Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - The third annual fundraising dinner for the U.P. Honor Flight drew nearly 200 people to Bessemer's VFW Post 3673 on Saturday night. "This event is so special to us because it is helping us to help our senior veterans to visit their memorials in Washington D.C.," said Post Commander Donna Frello while welcoming the crowd. "How cool is it that we all are helping to make that happen?" Frello's husband, John Frello, who is the post quartermaster, sa...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — Locals looking for some new reading material were drawn to the Ironwood Memorial Building Saturday as the Friends of the Ironwood Carnegie Library held one of its two annual book sales. “Well it was one of our better years, there’s no doubt about that,” Friends president Marie Peterson said. “When we opened … at 7:30 this morning we probably had at least 100 people in here until 9:30-10 a.m., then it thinned out a little bit.” The money raised from the sale funds the library’s summer pro...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - With the school year almost over and Hurley students about to start summer vacation in a few weeks, Hurley Police Chief Chris Colassaco met with kindergarteners and third graders Friday to talk about bike safety. "I love the opportunity to talk to the kids," Colassaco said. He said he talks to the kindergarteners and third graders because not only are those ages good times to set them in the habit of wearing bike helmets, but it ensures...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Families from Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon counties sent 63 paper lanterns hurtling skyward during an appreciation event for Great Lakes Recovery Center's foster care program at Depot Park Thursday. Mandy Harris, the program's regional resource team specialist, said each lantern symbolizes a foster family in the tri-county region. "It's through events like this that we can train, provide support and recruit foster families," she said....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — With the school year ending in the coming weeks, the Ironwood Area Schools’ food service department is gearing up for another summer of feeding area kids through the district’s summer lunch program. Beginning roughly a week after the end of the school year, the Meet Up and Eat Up summer lunch program will run from Monday, June 17 to Friday, Aug. 16. Lunches won’t be served on the Fourth of July, as well as the Thursday and Friday of Festival Ironwood. “It’s going to be Monday thro...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County’s summer recreation season got underway Thursday as the county’s ATV/UTV trails opened at 7 a.m. Although the trails have dried enough from the spring thaw to allow them to open, according to the Iron County Forestry and Parks Department, spring riding conditions may still exist on many trails. Riders may encounter soft spots on the trail system, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page. “Please use caution when riding, especially on Trail 6 in the areas west of W... Full story
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Visitors to Black River Harbor will need to pay if they bring a vehicle to the harbor’s day-use area after Ottawa National Forest officials implemented a user fee for harbor visitors this week. As of Wednesday, visitors to the harbor will have to pay a daily fee of $5 per vehicle or purchase an annual pass sticker for $30. “The good thing about this money is that 85 percent of it is returned directly to the forest,” said Lisa Kl...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Friends of the Ironwood Carnegie Library is having its bi-annual book sale on Friday and Saturday at the Ironwood Memorial Building. Friends president Maria Peterson said Friday's sale, which runs from 2 to 6 p.m., is only open to members of the group. For the general public, Saturday's sale runs from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. "Members get first pick," Peterson said. Setting up tables for the sale started Wednesday night, she said, and...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Gogebic Community Mental Health Authority aimed to "stomp out stigma" during its eighth annual Walk a Mile in My Shoes event at Wakefield VFW Wednesday. Missy Lane, the chairperson for community mental health's anti-stigma committee, said the purpose of the event is to provide education and bring awareness to the community. "We want everybody to be treated equal," she said. The actual walk is more "symbolic" and Lane said not everyone...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Given the increased number of requests for these services, the Iron County forestry committee Tuesday approved creating a number of administrative fees for some work done by the forestry department. “These fees would basically cover my time putting (the paperwork) together and any other administrative fees we have,” said Forestry and Parks Administrator Eric Peterson. Several committee members also pointed out the time spent on the paperwork is time Peterson can’t be dealing with other i...
FRANKFORT — Authorities have released the names of two men they believe were aboard a small plane that departed from Ontonagon Sunday and went missing over Lake Michigan in northern Michigan. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reported Wednesday that the Benzie County sheriff’s office lists the missing men as 65-year-old Randal Dippoid, of Perry, and 53-year-old Emanuel Manos, of Monroe. It isn’t clear which man was piloting the plane that dropped off radar Sunday night about 4 miles west of Frankfort. The plane reportedly was having engine troub...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A man wanted in Kentucky was arrested in Gogebic County last week. Kermit Knutson, 66, was arrested in Marenisco Township May 8 after the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department received information regarding his location. Knutson was wanted for failing to appear in court on a first-degree rape charge, according to a post on the Louisville Police Department’s Facebook page, after he allegedly cut off his ankle bracelet. Officer Lamont Washington, a spokesman for the Louisville Police Depar...
HURLEY, Wis. — The Hurley Chamber of Commerce presented updates on city events to the Hurley City Council at Tuesday night’s meeting. Rita Franzoi, marketing director and events coordinator for the chamber, said she would like local residents to help on Monday, during scheduled clean up day. “We’ve got our big Memorial Day rallies coming up and we want everything to look nice,” she said. Beginning at 4 p.m., the event takes place downtown at the motorized trail behind Silver Street. “When people come they see a nice presentation rather than...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield City Council voted Monday to accept a draft version of its 2019-2020 fiscal budget and scheduled a related work session for May 29 at 10 a.m. in the council chambers of the municipal building. City manager Rob Brown told the Daily Globe Tuesday that an updated draft will be compiled after the session, followed by a public hearing. The council then plans to vote on the budget at its June 10 meeting. Among adjustments so far in the coming year’s budget will be a separation of the...
Bryan Hellios [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission approved the mayor’s appointment of Ivan Hellen to Ironwood’s Downtown Development Board on Monday at its meeting. Hellen said he doesn’t exactly know what the board does, but is looking forward to being part of improving downtown. “Anything that is improvement and develops the downtown is a positive thing,” he said. Hellen has a couple of ideas to promote the downtown, and said he hopes his voice will be heard on the committee. “A lot of things are happening in...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Ironwood Township once again has a township supervisor, as the township board of trustees Monday appointed Jim Simmons to fill the vacant office. “I feel he’s very qualified,” Treasurer Maria Graser said, in support of Simmons. “Through everything we’ve gone through in the township, he’s been there for us 100 percent.” Simmons will complete the remainder of former supervisor Steve Boyd’s term, which ends after the 2020 election. Boyd died in April after a battle with cance...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MARENISCO - Close to 100 people filled the community room of the Marenisco Town Hall for a Monday evening public hearing on a proposed marijuana ordinance that would allow recreational marijuana enterprise. "There will be no catcalls," said Marenisco supervisor Richard Bouvette while opening the floor to questions and comments. Although the hearing allowed the public to vent its concerns, Bouvette said members of the township board then would be the ones...
IRONWOOD - Friends of the Iron Belle Trail turned the pavilion at Ironwood Depot Park into a desert smorgasbord for their annual Mother's Day Walk, Run & Roll on Sunday. The group of volunteers help keep up the trail and promote it, said Enni Gregas, member of the trail association. The event encourages people to be active and gives people a chance to see the trail, she added. "It's beautiful and it's scenic," she said. Little kids can learn to ride their bikes, she said, and seniors can ride sa...
HURLEY - The 14th annual Brian Nasi Memorial Heart run/walk took place on Saturday at the Hurley K-12 school. Ginger Nasi, widow of Brian, founded the event to create awareness of heart disease and promote healthy habits. "We're starting with the youth in the community and make it a healthy habit to always get out there and exercise and do the best you can," she said. Nasi said the event has always been more of a "family running event" to encourage creating a healthy lifestyle early on in life....
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Gogebic Community College graduates of 2019 wore smiles as they took part in the college's 85th commencement ceremony on Friday. "Tonight is your night," Erik Guenard, interim president at GCC said welcoming everyone who attended the event. "This is the time when your family, friends, this community and the college take pride in your accomplishments," he said while congratulating the students. With 213 students graduating, Karen...
IRONWOOD — Arts Midwest and the Ironwood Theatre announced Thursday that Ironwood has been selected to participate in the 2019-21 cycle of Arts Midwest World Fest. The program offers Midwestern communities, especially smaller and mid-size communities, an opportunity to experience music, language, and culture from across the world, according to theatre board member Karen Hagemann. Arts Midwest and the theatre will collaborate for the next two years to bring four “high-caliber” international music ensembles to Ironwood, said Hagemann. Each of th...
