Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] The 15-county Upper Peninsula employment picture has improved, but Gogebic and Ontonagon counties still lag behind much of the state, according to a Department of Technology, Management and Budget report from the state of Michigan on Thursday. The report said the U.P. civilian labor force was at 136,800 in May. This is a 0.4% annual increase from 136,300 in May 2018, and a 0.4% monthly increase from 136,600 in April 2019. U.P. unemployment was at 4.9% in May with 6,700 people reported working....
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Carnegie Library is giving away four bikes and various other prizes to encourage children to read this summer. Lynne Wiercinski, director at the library, said the contest is open to local youth and the incentives are working. "When you heard one little girl downstairs who said, 'I never liked to read, but then there was the bicycle drawing and I started reading and now I really like to read,'" Wiercinski said. "It was like...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MONTREAL, Wis. - A one-side parking ordinance on the main street of Gile has some business owners wondering why it is needed. The Montreal City Council added the rule last winter due to snow removal concerns on what is considered a narrow street in winter, Mayor Erik Guenard told the Daily Globe Thursday. Visibility issues for pedestrian safety were also a concern, he said. "The council brought together the ordinance so there would be enough room...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield city council voted Monday evening to enact monthly “Coffee with Council” sessions as a means of encouraging public input. “The purpose would be just to provide an informal setting for residents to come in and share ideas and thoughts,” said city manager Rob Brown to the council. Brown added that city officials and employees will be welcome to attend the sessions on a volunteer basis. Council members agreed to schedule the sessions on the second Saturday of the month from 9-11...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] BESSEMER — Festivities for Bessemer’s annual Fourth of July starts 7 p.m. tonight in the Pocket Park downtown with the Tree of Honor lighting ceremony. Linda Nelson, chair of the July 4th committee, said the ceremony is to honor military members of both past and present. Red, white and blue lights are hung on the tree and the donor’s name is put is put on a plaque, she said which is displayed in front of the tree during the duration of the festivities. In the past, the ceremony has also included musi...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] RAMSAY - Pouring rain, along with thunder and lightning, did not stop Gogebic County members of the Michigan Townships Association from meeting in the Ramsay Memorial Park for their Tuesday evening meeting. The local MTA branch meets six times per year and rotates its sessions among the following six membering townships: Watersmeet, Marenisco, Wakefield, Bessemer, Ironwood and Erwin. The gatherings are fairly casual, with members enjoying a hot supper...
TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY - Area youth started a six-week exploration of area historic sites on Wednesday with the purpose of learning more about what everyday life was like generations before them. The All Aboard for History Camp is a collaboration among area historic sites for students who have just finished the fourth- and fifth-grade, said Kristin Kolesar, board treasurer of the Iron County Museum and a fifth-grade teacher in Hurley. The camp visits sites through...
Wednesday, June 26 Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood. Mentoring of Moms, 9-10:30 a.m., Range Community Bible Church, Hurley. 715-561-4355. Cuddlebugs Story Time, 9:30 a.m., Ironwood Carnegie Library. 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. Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190. Mercer Health and...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Those who knew him continue to mourn the loss of Ernest “Ernie” Moore, who passed away last week. Moore, 63, who died June 16 in Florida while traveling home, owned and operated the Iron County Miner and Print Shop in Hurley. His role at the newspaper and his nature meant he knew many members of the community. “All growing up, when we were driving around with him as kids or whatever; people would wave at him and say hi. He knew a lot of their names,” recalled his son, Michael Moore. “S...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Citing a lack of enrollment, All Saints Catholic Academy will reduce its curriculum to preschool and kindergarten for the 2019-20 school year. Parents of children attending the Pre-K through fifth grade school were informed of the class reduction in a June 7 letter. Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church published the announcement in the June 16 church bulletin. “We cannot offer any grades above kindergarten,” said Emily Lightfoot, lead teach...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Awkward Stage Drama Club met at Depot Park on Tuesday to start work on an anti-bullying project. Mary Hansen, co-coordinator of the club, said a grant was received to produce a campaign where club members will be writing scripts to address bullying in schools. "We're not sure where it's going to go," she said. "But we're starting it and letting them kind of lead us into how we can get people to understand how to combat that within the...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] IRONWOOD - A week-long youth theater internship at the Historic Ironwood Theatre concludes with a zany retelling of "Sleeping Beauty," as a 1930s Hollywood comedy-musical. Around 60 kids ages 7 to 18 showed up early Monday morning to audition as actors, singers, dancers and everything in-between. Organizers from Prairie Fire Children's Theatre said the most important quality while auditioning was a willingness to have fun and participate in the...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Property appraiser Tom Williams said Monday evening that he wishes he had better news about the now vacant Wakefield City Hall that still stands with sad pride on the town's Sunday Lake Street. "Unfortunately, it is what it is," he said to council members, who voiced no surprise. The council hired Williams, of the R.T. Williams Agency, Inc. in Ironwood, in the spring to inspect the hall. The result was his presentation of a related 28-page...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The numbers may not be where the district wants them to be, but they are trending in the right direction. That’s the message the Ironwood Area Schools’ board of education heard Monday regarding the district’s fund balance as the board approved the final round of budget amendments for the current fiscal year and passed next year’s budget. Although the exact numbers won’t be finalized until the annual audit is complete, Superintendent Travis Powell said the district’s fund balance grew...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The audience at the Historic Ironwood Theatre was treated to a night of string music Saturday as Molly O and the TrueGrass Band performed a mix of original tunes and bluegrass staples. The group featured Bayfield resident Molly Otis, who toured the world in the early '90s as her band, Molly and the Heymakers, reached the top 50 on the charts with the single, "Chasing Something Called Love." Otis told the audience Saturday she still loves...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MARENISCO - Books and bakery were available for sale Saturday at the Marenisco Township Hall as part of a fundraiser for the Friends of the Marenisco Public Library. Hard-cover books and paperbacks were available for $1 and 50 cents, respectively. Also included was a rummage table and plenty of coffee. Linda Detloff, librarian, and several ladies assisting her said that most of the bakery had been sold out shortly after noon. The event was one of several a...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — Supporters of the Gogebic Range Health Foundation gathered at the Cold Iron Brewery Sunday for the organization’s annual Christmas in June fundraiser. “It’s really good. We’re really happy with the turnout,” said Andrea Newby, the foundation’s program director. Now in its third year, Newby said it looked like the event had hit its turnout goal this year. There were a variety of raffles and drawings that attendees could enter, as well as food and some games for the kids in attendance. A...
BESSEMER - The Bessemer Parks and Recreation Board on Friday met at a remote area of Bluff Valley Park to discuss a disability accessible vision for an undeveloped area. The area is across Kallander creek from the outfield fence of the Little League field to the east, and the walking path from the State Street location to the west. A long term vision would be to create a nature observation point that would comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. "We didn't even know what we had here...
MARENISCO - In a peppy Tuesday evening program in Marenisco, Bill Jamerson of Ironwood used both story and song to help local residents understand more about the Civilian Conservation Corps, which operated nearly a century ago in this region. Jamerson, who was entertaining at the Marenisco pavilion, said the CCC was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "signature" program, as part of "the New Deal," and it ran from 1933 to 1942 during the Great Depression and the early years of World War II. Unemployed m...
BESSEMER — An Iron River man pleaded guilty for taking a car from an Ironwood parking lot in Gogebic Circuit Court on Tuesday. Kyle Cal Kontney, 26, pleaded guilty to unlawfully driving away with a vehicle and use of methamphetamine as part of a plea agreement. The agreement also requires he plead guilty to breaking and entering of a motor vehicle to steal property less than $200 in a separate case in Gogebic County District Court. The unlawful driving charge is a 5-year felony, while breaking and entering and use of meth are misdemeanors. In e...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Two Kimball men were charged this week with the 2015 bombing of Mathy Construction’s asphalt plant in Kimball. Robert “Barrel Bob” Gollubske, 82, and his son, Matthew Allen Gollubske, 38, are each charged with two counts of being a party to the crime of using explosives to damage property — a Class C felony with a potential maximum penalty of up to 40 years in prison or a fine of up to $100,000. Both men have previously complained about the asphalt plant — also known as the Northwoods...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - Both children and adults responded with laughs and awe with the comedy, magic and juggling of a husband and wife performing duo Thursday at Mercer Library. In Capable Hands, the comedy duo of Steve Russell and Kobi Shaw, brought the same family-style blend of juggling, balancing, magic and novelty tricks that has appeared on television and venues around the world. "Yah, it's been amazing," said Russell. "For years we traveled and...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — It’s been a year now since Jason Gustafson took on the role of superintendent for the Wakefield-Marenisco School District, and he’s pleased that board of education members have given him an overall rating of 4 out of 4, or “highly effective.” “I think the year went really well,” said the superintendent in an interview in his office this week. Board members evaluated Gustafson after a closed session on Monday evening, during which they rated an...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - More than 100 children enjoyed a Wednesday lunch at Depot Park curtesy of Ironwood Area School's Meet up and Eat Up program. The program provides free meals at the park from 11 a.m., Monday through Friday, to those under the age of 18. Lori Rye, a cook along with her assistant Lori Grbavcich, aka, "Thelma and Louise," served chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, and choice of milk while offering unlimited helpings of fruits and vegetables....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The conversation regarding the Ironwood Area Schools’ branding effort continued Tuesday as district officials held another meeting with various stakeholders. A group of approximately 20 parents, teachers, coaches and community members met at the school to continue the discussion about branding that was started with a meeting in September where the district selected the shade of red it wanted to make the district’s color going forward. Tuesday’s discussion centered on what version...
