Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield Library will continue to forgive all overdue fines that have been accrued by patrons so far this year and will not be charging fines until after May 27. Librarian Carly Rusch said that the library has not been charging fines since the pandemic began as the library did not want to place a harsh financial burden on those that were already financially strapped. “It was an unspoken fact that we were pretty lenient about charging fines,” said library president Lorraine Mussa...
IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College will hold its 88th commencement ceremony at the Lindquist Student gymnasium on Friday at 6 p.m. This will be the first in-person ceremony the college has held since 2019. The last two years, the college has held its graduation ceremony online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Graduates from 2020 and 2021 have been invited back to participate in Friday’s ceremony. The college will be awarding approximately 180 degrees and certificates including: 36 Associate of Arts degrees, 43 Associate of Applied Sci...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] As the sun and warmer temperatures melt the sheets of ice covering the inland lakes in northern Wisconsin, many outdoor recreation enthusiasts are starting to take their boats and kayaks out on the water for the first time since the 2021-2022 winter season. The general inland fishing season begins in Wisconsin on Saturday. According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Fisheries Management's hook and line fishing guide, the...
ONTONAGON — Ontonagon County Cancer Association officials have announced that the association has received a $10,000 donation from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Chris Maksym, a member of the BCBSM Board of Directors and former White Pine resident, said the aim of the donation is to increase access to affordable health care and improved, quality health care to the region. Maksym said he feels that is what the OCCA does with its free breast and prostate testing programs for Ontonagon County residents and its effort to spread cancer a...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Parks and Recreation Committee met with members of the Gogebic Conservation District on Monday to learn more about the conservation district's services and to request its assistance in developing a forest management plan for the city. Director of Community Development Tom Bergman said that while working with U.S. Forest Service botanist Ian Shackleford about volunteer-coordinated invasive species removal at the Mt. Zion Ski...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD - The author of the 2021-2022 Great Michigan Read "The Women of the Copper Country," Mary Doria Russell, was invited to Cold Iron Brewing by the Ironwood Carnegie Library for a "meet the author" session on Thursday. Russell said that the idea for her historical fiction novel "came literally out of left field" as she was sitting in her living room waiting for a baseball game to start one afternoon. She then stumbled upon a PBS documentary...
HURLEY — Hurley Chamber of Commerce officials are preparing for this summer’s running of the Paavo Nurmi Marathon on Saturday, Aug. 13, which will include a new course and several new events centered around Wisconsin’s oldest marathon aimed at getting the community involved. “We are excited about the many new activities that are being added to the Paavo Nurmi Marathon,” said Rita Franzoi, the chamber’s marketing director and events coordinator, in a press release. “The marathon, half marathon and relays are back with a strong committee of...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD - For National Arbor Day, Doug Foley - a former teacher at Ironwood Area Schools and co-owner of 906 Tree Service LLC - returned to Luther L. Wright on Friday morning to teach fourth grade students about the importance of trees. The fourth-grade classes of teachers Daniel Negro, Judy Balchik and Rebecca Sim gathered in the school's makerspace room on the second floor to hear Foley's presentation. Foley introduced himself to the classes as an...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — City Manager Scott Erickson made plans for his final six weeks as city manager with the Ironwood City Commission Monday evening. He will end his 17-year run on June 6 but will stay on board as city engineer until a new manager is appointed. “I’ve stepped out of the city manager role to allow that position to be filled,” Erickson told the Daily Globe. “I’ll still stay in the city engineering role for a period of time and that would ultimately be to the point that they appoint a city manage...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] BESSEMER — At the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners meeting on Wednesday, two officers from the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Office were recognized with meritorious service awards for their efforts in apprehending a murder suspect on Christmas Eve 2021. “While facing a very volatile and dangerous situation, deputies Josh Elias and Adam Graser showed great courage and intestinal fortitude when they entered a remote cabin and apprehended a suspected murderer. Their actions are not only coura...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education approved a preliminary list of Luther L. Wright students slated to graduate this year based on their current grades at its regular meeting on Monday. Board Secretary Carolyn Mieloszyk told the Daily Globe that these students are on track to graduate provided their good performance continues. The board also approved the May 2022 alternative education graduates as well as the graduation exception requests. According to the events calendar on t...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Tuition for students at Gogebic Community College will be going up this fall. The board of trustees approved a rate increase for the 2022-2023 school year during its regular meeting on Tuesday night. Students residing in Gogebic County will see an increase from $130 per credit hour to a rate of $134 per credit hour. Out of district and Wisconsin reciprocity area students will have an increase of $6 per credit hour to $191 and those students...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — A fire broke out in a home at 746 E. Leonard St. in Ironwood on Tuesday morning. The Ironwood Public Safety Department was notified at 8:38 a.m. of the structure fire north of U.S. 2 and dispatched fire trucks, Lieutenant and Fire Marshal Brandon Snyder said. By the time the public safety officers cleared the scene at 11:56 a.m., the house was totally lost to the fire, Snyder said. There were no personal injuries, but there was damage to the adjacent home on 748 E. Leonard St., i...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] IRONWOOD — Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson is stepping down from his position effective June 6. The city commission met in closed session at the end of Monday’s regular meeting. After the closed session, the commission adopted a retirement succession plan. The commission authorized Mayor Kim Corcoran to enter into a contract with the Michigan Municipal League to conduct an executive search for a new city manager at a cost not to exceed $15,000. Andrew DiGiorgio, director of the Ironwood Public S...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer School Board is trying to determine what to do with the light posts on Massie Field. The posts are starting to show signs of their age and are in need of a fresh coat of paint. The booster club has been trying to raise $32,100 to have all the posts painted and sealed for nearly two years, but is still $15,000 shy of that goal and time is running out on the bid. According to the board, the poles are higher than most, in order to avoid being struck by fly-balls. Board members expr...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] As of late April, most of the snow appears to have melted in the western Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin, barring some small patches here and there. Of course, the snowmelt has to go somewhere and bodies of water such as the Black River in Gogebic County are at high tide. However, there has been no major flooding on the roads so far, according to Heidi DeRosso, emergency management/911 coordinator in Gogebic County, and Stacy Ofstad, director o...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — The Mercer Public Library’s Earth Day Fair returned to the Mercer Community Center on Saturday after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fair provided an opportunity for people to learn about Earth-friendly opportunities and organizations in the community. More than 100 people attended the event, which was comprised of 14 vendors and featured a virtual presentation from April Hepokoski, founder of the Zero-Waste Duluth Facebook page. She spoke about ways to reduce one’s e...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY - The city of Hurley's first female mayor, Joanne Bruneau, was sworn in at the full council meeting on Tuesday. New alderpersons Joseph Pinardi and Rita Franzoi, who ran unopposed for open seats on the council left vacant by departing mayor Jay "Budgey" Aijala and Steven Lombardo, also took their oaths of office at the meeting. After doing this, the council held a restructuring meeting where they designated their official depositories as...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The city of Wakefield now has its own weather station installed at city hall. The city decided to have its own weather monitoring service after having to claim responsibility for sewer issues as a result of readings based in Ironwood. “The big thing for this is that when we do our rain time, if we get 3.9 inches of rain in a 24-hour period or more and our sewer has a problem, it’s a county instance,” said city manager Rob Brown. “The problem that we have currently is that we have to use ra...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HOUGHTON — The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department posted its weekly COVID-19 briefing on Wednesday and each of the five counties in the area still has low COVID-19 community level by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention measurements. However, the seven-day case count went up again to 41 new cases – 24 in Houghton County, nine in Gogebic and eight in Ontonagon – from 21 new cases last week. The March 13 update itself represented an increase from 10 new cases the previous week. On the o...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] MONTREAL, Wis. - A new councilmember was sworn in at the Montreal Common Council meeting on Tuesday. Following the meeting, Steve Fiene is now one of two council members for Ward 1 along with Maleah Cummings. "It's a big seat to fill but I'll be able to do it, to the best of my ability," Fiene said about his appointment. Fiene is filling a position left vacant by Ken Saari, who did not run in the Iron County 2022 general election. Incumbent Mayor...
By ZACHARY MARANO [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors held a restructuring meeting at the Iron County Courthouse in the wake of the April 5 elections on Tuesday. The composition of the board remained largely unchanged from their previous meeting in March, as the only contested position with two or more named candidates on the ballot was Iron County supervisor for district 12 and that race was ultimately won by incumbent candidate Opal Roberts. The position of county supervisor for district 6 was on the b...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Area junior/high school students took a field trip to the Historical Ironwood Theatre on Tuesday morning for a screening and discussion on the film " Coming Up for Air; It All Happens in a Moment." The film "focuses on the struggles and the uncertainty that family and friends of a person experiencing mental health issues go through," according to a press release from Gogebic County Community Mental Health. "It really isn't focused on suicide,...
