Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday unanimously approved a resolution to support the proposed Downtown City Square project prior to applying for $1.67 million in grant funding from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The project at West Aurora and South Lowell streets will include an amphitheater and splash pad for summer events, and an ice skating rink and outdoor gas fire place for winter events including the finnish line of the SISU Ski Fest. The space would also p...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — It may soon become harder to pass on Lake Road after the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees decided Monday to send a letter to the Gogebic County Road Commission seeking to prohibit passing south of Sunset Road. The board’s letter seeks to remove the passing zones between Margaret Street and Sunset Road and requests a traffic study to determine whether the speed limit can be reduced as well. The board based its decision on the fact the section of road is both fairly hea...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield City Council on Monday approved an Oct. 14 public hearing to consider a tax-exempt status request for the former town memorial building site. The property has been vacant since the memorial building was razed in 2010. Forward Wakefield Development Corporation, the nonprofit owner of the three-acre plot at 500 Lakeshore Drive, received the land from Marvin Suomi, who donated it in 2018 after his own tax-exempt status expired....
By MEGAN HUGHES [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Historic Ironwood Theatre was roaring with laughter Saturday night as comedian Tim Harmston took the stage. Harmston is a Minneapolis based comedian who travels the country doing shows. But before he took the stage, the crowd was warmed up by opening act, Vivian Meradeth and Tim Mesun. Meradeth and Mesun are both local performers who returned to Ironwood after seeking their degrees. Meradeth pursued her love of the stage at The American...
By Megan Hughes [email protected] WAKEFIELD - This past Saturday the Wakefield VFW was bustling with activity as organizer Lynnea Laessig and the Gogebic-Ontonagon Great Start Collaborative welcomed attendees to their inaugural Family Wellness Fair. The fair started at 10 a.m. on Saturday with local healthcare groups and businesses setting up tables to spread the message of personal health. "Our goal is to inspire and educate people to make healthy choices and promote self-care." Laessig...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — A special hearing prior to the Ironwood City Commission meeting tonight will be to consider a grant application to build a Downtown City Square next year. The $1.67 million grant application to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation is for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for the project, said Tom Bergman, the community development director for the city of Ironwood. The city’s share is $191,000, which is an agreement to complete the downtown lighting project on Wes...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Members of the Ironwood Township Fire Department attended a training on Tuesday to familiarize the firefighters with a new fire truck at Gogebic-Iron County Airport. Michael Harma, airport manager, along with other staff, walked the firefighters through the features of the Oshkosh brand Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) vehicle, which is designed for an airport ground emergency involving fires and even possible rescues of passengers and flight crews. The 2019 model...
IRONWOOD - Just how fast can nine people pull a semi truck and trailer a distance of 20 feet? In what may have looked like a physics experiment or a Friday training for the Commercial Motor Vehicle Licensing (CDL) program at Gogebic Community College, was actually nine teams competing in the third annual "18 legs versus 18 wheels" competition and fundraiser for the GCC service learning program trip to Guatemala from May 16-24, 2020. "We put the fun back into fundraising," said Janie Williams,...
MERCER, Wis. — The Town of Mercer Board of Supervisors is one step away from finalizing a new fireworks ordinance that will include a permitting process. The board held a hearing prior to its regular meeting on Thursday, where the supervisors reviewed ordinances of seven other Wisconsin cities and towns. The board directed Fritz Schellgell, legal counsel for the township, to draft the ordinance for consideration at the next regular meeting. Schellgell said the ordinances are not complicated but clearly state what is permissible under W...
IRONWOOD - Nearly 1,000 people were impacted Thursday by the story of Daniel Olson. Daniel of Marquette was 19-years-old when he took his life by suicide. "Do It For Daniel" is a documentary of his struggle with depression and mental illness and a message of hope. The movie was shown at the Historic Ironwood Theatre to students in grades 7 through 12 from Hurley, Ironwood, Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco through the day. The day ended with a final evening showing to the general public. Jeff...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - The former Wagars restaurant and bar is going down. Crews and big equipment from the Pesta Construction Company started the demolition of the building Monday. The restaurant and bar were originally two buildings but a door was created between them and remodeled to look like one structure. The village now owns the property and obtained a Michigan Land Bank Authority Rural Demolition Grant to tear it down. The $50,000 grant will not pay for the...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wisc. — The results of the Wisconsin Student Assessment System exams released Monday showed slight decreases in English language arts and mathematics, but not across the board, according to the state Department of Public Instruction. The assessment from the 2018-19 school year includes the Forward Exam for grades three through eight, the ACT Aspire for grades nine and 10, the ACT with writing in grade 11, and the Dynamic Learning Maps given across all tested grades to students with the m...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD - Next week the Historic Ironwood Theatre will host one of four international groups as part of the Arts Midwest World Fest Sept. 23-28. Paulo Padilha e Bando from Brazil will give workshops in local schools and will end the week with a performance at the theatre on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. "The group...spends much of the week in schools and other community locations, sharing their music through workshops," said theatre president Zona Wick...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - More than 400 students from six area high schools converged on Gogebic Community College Tuesday for "Welcome to College Day 2019." The statewide Michigan College Fair tour is going through the Upper Peninsula this week, said Kim Zeckovich, director of admissions, marketing and communications at GCC. The 38 public and private schools present were from Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. "It provides high school and college students an...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD - High water levels in Lake Superior for the month of August 2019 have tied the record with that of 1952, according to Keith Kompoltowicz, chief of Watershed Hydrology, Detroit District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Detroit District monitors the Great Lakes water levels and makes the information available as a public service. Since 1952, the average water level for Lake Superior has been 602.17 feet above sea level. This year it is...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The public defender representing a Kimball man accused of bombing an asphalt plant has filed a motion to dismiss the charges against his client, arguing too much time has passed since the explosions to allow for a fair trial. Matthew Allen Gollubske, 39, is charged with two counts of being a party to the crime of using explosives to damage property in connection to several explosions between 4:15 and 6 a.m. on the morning of July 4, 2015 at Mathy Construction’s asphalt plant off U.S. 2 i...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer City Council heard a report Monday on the upcoming major sewer and water project for 2021. The $21.4 million project will be overseen by the architectural and engineering firm C2AE and will begin May of 2021. Darren Pionk, project manager for C2AE, said they are hoping to do the work in small segments and are trying to time the work to accommodate another project on U.S. 2. According to Pionk, they are a bit behind schedule but...
IRONWOOD — The local teen wanted on a felony warrant has been taken into custody, the Ironwood Public Safety Department has announced on Facebook Sunday. Haze Mitchell-Gray Reese, 18, agreed to turn himself into local law enforcement and the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department took him into custody at approximately 12:30 Sunday, according to IPSD Sgt. Matt Sterbenz. Reese had been wanted on felony charges of breaking and entering a building and receiving and concealing stolen property, according to a post on the IPSD’s Facebook page Frida...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - The Mercer Public Library will host a photography presentation of Hokkaido, Japan, at 4:30 p.m. today, in the adjoining community center and the program is free and open to the public. Gary and Ginny Theisen, part-year residents of Mercer, and longtime supporters and volunteers with the library, will offer a photo presentation of Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan. The couple were on the island in February, and the talk will be a...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The members and supporters of Ironwood's Northwind Natural Food Co-op gathered at Cold Iron Brewing Sunday for the co-op's 40th anniversary celebration. "We're celebrating 40 years, we've had numerous locations. We've had (the present) location 20 years," co-op board president Jackie Powers said, referencing the store's location on South Suffolk Street. "We're kind of an anchor store for downtown Ironwood." However, she said the co-op is...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - Former Bessemer resident Miles Mykkanen brought urban flair to the Historic Ironwood Theatre on Saturday night, and the packed audience could not have been warmer. The show, which was laced throughout by Mykkanen's infectious enthusiasm, was based on the work of 23 different composers and included a review of the young artist's history, with particular attention to the past year, during which he won prestigious honors as a classic tenor singer i...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A portion of North Moore Street near Bluff Valley Park in Bessemer will be temporarily closed Tuesday for some sewer work. The location of the work also means cars won’t be able to access Bluff Valley Park Tuesday, according to city manager Charly Loper. “(People) can walk in from State Street, but the parking area will be very difficult to get to,” Loper said, referring to the park. The city project is designed to repair a part of the sewer that was damaged in the June 2018 storm,...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Jim Kaufman achieved many goals in life before following through on his passion for astronomy. He was an aerospace engineer. He earned a private pilot's license. He retired before age 55. Kaufman said his fascination with the sky and the universe was fueled by a childhood immersed in science and science fiction. Growing up in the Flats of Ironwood, he recalls chasing what he thought was a UFO flying north at night with his friends. "When...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] IRONWOOD - Filmmaker Dirk Wierenga of Grand Haven began a 1,000-mile journey in March to bring national awareness to what rural areas, like those in the Upper Peninsula, have to offer. He plans to shoot a documentary entitled "Route 2 Elsewhere" and write an accompanying book. He spoke with the Daily Globe in Ironwood Friday about the project. The route - much of it along U.S. 2 - begins in Sault Ste. Marie and ends in Williston, N.D. Wierenga said...
