel Nowicki said. The festival typical...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley Police Department is looking to complete a year-long policy and procedure update in the spring, according to reports at the Police, Fire and License Committee on Wednesday. Earlier this year, the department embarked on a project to update policies and procedures with Lexipol, a law enforcement policies and training agency, according to Chief of Police Chris Colassaco with members Steve Lombardo, chair, Joanne Bruneau and Stephanie Smith all present. The work is to make the d...
