Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Sorted by date Results 2746 - 2770 of 9747
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The surviving sister and nephew of Walter Kellett, a soldier who died in the Philippines during World War II, were present Thursday to see his recently identified remains arrive at Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee, and sent on to Ironwood where he will be buried Saturday. “It means a lot being here,” said Staff Sgt. T.J. Maleport, the U.P. team leader for Army funeral honors. “Lately, we’ve had a number of transfers for repatriat...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] BESSEMER - Conversation at the Bessemer Recreation Committee centered around a new skatepark for Bessemer's Bluff Valley Park at the old tennis courts Thursday. Current equipment placed in the park by the Mission Skate Shop in Bessemer is reportedly being used, and the city would like to see it grow. Consequently, a full skatepark will be delivered to the park by the Mission Skate Shop Sunday evening. It will consist of a five foot quarter pipe, grind le...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Schools provided information at a special meeting Thursday on several federal grants the district is seeking. The district applied for a total of four U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development grants last month, according to Ironwood superintendent Travis Powell, but two of the grants are identical. USDA Rural Development will fund up to 55% of any successful applications, with the district paying the remaining costs. “The way that the grant is set up … they...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Department of Natural Resources is planning a meeting next week to gather public feedback on an effort to reduce sediment build up around the Oman's Creek boat launch at Little Girl's Point. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 10 at Gogebic Community College's Lindquist Center and will feature a short DNR presentation followed by a public comment period. Erosion, sediment build up and storm damage from wave action have long been issues at the boat launch,...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] WAKEFIELD — Local libraries can often be the center where people with things in common meet. Wakefield library director Joel Laessig is currently seeking applicant volunteers to lead various groups of interest in order to develop new clubs such as the book club. “I’d like to recapture what we had in the past for people to meet with things in common,” he said. “We don’t have a lot of that anymore.” Anyone with a hobby such as photography, genealogy, hi...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. — By volunteering in a traffic safety exercise the city of Hurley Police Department has received a $4,000 award, according to Chief Chris Colassaco, at the city council’s Police, Fire and Licensing Committee meeting Wednesday. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation conducted a Click It or Ticket safety belt compliance check over Memorial Day weekend, he said. The effort wasn’t funded and Hurley participated on its own initiative, he said. “We were fortunate in that they put tog...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — It took a jury roughly 20 minutes to find a Kimball man guilty of endangering safety by intentionally pointing a firearm at a person. Jerry Gus “Rocky” Hitter, 71, faces a possible sentence of up to nine months in jail or a fine of up to a $10,000 for the Class A misdemeanor. The charge stems from a Oct. 18, 2018 incident when Hitter confronted Clifford and Gene Kaari near the border of Hitter’s property in the town of Kimball while the brothers were bird hunting. Both sides agreed to the...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. - A group of Hurley K-12 School students were given permission to get their hands dirty on Tuesday as they harvested the section of the school garden they planted last spring. Two classrooms of fourth-grade students planted potatoes, carrots and dill in the school garden at the end of the previous school term, when it was maintained over summer by the 4-H Club's "Green Team," said Deborah Leonard, the FoodWise Educator for Iron County...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - After a related public hearing that drew no comments, the Wakefield Township board of trustees voted Tuesday night to apply a 4.63 millage on township properties. The township portion of the millage is 3.0 mills, with the remaining 1.63 mills for the county. According to township supervisor John Cox, the 4.63 combined millage remains the same as the preceding millage, but only because local property assessor Melissa Prisbe applied a millage...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County will have an additional $100,000 to help combat truancy and other juvenile issues after the Iron County Human Services Board learned Monday the county has received a state grant. The county was awarded the Young Justice Innovative Grant within the last month, according to Human Services Director Cally Kilger. “It’s very exciting. We did not think we were going to get it,” she said. She said the money will be used in collaboration with the other community stakeholders as part...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD - Being an intern at the Ironwood Chamber of Commerce has been a learning experience, not only for the interns, but for the director as well. "It's enjoyable, actually," said Amelia Green, who along with fellow Ironwood high school student Adriana Lorendo is interning at the chamber. "We learned a lot more than we thought." Recently, chamber director Michael Meyer brought the girls to the Land O'Lakes Area Art's art center to learn how such a...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] BESSEMER - The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department in Bessemer offers several vaccination services to the public, and although they can bill insurance, they also offer a sliding scale for fees for those without insurance, according to public health director Cari DiGiorgio. "The services really are affordable," she said. Flu shots are now available and recommended annually, said DiGiorgio. They are seasonal, which means they are evaluated every...
IRONWOOD - When cancer is confined only to the breast, 99% of patients survive for at least five more years, statistically. Once the cancer enters the lymph nodes, the same survival rates drop to 85%, and if the cancer has metastasized to distant locations, the percentage plunges to 27%. "So, that's why it's important for women to get their annual mammograms," said Heather Nyman, FNP-C, RN, MSN, regarding the numbers provided by cancer.net. In addition, said Nyman, who is an oncology nurse...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD - Paulo Padilha e Bando played to a full house Saturday night at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. The crowd-pleasing band invited local people on stage, played rousing tunes from the sounds of Brazil and to the young peoples' delight even performed the song "Kiss" by Prince. At the end, everyone was on their feet. The Brazilian band is part of Art Midwest World Fest which seeks to help people in smaller communities get exposure to and gain...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] EWEN — People were mad for plaid on Saturday during the height of the three-day 43rd annual Log Jamboree in Ewen. Flannel in all colors and styles was the uniform of choice for participants from babies to senior citizens, with some folks also wearing fashionable “work boots” or matching hats or tennies and others featuring trendy braids or suspenders. Some kids used scooters to get around, while adults led barking dogs, pushed baby carriages, or chased excited toddlers in and around the McMillan Towns...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] BESSEMER - There was no rain in the forecast, and the sun often peaked out from the clouds for a fun-filled day of activities at the 41st annual Pumpkin Festival in Bessemer Saturday. Festivities began Wednesday and continued through Sunday with most of the events planned for Saturday. Saturday morning began with a pumpkin pancake breakfast and ended with the zombie pub crawl with plenty of activities in between for all ages. Children got a chance to...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD - One of the keys to better communication with Alzheimer's patients is early recognition, according to Sundi Taylor, program director of the Greater Michigan Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. Taylor gave a presentation on communicating with Alzheimer's patients at the Ironwood Carnegie Library Friday. The organization recognizes three stages of the disease, but it's often during the first stage that family and friends can begin to connect...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The city of Hurley announced the results of its latest water testing shows manganese levels “well below EPA health advisory guidelines,” the city announced Friday. The testing was completed by the city’s public works department and the Iron County Health Department, in collaboration with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Earlier this month, the Hurley K-12 School announced water samples taken Aug. 21 at the school also showed manganese levels were well below the Environmental...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Developing a collective snow removal option for downtown businesses led the discussion at the Downtown Ironwood Development Authority meeting Thursday. Members shared perspectives of several downtown businesses that must comply with an ordinance for downtown sidewalk snow removal. Ensuring that the snow is removed in a timely manner is often expensive for individual businesses, whether they pay per removal or seasonly. At the same time, not all businesses are receptive to the idea of s...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County has signed onto an effort to raise Wisconsin’s smoking age to 21 as the Iron County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution advocating for the change Tuesday. The resolution was passed at the recommendation of the county’s board of health, county board chairman Joe Pinardi said Wednesday. He said one of the reasons he supports the proposal is because it will help keep tobacco products out of the school system. “It will eliminate a lot of the school-age kids being able to buy...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - The arts has a larger economic impact than most people realize, according a Business Bites presentation Wednesday at the Mercer Community Center. "The arts has a $9.7 billion annual impact on Wisconsin," said Lynn Ritchie, president of Land O' Lakes Arts Board (LOLA) and a member of the Wisconsin Arts Board. Yet, Wisconsin ranks 48th in state funding for the arts, she said. Artists are drawn to Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD - We are all storytellers as human beings, according to narrative consultant Jenifer Strauss. And if we can tell a story out loud, we can certainly write it. "That is what this whole program is about," said Strauss who spent the morning working with children in the second, fourth and fifth grades at the Luther L. Wright K-12 School. "Many fear the writing process. They think they don't have good ideas and they do," she said. "I let them know that...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Those who attended Monday evening's Wakefield city council meeting learned a lot regarding what the Wakefield Public Library has to offer. Joel Laessig, who became the library director when Denise Engel retired from the role earlier this year, gave a slide presentation that featured the libraries' many assets and activities, as well as an explanation of its management and financing. "When I started in February, I really didn't know what to...
