Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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WAKEFIELD - After a school shutdown in March of 2020, followed by fluctuating restrictions ever since, students at Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School have just begun enjoying their regular activities in recent months. As the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be winding down, one of those activities is the freedom to play disc golf, which enthusiasts describe as a cross between regular golf and tossing a Frisbee back and forth. Persons driving past the school might notice the bright yellow disc...
HURLEY — Local and visiting all-terrain and utility vehicle riders will converge on Iron County this weekend for the Memorial Day ATV/ UTV Rally from today through Sunday as the kick-off event of the summer trail riding season. The annual rally parade route will change from downtown Hurley to Saxon this year, according to the Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce. The parade is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday. The parade is possible with the support of the Iron County Fair Board, the town of Saxon, the Iron County Sheriff’s Department and the Wis...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley School Board selected the general contractor to build its new science lab over the summer during a special meeting on Monday. The school board 4-0 selected Nasi Construction, LLC, of Hurley, as the low bid for the proposal to convert two computer lab rooms (418-A and 418-B) into the Art Science Discovery Lab. School board clerk Kathy Levra was not part of the meeting after declaring a conflict of interest with the bidding process. The Nasi Construction bid was $153,500, a...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] Area posts of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars are again hosting Memorial Day events as the pandemic rules now allow for most outdoor and indoor events. The Ironwood Joint Memorial Day Committee to include Ironwood American Legion Post 5, will start Memorial Day with a 10 a.m. parade moving west from the Memorial Building down McLeod Avenue to Suffolk Street, then north to Ayer Street, where wreaths will be presented with buglers....
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — A local company’s plan to open an adult-use marijuana retail outlet along with grower and processing permits has a site plan and conditional use permit hearing on Thursday with the Ironwood Planning Commission. Brandon Midthun of Free World Farms, and his attorney Jeff Barker, appeared at the virtual meeting to discuss their plans for a retail outlet at 151 E Cloverland Drive, along with a class B and class C marijuana growing and processing facility at 90 Mill Street. The building has b...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] HURLEY - A Hurley craft and vendor fair on Saturday drew a steady, cheerful crowd to Silver Street, where about a dozen booths or tables were established. Feisty felines were among featured fun as HOPE Animal Shelter of Ironwood offered the adoption of several cages of kittens. HOPE Director Randy Kirchhoff was present with volunteers to help visitors such as Addie Wicklund, 4, and her brother, Cooper Wicklund, 6, of Gile to interact with pending furry...
HURLEY, Wis. - The students of the Northwoods Manufacturing program at the Hurley K-12 School opened their doors on Thursday for the first public event at the wood and metal shop since the $1.3 million building expansion dedication in the fall of 2019. The event was to showcase some of the projects the students have created after mastering the various industrial tools and equipment for wood and metal crafting. It was also a chance to sell items in a school store and silent auctions. "This is...
SAXON, Wis. — The Iron County Fair Board met Thursday and voted to go ahead with the 2021 fair for this summer. “After the incredible progress our community has made over the last year, the board felt confident that the fair could take place this year in a safe environment for our attendees, volunteers and vendors,” Cortney Ofstad, marketing coordinator and fair secretary, said in a press release. “After having to cancel last year, the board is very excited to be able to continue moving forward with our favorite summer tradition.” The fair...
EWEN - A Thursday Evening of the Arts at Ewen-Trout Creek School welcomed an appreciative audience, starting with a highly colorful art show and ending with a concert encore and a standing ovation. "Every student that I see has an art work here tonight," said K-12 art teacher Nina Fiorucci. Drawings and paintings were set up on divider walls in the room normally used as a cafeteria. Additional displays of ceramics and other projects were displayed on round tables. Younger students' artwork also...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — A draft ordinance to regulate the deer breeding industry was reviewed by the Iron County Comprehensive Planning, Land and Zoning Department Committee on Tuesday, with a reccomendation to be considered in June. The ordinance is intended to protect the natural deer herd in Iron County from the spread of chronic wasting disease, according to the language of the draft. The ordinance regulates, enforces and sets penalties for violations regarding captive cervids, a term for artificial b...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - Medical helicopters can make the difference when critical care time is of the essence and a Hurley Fire Department training on Wednesday was to prepare rescue teams for their role on the ground. The department training has been online throughout the pandemic and the rules now allow for Aspirus MedEvac to land their air medical team in the field adjacent to the fire hall for hands-on training, said HFD Chief Mike Sejbl. The department's 24...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — Two area highways may soon allow all-terrain vehicle traffic to serve as connection segments with area trail systems, following action at the Iron County Highway Department Committee meeting on Tuesday. The committee 3-0 recommended approval for all-terrain, utility-terrain, and off-road vehicles (ATV/UTV/ORV) use on state highway 169 from U.S. 2 to Vogues Road, and for state highway 122 from county highway B to the Michigan state line. The meeting was officiated by Tom Thompson Jr., v...
IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College officials announced this week one of its recent graduates is one of 72 recipients of a “prestigious” national scholarship. Jailynn Sprewer, of Bessemer, was awarded the Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship. The scholarship will provide her with up to $40,000 a year to complete her bachelor’s degree, according to a release from the college. “GCC is extremely proud that Jailynn was selected as one of this year’s recipients of the Cooke Transfer Scholarship and only one of four in the state of Michigan. It’s a...
IRONWOOD — The Historic Ironwood Theatre will soon emerge from 16 months of dormancy due to the coronavirus distancing guidelines that required a complete shutdown. The HIT board and management announced Monday the theatre will reopen Friday, June 4, and continue where they left off with offering regular live dance, music and other entertainment. “We are just so excited to reopen – and with a full program in June and July,” said Zona Wick, theatre board president. When the state allows venues...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — A hotel owner complained at the Bessemer City Council meeting Monday night about the Michigan Department of Transportation and the city’s “incredible lack of communication” with residents and businesses that will be affected by the upcoming U.S. 2 and water and sewer projects. Robert Avery, owner of Bluff’s Inn, located at 707 W. Lead St. (U.S. 2), told the council that while he was aware the project would affect his business, he was unaware of the gravity of it until Monday afternoon...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Luther L. Wright High School students described the Accent! spring choir performances this past weekend as a welcomed opportunity to get out in front of an audience. It was a special performance in many ways, said the eight students who comprised the show on the theme, "The Genius of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul," with songs including "Rewrite The Stars," from the musical "The Greatest Showman." After the cancellation of the 2020 spring...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley City Council on May 11 directed Gary Laguna, city water manager, to see if the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources would have its lead service line replacement project grant agreement ready in time for a May 19 special meeting. The earlier the documents are signed the sooner the project can begin and helps to ensure the planned 40 water line replacements can occur this construction season, according to city officials. The council also approved a recommendation from the p...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Proposed site plans for a marijuana retail store and a separate growing location were reviewed by the Ironwood Planning Commission at a May 6 meeting, along with approving previously reviewed plans for another retail and grow operation that will now move to a competitive scoring phase. Mark Ryan Satt, one of three partners with CultivateD, LLC, an Ironwood company, presented his site plans for a retail location using an existing building located at 326 W. McLeod Ave., and for a class C...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — A proposed Kwik Trip store site plan was approved by the Ironwood Planning commission following a public Hearing at the May 6 meeting. The 4-0 approval came with commissioners Mark Silver and ex-officio city commission member Joseph Cayer not present. Stephanie Holloway, planning commission vice chair, officiated the meeting with chairman Sam Davey present but abstaining from the vote as an owner of property that will be developed for the Kwik Trip site. “I am very excited at the opp...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - Lake Superior was stocked with approximately 25,000 yearling brown trout fish at Saxon Harbor on Wednesday by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The seeforellen species of brown trout were hatched at Les Voigt fish hatchery in Brule last July, said Mike Rackouski, a fish hatchery technician at the Brule facility. The hatchlings were moved to the outdoor rearing hatchery in Brule in September where they wintered and grew to...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County will soon consider building its own access road or updating its arrangement with a private landowner to reach a communication tower on Germania Hill in Hurley. At its Thursday meeting the Iron County Finance Committee recommended that the county board approve a process of negotiating a working road maintenance agreement with Charles Ouimette, the property owner with the access road on Germania Street. If an agreement on shared responsibilities to plow and maintain the road c...
WAKEFIELD — At the request of the district’s K-12 music teacher, members of the Wakefield-Marenisco Board of Education voted Monday evening to drop a grade 7-12 choir class in exchange for a new band option. The decision came only after some board members objected to the loss of a choir offering altogether and requested at least a compromise. Music teacher Isaac Boehnlein told the board that membership in the grade 7-12 choir program has been neither large nor strongly committed in recent years. “I would say choir is a passion for two of them,...
IRONWOOD - Work started Tuesday with preparing the site where a maintenance facility will be placed at Miners Memorial Heritage Park in Ironwood. The project, made possible by the Friends of Miners Memorial Heritage Park, along with the private and business donations of cash, equipment, materials or labor, will provide for a heated building for storing trail maintenance equipment, according to a press announcement. The 900-square foot garage is from the Davey's Motel in Ironwood that is...
