Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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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...
WAKEFIELD — Regional Hospice will host its 13th annual Polar Plunge on Saturday, March 9, in Sunday Lake at Wakefield. Organizers are asking members of the public — those willing to jump — to solicit pledges in support of their leap. The pre-registration deadline is Feb. 20 to receive a T-shirt, but registration remains open until the day of the Plunge. Plunge-day registration opens at 10:30 a.m. at the Wakefield VFW and ends at 11. The Plunge into Sunday Lake will begin at noon. A warm-up social will follow at the VFW. Food will be serve...
BESSEMER — The public continues to be satisfied with Gogebic County’s court system, awarding it high marks for the fifth year in a row in a survey regarding user experience. “Our courts serve the people, so their views are critically important in helping us make decisions on how to improve court operations,” Chief Judge Michael Pope said in a news release. “I am very proud of the hard work put in by our teams in all of our courts in Gogebic County, and we are committed to being even more efficient and focused on improving service to the publi...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The seventh annual Yooperbeiner Snowshoe Race will take place Saturday on the Wolverine Nordic Ski Trail. The 10k race and 5k race/tour begin at 11 a.m. A race for kid's ages 4-12 starts at 9:30 a.m. All participants are entered into a drawing which has more than 100 prizes. Refreshments served in the heated chalet. Proceeds from the event benefit the Wolverine Ski Trail. Registration for the event is available online, or in person at the...
HURLEY - Iron County Sheriff Paul Samardich recently announced several promotions within the Sheriff's Department. Deputy Jason Geach was promoted to chief deputy. He will be second in command in the department. The county board voted Tuesday to replace the undersheriff position with that of chief deputy. Geach has served in the department since 2005, most recently as a patrol deputy. He was recently recognized by the Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation for his leadership in a...
By BRYAN HELLIOS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Frigid temperatures combined with dangerous wind chills led some businesses to shut down Wednesday with more expected to do the same today. Many schools will remain closed today and the Post Office has suspended mail deliver for the second day in a row. However, some businesses have a hard time closing. Tony Mukavitz, owner of Mukavitz Heating and Cooling, said he had received more than a dozen service calls by 10 a.m. Wednesday as overnight...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - It was an emotional day in Iron County Court Wednesday as James Lussier was sentenced to prison for his role in the murder of Wayne Valliere Jr. Judge Patrick Madden followed the prosecutor's recommendation and sentenced Lussier to 15 years in prison and another 15 years of extended supervision, along with another eight years of probation to be served after the first sentence. "Young man, everyone here wishes you weren't there (at the...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield city council voted Monday to grant members of 4 the Kids permission to use batting net equipment in the community room gym of the municipal building. Peter Koruga, co-chair of 4 the Kids, said members of his group not only had raised enough funds to pay for the room’s new gym floor, but also has funds left over. He said 4 the Kids would like to put those extra funds toward netting to allow batting practice in the gym. He estimated the cost of such equipment at $2,695 and sai...
IRONWOOD — The search for the next president of Gogebic Community College is in its final stages and the field has been narrowed to four candidates. Last week the Presidential Search Committee, comprised of board members, faculty, staff, foundation officials, a student and the public, interviewed 10 candidates. Among the finalists are Gerald “Jay” Edgren, president of Frontier Community College in Fairfield, Ill.; George McNulty, vice president of student affairs at Colby Community College in Colby, Kan.; Richard Sax, provost and vice presi...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County’s sheriff department no longer has an undersheriff. Instead, a chief deputy will be the department’s second highest-ranking employee after the Iron County Board of Supervisors approved the creation of the post Tuesday. The board also appointed Jason Geach, who has been with the department for 14 years, to fill the position. The move is designed to increase efficiency and ensures there’s stability and continuity when a new sheriff takes over. “This employee will stay with the co...
