Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — Project Rising Tide, a state funded program which was to have helped a community to rise economically will officially end Dec. 19 at 4 p.m., but Mike Burzynski, hopes it will continue in the coming months and years to raise the community of Ontonagon. Burzynski was provided by the state to assist Ontonagon in the effort. The state funded program was initiated for rural communities that were chosen by then Gov. Rick Synder. Burzynski said even though the official program is over, he hopes the s...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. — The Hurley City Council on Tuesday approved its 2018 audit report. Rob Ganschow, a partner with Wipfli LLC, presented the audit results on behalf of the accounting firm. He said the $3.26 million revenue and expenditures for 2017 appear significantly higher than the $2.41 million in 2018 because of approximately $333,000 in capital projects. Ganschow said the city’s expenditures did not exceed revenues overall for 2018. However, the public works department, conservation and dev...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - A Fremont, Mich., man pulling an 18-foot foam and metal hog through the western Upper Peninsula Wednesday, said it was part of an awareness tour to protect the state's term limit amendment. Jeff Tillman is a member of Don't Touch Term Limits!, a non-partisan nonprofit organization that works to bring awareness when there are legal or legislative attempts to nullify the 1992 voter approved amendment that limits state representatives to...
DULUTH, Minn. — The 148th Fighter Wing out of Duluth started conducting night exercises in the region Tuesday which are expected to run through Dec. 19. “This period of night flying will allow the wing to conduct night air-to-air training and air-to-air refueling using night vision device,” a public affairs officer for the fighter wing said in a news release. “Night flying is required for pilot proficiency to train for future missions worldwide. Most night flying occurs in the winter months due to the earlier sunset times, enabling jets to...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - While discussing a draft of their pending master plan on Tuesday evening, Wakefield Township officials learned that the population of Gogebic County is projected to drop by 12.3% between 2020 and 2045. Jerry Wuorenmaa, executive director of the Western U.P. Planning and Development Region, presented the statistics from the state of Michigan Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives. Wuorenmaa stated in his report that the...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Volunteers will be walking area parents through the Santa's Headquarters today at the Ironwood Memorial Building. The 14th annual event will be serving 360 children and 153 families along with walk-ins, according to Erin Ross, event co-chair and an extension educator with Michigan State University-Extension. A second Santa's Headquarters event will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday at the Watersmeet Community Center. "It's one of my...
IRONWOOD — The Historic Ironwood Theatre and Theatre North are joining forces to offer a Christmas show filled with local singers, dancers and a good helping of Santas. “We’ll have a whole bunch of dancing Santas,” said the show’s director Bethany Ann Hellen. “In all, there are around 77 performers: singers — youth to adult from all around the area — and many dancers from surrounding local studios.” Two performances are planned at the Historic Ironwood Theatre — Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Hellen, a member of HIT’s programming c...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Constant snow and freezing road surfaces resulted in area school closings and event cancellations around the region on Monday, as weather forecasters said to look for more snow and a cold front this week. As much as 5 to 8 inches of snow fell on the western Upper Peninsula and northeast Wisconsin, with the forecasts for continued snow showers through Wednesday, said Jacob Horton, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON – Village President Tony Smydra brought the village council good news Monday about a Dec. 2 visit with Jessica Frost, the president and CEO of LakeShore Systems in Iron Mountain. Councilman Don Chastan and MEDC Fellow Michael Burznski also attended the meeting with Frost. Frost told the men that LakeShore looks to better utilize its resources in Ontonagon, according to Smydra, as well as expand its operations and utilize the facility to its maximum potential. The Ontonagon operation has filled its f...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — Members of the Wakefield City Council voted Monday evening to create an ice rink for free public use on the southwest corner of Sunday Lake. The site is in the same vicinity as the large snowman that appears each winter by Lakeshore Drive, near U.S. 2. Street lighting, hydrant water, and park restrooms are available in the same area. “I think we’ve got to do something for the kids,” said Marco Movrich, a member of the city’s planning commission who was in the audience on Monday evening. City M...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - As they have for 25 years, residents of Ironwood and the surrounding area came out to celebrate winter Saturday during the city's Jack Frost parade and surrounding activities. Michael Meyer, the director of the Ironwood Chamber of Commerce, called Saturday's parade a success. "(I'm) very pleased with how the parade went. There were more floats, but more importantly many more of the floats had excellent lighting," Meyer said. "(Entries)...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MERCER - Mother Nature smiled along with local residents as temperatures near 30 degrees helped to make the Mercer Candy Cane Christmas Celebration a big success for both locals and tourists. The afternoon began with the traditional Candy Cane parade along the town's main street. The procession of nonstop cheer included big, red trucks from Mercer Fire and Rescue and the huge, green groomers from the Mercer Snow-Goers, Inc. Among floats were those...
YPSILANTI — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced a new resource for sexual assault survivors last week that is designed to improve access to counseling resources. Whitmer announced Tuesday that, in addition to calling the state’s 855-VOICES4 sexual assault hotline, survivors can now also text 1-866-238-1454. “This texting feature is an important way to make sure every survivor in Michigan has direct access to the support and resources they deserve,” Whitmer said. “I want every survivor in our state to know that your voice and your story matter, a...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - Around half of the 255 miles of funded snowmobile trails in the Mercer area are now open, according to the nonprofit group that maintains them. Members of the Mercer Area Sno-Goers Inc., snowmobile club attended the Iron County Parks and Recreation meeting Thursday and were present when the committee approved opening day Thursday, said Tom Ziegler, vice president of the Sno-Goers. "There is probably more than 50% of trails open right...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MARENISCO - Members of the Gogebic County Chapter of the Michigan Townships Association voted Thursday evening to reinstate the same officers for duty in 2020. Remaining in charge are Chairman John Cox, Treasurer Hope Tarnaski, and Secretary Vicky Finco. Cox noted that next year's service term will run only until Nov. 20 because he does not plan to run again next fall for his current seat as Wakefield Township supervisor. Although a new MTA chairman must...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] WASHINGTON — The town of Pence is in line to receive over $600,000 in federal funds to help with a sewer project, the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development announced recently. “It's great (to hear about the funding),” said Pence town chairman Michael Paternoster. “It's been a longtime coming — a lot of paperwork, a lot of work.” The total award of $638,000 in federal money is split between $398,000 in grant funds and $240,000 in loans, according to the announcement, and is part of a $...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The bond for a Kimball, Wisconsin man accused of bombing an asphalt plant in 2015 was reduced in Iron County court Wednesday, and a date was set for the case to go to trial. Judge Ann Knox-Bauer said there were two ways for Matthew Allen Gollubske to post bond. He will be released to await a five-day, July 20 jury trial if he can post $5,000 cash and a $100,000 signature bond, or a $25,000 property bond and a $50,000 signature bond. “I think there is a justification for reducing the bon...
BESSEMER — The Bessemer Public Library will host its eighth annual Gingerbread House building and decorating event in the Bessemer City Hall’s auditorium on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. The library will hold a second helping of the event on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 10 a.m. to noon, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ironwood, on the corner of Margaret Street and Lake Road. “It’s free and it’s open to kids of all ages, from the littlest ones to teenagers, and whole families,” said library director Melissa Lupino. “It’s not a competition, it...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. — Several members of the Sno-Goers snowmobile club attended the town of Mercer Board of Supervisors meeting Thursday, to advocate for improvements to a road that will allow a new trail segment. Residents had complained that snowmobilers were using a portion of Lake Shore Drive that linked trails, leaving snow that eventually created poor driving conditions and damage to the road surface, said John Sendra, board chair. The water also pools in the spring, he said. “There is rel...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - A Mercer official has spent the better part of a year updating the records of a 110-year-old town cemetery. Opal Roberts, who has been an Iron County Board Supervisor since 2008, was appointed the Mercer cemetery sexton following her election to the Mercer Town Board of Supervisors in April. Roberts said she was familiar with the cemetery as the Mercer town clerk from 2003-2013. As sexton, however, she became apparent of problems...
