Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Sorted by date Results 3455 - 3479 of 9797
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - The Ontonagon Village Council Monday unanimously approved a new contract for Village Manager Joe Erickson. Erickson has been village manager since January 2012. According to the council the new three year contract is nearly the same as the previous one with some minor word changes. Erickson said he was pleased with the contract. "I am eager to continue working on projects which will bring additional progress to the community. He noted the village...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - A snow golf event on Sunday Lake was offered for the first time as part of a Saturday fundraiser for the Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency. "This is our first annual snow golf," said event organizer Luan Jacobson, who said the agency was partnering for the day with the Gogebic Range Health Foundation. "We never have done it before." She said the new event replaced the former frozen rundra, which until last year had been held in...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - Temperatures may have been below zero early Saturday, but the mercury rose by race time and the competitors took off without a hitch at this weekend's inaugural Turtle River Pursuit cross country ski race. "We lucked out. While the weather was cold - it was 29 below I think Saturday morning at 6 a.m. - by 11 a.m. (when the race started) it was just above zero. This morning at the WinMan it was five or six above," said Mike Shouldice,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A Hurley man with several active cases in Iron County is now also wanted on an additional 29 charges, after Iron County District Attorney Matt Tingstad recently filed a sixth case in Iron County Court. Andrew R. Zaleski, 38, is charged with one count of stalking, domestic abuse; 14 counts of felony bail jumping and 14 counts of violating a foreign order of protection from Gogebic County in Michigan. The stalking charge carries a potential maximum sentence of up to 3.5 years in prison or a...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The two men representing Gogebic County in the Michigan legislature were in town Friday visiting with local officials and holding a public town hall to hear the area's concerns. State Sen. Ed McBroom (R-Vulcan) and state Rep. Greg Markkanen (R-Hancock) said they visited the area repeatedly during their 2018 campaigns for the 38th senate district and 11th state house district respectively and didn't want the community to think it was...
ONTONAGON - Christmas has been over for more than a month, but the group which helps to create a good Christmas for those in need are still working toward Christmas 2019. Dee Preiss, Treasurer of the St. Nicholas Project, reported to the Ontonagon-White Pine Rotary Wednesday that the public was "very generous this Christmas." "Because of that generosity the St. Nicholas Project this Christmas served 178 families in the north and south of the county, 108 children, 70 adult gifts for those alone...
By Bryan Hellios [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Duet Bicycle program is offering training sessions to become a peddler of a tandem bike built especially for people with significant disabilities so they can enjoy the thrill of going for a bike ride. Training will offered during two sessions in the Ironwood Memorial Building on Feb. 23. One session is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon while the other will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. Participants don’t need to attend both sessions. The duet bicycle peddler training program teaches par...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — A Wednesday evening workshop by Bessemer city council members resulted in the following determinations: They should consider seeking development options in a lodging and restaurant complex that could help to house tourists while also providing locals with a new culinary option. They should address blight, especially in its most severe forms. They should maintain a sound economic framework within which the city can operate on a year-by-year b...
By Bryan Hellios [email protected] IRONWOOD - The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning on Thursday morning continued into tonight until 6.p.m. According to the warning, accumulations of 2 to 7 inches are expected late Thursday night through today with winds gusting as high as 40 mph resulting in blowing snow and sharply reduced visibilities. Travel could be very difficult, if not impossible during the heavier snow. The hazardous conditions will impact commutes today with...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A warrant has been filed in Iron County Court for a Montreal woman due to her failure to attend her initial appearance on misdemeanor theft charges Monday. Cathryn Leigh Huotari, 48, is charged with two counts of misdemeanor theft of less than $2,500 — a crime with a potential maximum sentence of nine months in jail or a fine of up to $10,000. Huotari is accused of taking approximately $2,105 between June 2017 and September 2018 in connection to her job with the Eagle Bluff Condo Ass...
By Bryan Hellios [email protected] HURLEY - The Hurley School Board met Wednesday morning to open and review sealed bids from Angelo Luppino Inc. and Nasi Construction LLC for an expansion project to the Northwoods Manufacturing facilities in the Hurley school. Angelo Luppino's bid of $1,212,149 came in 13,071 lower than Nasi Construction's. After a short discussion by the board Angelo Luppino Inc. was awarded the contract by unanimous decision. School board president Joe Simonich said...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs has brought charges against a fifth person in connection to a Marensico Township home invasion last December. An Appleton man, 31, is being held in the Outagamie County Jail pending extradition proceedings to Gogebic County on charges of armed robbery, first-degree home invasion, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, possession of a weapon while committing a felony and being a felon in possession of a weapon. His name is being withheld u...
By Bryan Hellios [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Michigan State Police announced that 11 troopers from the Upper Peninsula were awarded the Cpl. Samuel A. Mapes Criminal Patrol and Investigation Award, including a local trooper. Tpr. Alexander L. Sackmann of the Wakefield Post received this award which is only given to the top 5 percent of troopers in each district who look “past the traffic stop.” Sackmann made 11 felony arrests in 2018 that met the criteria for this award. Sackmann joined the department in 2017 and came to the Wakefie...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Final preparations for the Ironwood Snowmobile Olympus race will begin on Thursday at Gogebic County Fairgrounds. Race Director Tom Auvinen, said the event was originally scheduled to be held near the end of December, but warm weather caused the race to be postponed and rescheduled for this Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. "We plan to be out at the track Thursday evening to get the snow cleared off and to set up bales of hay on Friday," he sai...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer planning commission was scheduled to vote on two ordinances Monday evening, but resulted in tying a vote on one and tabling another. Members did, however, vote unanimously to pass on to the city council a capital improvement plan with their support. A related hearing on that matter opened and closed with no comment. Two additional public hearings were held on a recreational marijuana zoning ordinance and on an ordinance prohibiting...
LANSING — Fisherman will have to settle for keeping fewer perch when fishing in Michigan waters this spring, as the Michigan DNR has imposed new daily limits for yellow perch. Starting April 1, the possession limit has been reduced from 50 to 25 fish per day on most state waters. Locally, the exceptions include those fishing on Lake Gogebic in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties. Lake Gogebic has a limit of 25 fish per day, with no more than five of those fishing being 12 inches or longer. Lake Erie will still have a 50-fish limit. The reduction i...
KIMBALL, Wis. - The Northwoods Land Trust and Iron County Outdoor Recreation Enthusiasts will host a free snowshoe hike to Interstate Falls in Kimball Thursday. The hike will begin in the Interstate Falls parking lot off U.S. 2 at 1 p.m. Signs for the falls are visible from U.S. 2, just west of the U.S. 51 interchange. The parking lot is 500 feet down W. Center Road. Thursday's hike will be led by local naturalist John Bates and features the natural history of the area around the falls and how...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Parks and Recreation Committee met Monday evening to discuss its five-year park and recreation plan. Part of the set of action plans is to revitalize the area around a small group of cottonwood trees in Ironwood. Committee member Tom Kangas said the oldest one has suffered some damage due to winds and ice storms. He said the tree is located off of Frenchtown Road and can be seen towering over all of the other trees. “They think it is the third oldest tree in the state of Mic...
MERCER, Wis. — All Mercer School staff and substitute teachers participated in an active shooter training during a teacher in-service day on Friday, Jan. 18. Staff participated in several live simulations throughout the school to mimic various scenarios, as well as hands on, active shooter defense training, according to district administrator Erik Torkelson. Facilitating the training were officers Ty Peterson, Dan Perry and Zach Kozisek of Law Dogs Inc. Also participating were Iron County S...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - Sunshine and mild weather drew more than 100 participants to Saturday's seventh annual Yooperbeiner Snowshoe Race at the Wolverine Nordic Ski Trail in Ironwood. "Some people are really into the racing, and some are just doing it to have fun," said race director Sue Spaete, who was very much in demand at various locations before the event. Overall men's and women's winners of the 10K race were Ironwood residents Larry Lapachin (1:02:13) and Steph...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] BESSEMER - The amount of snow in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan is irresistible for many snowmobile and skiing enthusiasts. Ted Olson and his son, Tyler, of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., traveled to Bessemer this past weekend in search of snow so they could ride their sleds. "The trails are not open by us yet," Ted Olson said. While staying in the area, they took in the Cat Clowder event at Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort Saturday. "At first I thought...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER — Bessemer city council members will discuss the fate of four city-owned structures at their 6 p.m. meeting today. The locations are at 107 W. Sellar St., 508 S. Moore St., 506 S. Mine St., and 1807 Palms St. At the council’s previous meeting on Jan. 21, city manager Charly Loper said she can apply for a $50,000 state grant, which she estimates will cover the cost of demolishing two of the structures. She added that the Palms Street structure may be removed from the list because someone is int...
IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College officials will interview four candidates to be the next college president this coming week. Four candidates on four consecutives days — Tuesday through Friday — will each meet with the public in a series of open forums, have dinner with the college Board of Trustees and then interview with the board. All these events will take place in Lindquist Student Center on the Ironwood campus. While the events are all open to the public, dinner will only be served to the candidates, board members and their guest...
MERCER, Wis. - The Mercer Public Library and Mercer Historical Society joined together to host their second "Mercer Memory" event on Friday. Life-long Mercer resident Peg Brunner shared stories of her life from growing up there. From catching her first "legal Musky" at age 15 to throwing rocks off a bridge killing redhorse fish which had invaded her favorite fishing spot, Brunner was determined to show her brothers she could do anything they could do. "I was really quite the tomboy," Brunner...
