Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — A winter season of events is set to highlight the Upper Peninsula winters that make this region special. “We’re hoping for Mr. Jack Frost to come and keep us cold so that the snow stays,” said Michael Meyer, director of the Ironwood Area Chamber of Commerce. “This is probably one of few places that just can’t wait until it gets cold.” The holiday tree lighting Friday at the Historic Ironwood Depot and Museum Thursday was an early kick off to a winter season of activities running throu...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors approved an option agreement Tuesday that gives Enbridge Inc. the ability to purchase an easement on Iron County land if the company moves forward with a plan to reroute its Line 5 pipeline. “It’s an agreement we would make with the county, where, if the day comes where we actually do build the pipeline, we would exercise that option and then we would negotiate an easement — a perpetual easement — with the county for that pipeline to exist on the Iron C...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD - On Thursday evening, Bill Erickson took part in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writers Month) at the Ironwood Carnegie Library by giving a presentation on the basics of writing. There are several elements that make a story, said Erickson. If the story is missing any of them, then it's called an experiment, not a story. First it must have a setting, then a time frame, a narrative form of which there are 11 to choose from, he said. Than it has to...
WAKEFIELD - Veterans were honored guests and participants in a Veterans Day program last Monday at the Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School in Wakefield. The program, for which Richard Bolen was master of ceremonies, began with a karate tribute by Ruk Betlewski of Ironwood. It was called "A Salute to Soldiers." Second- and third-grade students sang the national anthem, as well as "This Flag We Fly." Commander Eddo Maki of the Wakefield American Legion was the guest speaker. The Wakefield-Marenisco...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] BESSEMER - During the regular meeting of the city of Bessemer's Downtown Development Authority, expanding the pop-up shop program was a main focus of interest. The pop-up shop program offers many benefits to new and expanding shop owners. It provides up to six months of free rent at a downtown district location of choice and 1:1 matching funds for improvements to the building, according to the city's website. "It would be nice to offer some sort of...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - The annual tree lighting was a memorable start to the holiday season on Thursday at Depot Park. Guests said the tree lighting capped an enjoyable evening of socializing, refreshments, choral music and thoughtful remarks. "It's a good way to start our Christmas season and to take in a little bit of Ironwood in the eventing," said Tom Schoeller of Wakefield. Schoeller was present with his wife, Mary Davern, and said the two have always want...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The state of Michigan won’t be designating the Ontonagon Area Schools as a “financially distressed” district, a designation the state puts on districts that have fund balances less than 5% of their budgets. The district’s business manager, Linda Karttunen, Monday presented the results of the 2018-19 audit to the district’s board of education. The audit showed a general fund balance of $163,605 as of June 30, 2019. That puts the fund balance at 5.21 % — above the 5% threshold and enough for th...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] ERWIN TOWNSHIP - This week's storms brought enough snow to the Gogebic Range that local winter sport enthusiasts were able to get out and enjoy some of the area's trails with two weeks of November still on the calendar. Roughly 18 inches of snow fell at ABR Trails in Erwin Township, according to co-owner Angela Santini, which was enough to open 43 kilometers of cross country ski trails on the property Wednesday. The open trails featured a mix of...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD- Members of the Wakefield Planning Commission contemplated a potential skateboard area near Eddy Park at their Tuesday evening meeting. The discussion followed a presentation by Christopher Tweiten, a social studies teacher at the Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School. "Not all kids participate in team sports," said Tweiten, who said he believes that, just as organized sports are a "positive" element of any community, so too can activities such as skat...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. — The Hurley School District hired staff and faculty following a special School Board meeting on Monday. Following an executive session to discuss personnel information the school board accepted the resignation of part time school office secretary Holly Swartz, and hired Stephanie Gwyn for the position. The board then hired Cole Kivisto as a substitute teacher; Louis Laguna as a substitute custodian, and Randy King as a volunteer coach. The special meeting was required to fill the s...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — After months of work the Pat O’Donnell Civic Center could be ready for skaters on Thursday evening, according to city officials. Bill Nyman, maintenance manager for the Civic Center, and Ethan Roehm, maintenance worker, started making ice on Monday and expect to have a skate-able sheet of ice by Thursday. “When we get done with the ice I believe we have the Ice Crystals (Figure Skating Club) scheduled that night,” Nyman said. The ice wil...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — Work is expected to resume at Action Floor Systems today after the company halted production for a day following a fire Monday at its Mercer facility. Company president Tom Abendroth said the company made the decision as a precaution and much of the work should be able to proceed as normal. “We made choice not to run production today and just made sure we went through everything and everything was in good, working order,” Abendroth told the Daily Globe Tuesday. Iron County Dispa...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield City Council voted Monday evening to authorize not more than $31,200 to purchase geographic information systems software from mPower Innovations in Iron Mountain. The vote followed a slideshow presentation by Jason Brown, the company CEO. Brown, whose company has been in business for 25 years and has customers in 34 states, said his company mission is to lower cost and complexity in relation to mapping utilities. Among his clients are about 20 towns, townships or counties in t...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The 100th anniversary Veterans Day program at Luther L. Wright High School on Monday was highlighted by cadets of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Program performing several flag exercises from presenting colors, to marching exercises and a folding ceremony. Col. Sandra Keefer (U.S. Army retired), the senior Army instructor for the JROTC program, said the new assistant instructor Sgt. 1st Class Sean Hall started on Monday. The two a...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - Firefighters from several area departments responded to reports of a fire at Action Floors in Mercer Monday afternoon. Iron County Dispatch received the initial reports of the fire at approximately 2:36 p.m. at the facility just south of Mercer on U.S. 51. Among those responding to the scene were the Mercer, Sherman-Springstead and Oma volunteer fire departments, as well as the Mercer Area Ambulance. Reports on the scene indicate...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission held its first meeting since the Nov. 5 election, where all five members were re-elected. The meeting started with the commission accepting the city clerk’s report of the Gogebic County Board of Canvassers that certified the election results on Nov. 6. The candidates took the oath of office. Annette Burchell remains mayor as the candidate who received the most votes, with Kim Corcoran named mayor pro tem with the second high vote total. Joseph Cayer, Jim Mil...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD - The burial of World War II prisoner of war Walter J. Kellett's in an Ironwood cemetery Oct. 5 caught Steve Kwiecinski's eye. An historian living in Virginia, Minn., Kwiecinski didn't know Kellett, but he knew his story well. Kellett was forced to walk what's known as the Bataan Death March which was "65 miles of hell on Earth," Kwiecinski told the Daily Globe. Kwiecinski has been leading a tour of the march every year since 2007. After...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - Despite chilly temperatures on Saturday, students of A.D. Johnston Junior and Senior High School were out in force, collecting donations for the Salvation Army of Gogebic and Iron counties. Lainey Kulak and MacKenzie Switzer, both juniors at ADJ, were ready with warm jackets and ready smiles to greet shoppers entering the Walmart store, off U.S. 2. In conjunction with the collection was a toy drive done in cooperation with Walmart. Shoppers...
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin attorney general Josh Kaul announced Tuesday the state’s Drug Take Back Day on Oct. 26 resulted in collecting 60,472 pounds of medication. “This successful Drug Take Back collection reflects the commitment of people across the state to fighting substance abuse,” Kaul said in a news release. “Thanks to the many Wisconsinites who are helping to prevent unused and unwanted medications from being diverted.” The effort was the second largest collection in the nation, according to the release — with only Texas collecting mo...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] WATERSMEET - The Gogebic County Road Commission has proposed reopening an old gravel pit in Watersmeet Township and some residents are concerned about the impact it could pose for the area. Especially concerned is Watersmeet Trout Hatchery and fish farm owner Dino Giannola whose business and home are located directly across the road from the site. The road commission has retained Coleman Engineering to do a plan on the best use for the pit, according to...
By KIM E. STROM MERCER - Hot soup on a cold day is just what the library ordered Friday in Mercer at the second annual "Soup for You" soup tasting and recipe sharing event. It was a full house and a good turnout similar to last year's event, said library director Teresa Schmidt. There were 12 different soups to try, and many of them creative and out of the ordinary, such as the mulligatawny soup. Victor with the blog "Craving Tasty" shared a bit of history on the soup. Of course many may remembe...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College is among 150 schools nationwide competing for a $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The announcement came from Aspen on Tuesday. Only 15% of community colleges nationwide have been invited to apply. The award is considered a signature recognition of high achievement and performance among community colleges. The criteria for the honor is based in part on strong and improving student outcomes in learning, completion rates, employment rates, earnings and equity. “Nation...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - In an effort to be transparent, Enbridge Energy invited the media to attend a tour of its pump station in Saxon Thursday and was available to answer questions about its Line 5 and possible relocation project around the Bad River Reservation in Odanah, Wis. Line 5 is a 645-mile pipeline carrying light crude and natural gas liquids from Superior, Wis. to Sarnia, Ontario. According to Enbridge's website, in July the Bad River Band of Lake...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The city of Wakefield and AED Energy Partners, an AED company, have joined forces to install an automated external defibrillator in the city's municipal building. This collaboration is part of the Wakefield City Council's initiative to have an AED accessible in the municipal building, so that an individual in sudden cardiac arrest could receive life-saving shocks within minutes. AEDs are medical devices designed to provide an electrical...
