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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Landing safely after losing a tire is a testament to the airplane and its crew, according to an official from Boutique Air. The remarks were in response to the news that Boutique Air Flight 835 from Ironwood to Chicago O’Hare International Airport had landed safely after losing a tire over a Chicago neighborhood on Thursday evening. Following a lengthy wait on the runway the five passengers and two pilots aboard the single engine Pilatus PC-12 turboprop were shuttled to the ter...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — A local pastor said humor helped to ease the nerves of air passengers after an unusual landing left them waiting in the middle of a Chicago runway. Various media outlets in the Chicago area were reporting that the Boutique Air 835 flight on Thursday evening from Ironwood had lost a wheel on approach to O’Hare International Airport. The 6:17 p.m. landing reportedly sent sparks flying but the five passengers and two pilots aboard the single engine Pilatus PC-12 turboprop were not inj...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - COVID restrictions did not prevent cross-country ski lovers from participating in the 2020 Sisu Ski Fest, as it was held virtually this year. In all, 386 people participated in the event which marked its 12th year. The number of participants was down by nearly 50%, but race director Jackie Powers said that was to be expected because of the pandemic and the change in format. She said because of the pandemic, those already registered for this y...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The season’s latest snowmobile crash has left a Minnesota man dead following the accident Thursday in the town of Pence. Iron County Emergency Dispatch received a 911 call at 11:02 p.m. Thursday reporting a snowmobile crash on Trail 15 off West Branch Road, between Spring Camp Road and Island Lake Road, in the town of Pence. The call reported that a single sled was involved in the accident and the injured man was unresponsive, according to Iron County Sheriff Paul Samardich. Samardich said...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Firefighters from Ironwood and Hurley responded to a structure fire on the 100 block of East Ayer Street in Ironwood Wednesday night across the street from the Ironwood Post Office. Ironwood Public Safety Department officers received a report of a commercial building structure fire at 135 E. Ayer St. at approximately 8 p.m., according to IPSD Director Andrew DiGiorgio, and additional members of the IPSD fire division were paged. "The...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The board of education for the Ironwood Area Schools kicked off 2021 with its annual organizational meeting Monday. The meeting allowed the board to approve a number of bylaws for everything from setting the procedure for filling board vacancies to setting January as the date for future organizational meetings. The board also elected its officers, including voting 4-2 to make Clancey Byrne the new board president. “When I joined the board, I said from the beginning I would serve in any...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer City Council voted to move forward with applying for $990,000 state grant funds for the U.S. 2 project on Monday. The city will pay C2AE $13,000 to start the process of applying for the grant. If the grant is approved, the council will pay the firm an additional $6,000. C2AE had requested the city to pay the $19,000 up front, but the council felt that withholding part of the payment would give C2AE incentive to secure the grant. “This potentially could be a whole lot of mon...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - It was a "banquetless" 2020 Ironwood Chamber Banquet Awards on Tuesday but it was a very special day nonetheless for all who took part. The annual all-member awards banquet is typically a time for good food, fellowship and the opportunity to recognize innovative businesses, dedicated community volunteers, organizations that lead, and those who educate and mentor the next generations - the elements that make Ironwood an exceptional...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY -- Starting next week, seniors in Iron County and the rest of Wisconsin over the age of 65 will be able to register to receive their COVID-19 vaccinations as the state announced the expansion of the vaccine roll-out Tuesday. “Older adults have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and prioritizing this population will help save lives,” said DHS Secretary-designee Andrea Palm. “Wisconsin systems and operations are ready to vaccinate more people. The amount of vaccine we get from the f...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] DETROIT — The Michigan Gaming Control Board approved the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Wednesday and its partner, PointsBet, to launch online sports betting starting noon Friday. “The MGCB team worked closely with the Lac Vieux Desert tribe and PointsBet to wrap up regulatory requirements for online sports betting in time for the initial launch,” board executive director Richard S. Kalm said in the approval’s announcement. “Other operators will launch as they meet the requ...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MARENISCO — Members of the Marenisco Township Board of Trustees voted Monday evening to table action on a newly-drafted ordinance in relation to recreational marijuana enterprise. After a report from Township Attorney Jim Bucknell, who drafted the new terms, board members agreed with Supervisor Bruce Mahler that it would be best to clarify issues on zoning and on the related role of the Planning Commission. No matter what new information is unveiled, Bucknell warned of the need for a related public h...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - One teacher's tool for students to assess moods and articulate them has expanded into a school-wide exercise. Shannon Peterson, a high school English teacher at Hurley K-12 School, said she wanted students to take a minute to think about how they feel, why they feel that way, and then address it; so that all attention going forward is on their school work. The exercise is a good thing anytime, but especially during the pandemic when it's ev...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — The Bessemer Area School District has moved two of its elementary classes to virtual learning as a result of exposure to COVID-19. Following the guidance of the health department, students in Megan Wilson’s kindergarten class will be virtual for the remainder of this week, said superintendent Dan Niemi. He said that students in Alexis Headley’s fourth grade class also went virtual on Monday as a result of exposure. According to Niemi, the infected fourth grade student had been out of school...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY -- It may seem like people haven’t finished talking about the last election, but two more contests are on the horizon in Wisconsin as Iron County residents will join voters around the state in casting their ballots in the February primary and April general election. The February primary, which is set for Feb. 16, won’t feature any local races. Instead, voters will decide who will face off in the spring contest for state superintendent of public instruction. Seven candidates appear on the bal...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] IRONWOOD - Ticket sales are up for the Powerball and Mega Millions multi-state lotteries as jackpots for both have steadily increased as there has been no winner for either twice-a-week drawing for months Lottery officials estimate the Powerball jackpot to be $730 million and the Mega Millions jackpot at $850 million. Judith Gallagher, a clerk at the Holiday Station Store in Ironwood, said they've seen a uptick in ticket sales. "I've sold an abundance...
HURLEY — A man is dead following a snowmobile crash in Iron County this weekend. Iron County Emergency Dispatch received a report of the snowmobile crash on Trail 14 off Game Management Road in the town of Knight at approximately 2:30 p.m. Saturday, with reports that those on the scene were attempting life saving measures on an unresponsive man. Both the Hurley and Mercer snowmobile rescue units — along with Mercer Area Ambulance and Rescue — were initially dispatched to the scene, according to Iron County Sheriff Paul Samardich, due to diffi...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees approved a wage agreement with its union employees Monday, approving a raise in exchange for additional contribution to health care costs. “The (wage increases) were 70 cents an hour and then they agreed to pay an additional $50 a month for health coverage,” Ironwood Township Supervisor Jay Kangas told the Daily Globe. Robert Murphy, a staff representative with the township employees’ union, said the union has also ratified the agreeme...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction requires CPR training but the Hurley K-12 School also benefits from a teacher who brings years of practical experience to the role. The CPR training is a unit of the freshman health class that is taught by Aaron Bender, a social studies teacher at Hurley School who took over the health class and teaches compression only CPR with defibrillator training about four years ago. He brings 15 years of...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — Thanks to action on Tuesday evening by the Wakefield Planning Commission, some city property owners soon may have an opportunity to buy city land that is within — or adjacent to — their own property lots. Commissioners voted unanimously to recommend to the City Council that it “offload” the targeted lots by putting them up for minimum bids. City Manager Robert Brown, Jr. said gradually selling lots that the city does not need will result in “a little bit of pocket change” for city coffers...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Gogebic County has completed all the steps to receive funding for a retirement fund shortfall with the former Western Upper Peninsula Manpower Consortium, according to reports at the Gogebic County Board meeting on Wednesday. In her report to the board, Juliane Giackino, county administrator, said the process to reimburse the county shortfall funding in the transition from the consortium to Michigan Works! in 2013 that has since increased to $1,101,926 as of the most recent 2019 v...
By CHARITY SMITH [email protected] BESSEMER — Residents of the city of Bessemer will be asked to complete an in-depth survey in the next couple of months. The survey asks questions as to where and what the city should accomplish in the next five years to help the council formulate the city’s master plan. The city council started the process of formulating a new master plan for the city during a special meeting on Tuesday. “In the last three years there’s been a lot of getting things together for the city, whether it was ordinan...
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation issued its first quarterly transportation aid payment of the year earlier this month, with municipalities around Wisconsin receiving a combined $126 million — including more than $470,000 to Iron County and its cities and towns. “These payments represent part of the cooperative work we do with local governments across the state to keep goods and services moving throughout Wisconsin,” WisDOT Secretary-designee Craig Thompson said Monday in the announcement of the aid payments. “We are co...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Air passengers reporting not being allowed to fly with their skis were a topic of the Gogebic-Iron County Airport meeting on Monday. Airport board chair Joe Bonovetz said he has received calls from air passengers who complained they couldn’t bring skis on the plane as checked luggage or as a carry-on. The question of skis was part of the interview process with Boutique Air and other airline applicants during the Essential Airline Service interviews in 2019, he said. Bonovetz said he was...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley City Council on Tuesday approved a resolution to amend its 2020 budget due to unanticipated revenues and expenditures incurred by the city related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The resolution passed the council 6-0 and adjusts the 2020 revenues with an additional $336,610 in revenues and $328,959 in expenditures. City Alderman Steve Lombardo was not present. The additional revenues in the resolution include $99,700 for grant funds awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture O...
