Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The 63rd anniversary of the Ontonagon Labor Day Festival, Aug. 30 through Sept. 1, will feature some changes. The biggest change will be the kiddie parade which will be Saturday, Aug. 31, instead of Labor Day itself. The change will put an emphasis on Maxwell Street Day, with the kids parade, music, sales on the street, lip-sync contest, food and an expanded bed race. Margo Anderson and Tanya Weisinger, festival co-chairs said with large crowds on Maxwell Day, the work that parents and kids put i...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - After a closed session at their Monday evening meeting, the Wakefield City Council reopened its chambers to the public and voted to advertise for a new non-union position titled Department of Public Works supervisor. That vote directly followed the council's prior vote to sign and implement a new contract for the city's union employees. Mayor pro tempore Amy Tarro abstained regarding the union agreement and voted no on the new supervisory job....
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - The pro's and con's of accepting marijuana as a micro-business in the village of Ontonagon drew a standing room only crowd at the Ontonagon Village Council meeting Monday. Former State Rep. Scott Dianda representing a firm, Tranquility Fields of Ann Arbor, said the firm would grant a franchise with a local owner, employ eight people and would be a "brand new business." He explained a "brand new building would be brought into the site with all...
MENOMINEE — Seven men were arrested Thursday during a joint operation in northern Menominee County aimed at reducing the demand for sex trafficking, according to a statement Monday from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team. “Law enforcement agencies initiated the operation by placing online advertisements on websites used for prostitution,” said the press release. “During the investigation 32 individuals responded to the website advertisements.” Seven men followed through and met with an undercover detective, who posed as a prostitut...
IRONWOOD - A top gun event Saturday was a way to showcase new features at Superior Range Shooter's Club, said Gary Kusz, president. Mike Drier won the Top Gun event and received a trophy. Gary Lowe won second and Kusz won third - also receiving trophies. The organization started in 1978 and the new 34 acre pistol, rifle and trapshooting range opened on Black River Road near Copper Peak in 2004, he said. In 15 years the club has used grants and loans to build a $90,000 education center with...
GILE, Wis. - It was perfect softball weather but organizers were playing with pain with the loss of Deloris Baross on the eve of Saturday's ninth annual Danny B Jack and Jill softball tournament. Baross was the mother of Danny Baross, the 31-year-old Erwin Township man for whom the tournament was named by friends who wanted to remember him after his death by suicide in 2009. She died on Friday. "Danny and my mom are watching from up above," said Lori Baross, a sister of Danny. "The only reason...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - A team of fiberglass specialists said there were surprises but that work remains on schedule to complete the restoration work on the 50-foot Hiawatha statue this week. "We found a hole under the arm where pigeons were getting inside and we will seal that up," said Don Harmon, of FAST Corporation, who is conducting the repair work this week with two other workers from the Sparta, Wisconsin company. The power washing and loose paint...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. - Author, historian and photographer Byron Babbish said his "Railroads of the Upper Peninsula, 1975-2000" presentation Wednesday was an engaging discussion with around 80 people at the Iron County Museum. "I've never had a crowd like this," said Babbish, a Detroit based railroad historian and author of 15 books on the topic. Many people present either worked for the railroads or were spouses and children and knew as much about the...
BY TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — The city of Ironwood’s business retention program led discussion at the Downtown Ironwood Development Authority meeting Thursday. In his report, Tom Bergman, city community development director, said the work this past month included strategies to continue the city’s business retention program that is part of the Downtown Blueprint Plan and the city-wide Comprehensive Plan. The work is to define the city’s role in helping to identify potential business owners to take over downtow...
IRONWOOD — A second round of manganese testing showed residential levels below levels of concern but an infant health advisory remains in effect for the cities of Ironwood and Hurley, Wisconsin. Testing conducted just over a week ago by the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department was sent to White Water Associates, a state of Michigan approved testing facility. Manganese levels remain below adult and infant health advisory levels but the cities are maintaining the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services advisory that recommends h...
IRONWOOD - Ironwood Plastics, an injection molding company in the industrial park, celebrated 40 years of business with an open house on Thursday. Ironwood Plastics opened in 1979 and underwent a major expansion in 1995, and has grown to become one of the largest employers in the area with 147 full time workers, said Theresa Turula, human resources manager. The celebration was a chance for the community to visit the facility at a time when hiring is a challenge in all job sectors, Turula said....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Although neither the teachers nor students probably want to admit it, the start of the school year is right around the corner. With the need to get ready for that day, the Ironwood Area Schools held a back-to-school fair Wednesday. "(The fair) is going great. It's busy, but that's what schools are," K-12 Principal Melissa Nigh said. "I love the busy." Tables were set up in the Luther L. Wright K-12 School's second floor gym representing e...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - After years of fundraising the work to repair and paint the 50-foot fiberglass replica of the legendary Hiawatha is underway at the park along Burma Road. The St. Paul, Minnesota company that created the statue in 1964 is no longer around and the work is being conducted by FAST Corporation of Sparta, Wisconsin, the only Midwest company that still builds and repairs fiberglass structures, said Peter Sturgul, who started the repair project...
HURLEY — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is holding a public meeting to discuss plans to improve the U.S. 2/U.S. 51 intersection in Hurley, including the possibility of installing a roundabout. The meeting is set to start at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Iron County Courthouse. “The objective of this meeting is to familiarize the public with the purpose and need for the project and to obtain input on the proposed improvements,” a WisDOT spokesperson said when announcing the meeting. There are several possible designs being consi...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MARENISCO — The Marenisco Township board of trustees voted Monday evening to authorize the submission of an injunction to prevent the Michigan Department of Corrections from filling in a self-sufficient sewer system within the grounds of the now closed Ojibway Correctional Facility. MDOC has argued that the well and wastewater system on the former prison property, which is on township land, is too expensive to maintain. However, Marenisco Township supervisor Richard Bouvette told the Globe Tuesday that h...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - This week around 80 students are moving into the Campus Suites at Gogebic Community College to get settled prior to the start of classes on Monday. "It's nice, I like it," said Kale Ruano, a freshman from Orlando, Florida, who arrived Monday night. Ruano will study physical therapy. He is also on the GCC basketball team. Heather Dickrell, a freshman from Ashland, Wisconsin, said she came to GCC to study elementary education and to play...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Schools will once again seek a portion of the Northern Waters Casino Resort’s 2% funds, after the district’s board of education approved forwarding a request Monday. The $8,490 request is needed to allow the Gogebic County Community School to offer high school completion courses at the casino, according to the district’s letter to the 2% committee requesting the funds. This is the same amount requested last year. “We have our GED program that runs here out of (Luther L...
Wednesday, Aug. 21 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990. Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood. Kimball Homemakers, 1 p.m., Community Center. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. American Legion Post 58, 7 p.m., Iron County Memorial Building, Hurley. Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m.,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Sheriff’s Department has released the name of the Springstead man killed in Friday’s single-vehicle crash at the intersection of Wisconsin 182 and Wisconsin 47. Bradford J. Matson, 52, was killed after his vehicle failed to negotiate the turn from Wisconsin 182 to Wisconsin 47 and hit a tree, according to the Sheriff’s Department. Matson, a Springstead resident, represented the town of Sherman on the Iron County Board of Supervisors. Iron County Board Chair Joe Pinardi...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer city council voted Monday evening to support a potential redevelopment deal of property at 508 S. Moore St. The aim has been for the city to partner with the Gogebic County Brownfield Authority and the state of Michigan to create a "build-ready" lot that then would inspire a private developer to engage in construction, resulting in city tax revenue. Monday's vote was in support of establishing a Brownfield zone that may be eligible...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. — The Hurley Board of Education on Monday approved 5-0 a transportation request for children living outside of the school bus routes. The Island Lake family lives 18 miles from the nearest school bus stop on County Road C. The family is in a hardship situation with the father working away and the mother expecting a fifth child. The action requires a school district driver and vehicle to transport four children to and from their home to school in Hurley for the school tear at approximat...
SPRINGSTEAD, Wis. — A Springstead man is dead following a single-vehicle crash Friday. A passing motorist reported the accident at the intersection of Wisconsin 47 and Wisconsin 182 to the Iron County Sheriff’s Department at approximately 11:10 p.m. Friday, according to Sheriff Paul Samardich, with an unresponsive man at the accident scene. Deputies — along with the Mercer Ambulance, Sherman First Responders, Sherman Fire Department, and Mercer Fire and Rescue — arriving on the scene found the unresponsive man inside the vehicle. It appears...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] ROCKLAND - Steady rain hampered attendance at Sunday's 37th annual Old Victoria Craft Fair in Rockland, but that didn't stop dozens of folks from making the most of their day with the aid of hardy character and umbrellas. "If you wait for the weather here, you'll never do anything," said Bev Michaels, who traveled to the site with her husband, Bob, from Ironwood Township. They joined many other folks in walking the grounds and mingling with visitors,...
