Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY — An alarm to alert law enforcement of a lockdown situation at Hurley K-12 School was tripped accidentally on Tuesday, bringing agencies from Wisconsin and Michigan to the campus. “We did not have a lockdown today,” said Kevin Genisot, the administrator for Hurley School District. A technician was working with wiring and in the process had inadvertently tripped the “panic button” which sent an alert to the Iron County Sheriff’s Department that a lockdown situation was occurring on the camp...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Lake Road spring continues to be an agenda item at local meetings, with both the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees and Gogebic County Road Commission discussing its future at their respective meetings Monday. At the township meeting, Ironwood Township Supervisor Jim Simmons reported it appears the township doesn’t actually own the spring located just off Lake Road at Little Girl’s Point. Although the township board had a...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Members of the Wakefield Planning Commission learned on Tuesday evening that city residents are expressing interest in a farmers' market, food truck hook-ups, and a splash pad next to Sunday Lake. The opinions were gathered as part of a survey in relation to the city's pending recreation plan. "The survey ran for about two weeks," said City Manager Rob Brown as he presented a slide show of the feedback from 203 participants. He said 108...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] ONTONAGON — A Greenland Township man is facing charges after allegedly shooting a 23-year-old Ontonagon man this weekend. Cole Wascher, 24, was arraigned Monday in 98th District Court in Ontonagon on charges of assault with intent to murder and possessing a firearm while committing a felony. The assault charge carries a sentence of up to life in prison, while the firearm charge is a two-year felony. Negaunee Regional Dispatch received a 911 call at approximately 8:35 a.m. Sunday regarding a man b...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — As part of an upgrading goal the Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board on Monday said it would consider approving a new hangar at its next regular meeting. In the airport manager’s report, Michael Harma said the new commercial carrier, Boutique Air, which takes over from Air Choice One on Aug. 1. Putting their two planes inside a heated hangar helps with liability, he said. “Heating hangar space is limited at this point,” Harma said. “The airline plans to bring two airplanes here an...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Members of the Wakefield City Council voted Monday evening to hire Robert E. Peterson, an attorney from Ontonagon, to oversee an audit by an independent party that will test city meters to determine their present and ongoing viability. The decision was made after City Manager Robert Brown asked Peterson 10 questions, after which council members were welcome to respond to the candidate's answers. During the course of questioning, Peterson...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — A youth ski club developed from a 4-H organization’s effort to develop programming that reflects the community in terms of outdoor recreation. The Sisu Endurance Team XC Ski Club is open for K-12 youth in Gogebic County and Iron County, Wisconsin, said Neil Klemme, the 4-H youth development educator for UW Extension Iron County. “This is another entry point for 4-H in the community,” Klemme said. “We’ve had kids do this and join the ot...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] SPRINGSTEAD, Wis. - Emergency medical responders with the Sherman Volunteer Fire Department were pleased with the turnout and the show of support for their second Snowshoe Shuffle on Saturday. "We have some very generous people in the community," said Beth Melvold, an emergency medical responder who helped to organize the event. "Once people heard what we were doing they were giving." The idea was to create an outdoor activity and the neighbor to th...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. — After three years the organizers of the annual “Shoot for the Vets” dartball tournament said the event has become popular around the region but they’d like to see more area teams participating. The event at the Iron County Memorial Building on Saturday brought in teams all the way from Door County, Eau Claire and Rhinelander to compete with five-man teams of Hurley and Ironwood, said Arvid Sivula, the commander of Vietnam Veterans of America Gogebic-Iron Range Chapter 529. “This i...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. - An open house event on Friday provided the community a chance to see the new Iron County office of the Aging and Disability Resource Center of the North (ADRC). The Hurley Senior Center staff had functioned as the county aging unit but a contract with the Iron County ADRC office in Washburn now has those services under the ADRC and offices for everything are now housed at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building in Hurley. The staff...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — Members of the Wakefield Township Board of Trustees voted on Tuesday evening to schedule a public hearing on the next fiscal year budget at the start of their next regular meeting on March 3 at 5:30 p.m. No budget draft is yet available, but Township Supervisor John Cox said that more details will be shared during the hearing, after which refinements will be made in accordance with input. “It’s an important public hearing,” said Cox in a Wednesday phone call. He added that it not only sets th...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] Duluth, Minn. — Enbridge, Inc. announced Friday it has identified a preferred route for its proposed Line 5 Wisconsin Segment Relocation Project and is submitting permitting applications. Enbridge, a multinational energy transportation company based in Calgary, has reviewed several alternative routes for a segment of the Line 5 petroleum and liquid natural gas pipeline, said Jennifer Smith, manager of community engagement and public affairs during a phone conference. The reroute is to replace a 12...
IRONWOOD — First Friday events in downtown Ironwood today will have a Valentine’s Day theme of “Sweet, Sweet North,” according to the city of Ironwood Community Development office. The “All things sweet in Downtown Ironwood” First Friday will run from 5 to 7 p.m. in downtown Ironwood. More than 20 downtown businesses have posted that they will be open until 7 p.m. or later. The shops will have sweet treats for shoppers and Valentine date night couples. The treats include artisan bakery, ice cream, coffee drinks and more. For more information...
IRONWOOD — An Ironwood couple didn’t realize they had been scammed until the mail stopped coming. According to a Gogebic County Sheriff’s Office report a possible fraudulent activity complaint was made on Jan. 24 from the couple. One of the couple noticed that mail had stopped arriving a few weeks earlier and contacted the U.S. Postal Service. The couple learned that someone had successfully completed an address change online. The mail was now forwarding to an address in Delta Beach, Florida. The one piece of mail that did arrive was an accou...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] ERWIN TOWNSHIP - Members of a Chicago area outdoors club are celebrating their 20th year of annual treks to the Ironwood area to cross-country ski, snowshoe and even some winter camping. The slogan of the Elmhurst Bicycle Club is "Riding at the speed of fun." That rule applies to silent sports of summer and winter, according to Kim Messina, one of a dozen club members who were at Active Backwoods Retreats (ABR Trails) on Tuesday. "There are 12 of...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Schools is hoping to show its parents a bit more about what the district has to offer at an open house Friday before the boys basketball game against Drummond — with the event offering multiple ways to get into the game for free. The open house runs from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the Luther L. Wright K-12 School prior to the basketball game, said Elementary Title 1 teacher Michelle Giackino, who is helping organize the event with science teacher Cheryl Jacisin. She...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — Members of the Bessemer Planning Commission opened the door on Tuesday evening for more city development by addressing zoning updates, along with rules for the establishment of small, wireless communications facilities. Pending zoning changes were presented by Patrick J. Coleman, AICP, principal of North of 45 in Hancock, after which commissioners voted to present them at a public hearing during their next meeting. As a certified professional planner, Coleman said his role was to draft the l...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — City of Ironwood officials at a public forum on Monday said that revisions to a proposed adult-use marijuana establishment ordinance were revised in part based on input at a previous meeting. “It’s always positive to have the public come out and provide input in these types of processes,” said Scott Erickson, Ironwood city manager. The city commission and the planning commission are the ultimate decision makers but feedback from two public sessions was integrated into the ordinan...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY -- The Iron County Board of Supervisors approved a letter of intent at its January meeting last week to purchase the former Hagemann dentist office on 5th Avenue as the future home of the Iron County Health Department. The property is the current home of NorthLakes Community Clinic’s Hurley location. Even with purchasing the property at the $80,000 value it was appraised for, county officials said the county would be saving money overall as it would no longer be paying rent on the health d...
