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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield city council voted Monday to adopt temporary rules regarding the use of its newly remodeled community room. In the past 10 months, a local initiative called 4 the Kids solicited donations and held fundraisers to collect about $20,000 to replace the community room floor with a sports-friendly surface, so that younger kids from the Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School would have a place to practice when older kids were using the school...
WAKEFIELD — With winter set in on the Gogebic Range, local law enforcement officials are reminding drivers to fully clean off their windshields and windows before hitting the road. Not only is cleaning windshields safer, according to Michigan State Police Community Service Trooper Jerry Mazurek, but it’s also required by law. Mazurek said in a news release Michigan law requires drivers have unobstructed windows while driving. “A person shall not operate a motor vehicle with … an object that obstructs the vision of the driver of the vehicle...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer city hall auditorium featured several tables Monday evening during a combined meeting that joined members from five different governing bodies. Represented were the city council, planning commission, downtown development authority, parks and recreation commission, and an informal branding group. A representative of each entity provided an overview of objectives accomplished in 2018, after which members of each group discussed future...
IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday agreed to sell water at a discounted rate for this weekend’s sno cross snowmobile event at Mt. Zion on the campus of Gogebic Community College. Commissioners agreed to offer the same discounted water rate that is also granted for water used to make ice for the county fairgrounds track off Cloverland Drive. City manager Scott Erickson said the Fire on the Hill sno cross event at GCC returns Friday and Saturday. Practice begins at 11 a.m. Friday and ends at 4 p.m. On Saturday, there’s a $5 admis...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley City Council accepted a favorable audit report for 2017 at Tuesday’s regular monthly meeting. The audit by Wipfli LLP found “no unusual transactions,” council members learned. Some of the city’s grant money from projects will be carried into 2018 for audit purposes. The state retirement system is overfunded, the council was told, but that was because of favorable stock market investments that can vary from year to year. The council approved hiring Wipfli to complete the 2018 audit a...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood City Commission on Monday approved an ordinance to prohibit marijuana establishments in the city for six months, when the issue will be revisited. "We'll do this again in six months," city commissioner Rick Semo said. Recreational marijuana use was approved in Michigan in the November mid-term election by a 56-44 percent margin, but cities can opt out of allowing marijuana establishments and many have chosen to do so. Recreationa...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield city council voted Monday to have city attorney Ray O'Dea draw up an ordinance stating the city will opt out of allowing marijuana businesses to operate within the city. City manager Richard Brackney said a related public hearing will be held just prior to the second reading of the ordinance at a future meeting. The council then will vote on the ordinance. Wakefield's action follows in the footsteps of the cities of Ironwood and...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — After hearing from residents at the last meeting, the Ironwood Township Board of Trustees decided more work was needed on next year’s budget; with the board Monday scheduling a budget workshop next week. The workshop is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m., prior to the board’s Dec. 17 meeting. During a Nov. 26 public hearing, several residents expressed their opposition to the amount of money allocated to the salaries of the three elected officials — township supervisor, clerk a...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - Excited patrons of the Historic Ironwood Theatre packed the house for Saturday night's annual Claudette Christmas show, during which they were clapping and cheering even before the acts began. Even musical director George Ackerman-Behr, who offered a pre-show warm-up by playing organ tunes such as "Winter Wonderland," received cries of "We love you!" The Claudettes began the show by applying their jazzy dance skills to pop Christmas tunes,...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] MERCER - The first combined Candy Cane Christmas Celebration was a big success in Mercer Saturday. In past years, the traditional Candy Cane Christmas parade was planned by a committee for a weekend separate from the annual Christmas party sponsored for area children by the Mercer Area Historical Society. This year, Mercer chamber director Beth Wetzler said both groups created a combined committee to host the parade and party on the same day, making it...
IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College is conducting a survey of business and industry the region to assess ways in which the college can assist businesses with their training needs. One of the college’s 2018-2019 institutional goals calls for better collaboration with business and industry to enhance the college’s role in workforce development in the region, according to Dean of Instruction Ryon List. “This survey will play a vital role in GCC’s efforts to assess and determine the best training needs for business and industry,” he said in a n...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] MERCER, Wis. – U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wausau, held a series of town halls in his Seventh Congressional District Friday, starting with a small gathering over morning coffee in the lobby of the Great Northern Hotel in Mercer. He fielded questions from a dozen people on a wide variety of topics, including border security, climate change and health care. Duffy said he is a supporter of securing the nation's borders and building a wall along the b...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] While Iron County opened its snowmobile trails this week, other Wisconsin counties will wait until Dec. 15 to do so. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials said lack of snow and trail easements beginning on Dec. 15 are factors in the counties’ plans. While Iron County has received nearly 50 inches of snow and there’s about a foot on the ground, snowmobilers weren’t exactly flocking to Hurley yet on Friday, as the trail news hadn’t spread downstate. About 80 miles of trails were opened init...
IRONWOOD — The first blast of sub-zero weather arrived on the Gogebic Range overnight, as Ironwood experienced a Thursday-Friday low reading of minus-8 degrees. That was well off the record of 22-below set in 1936, however, according to statistics kept by the National Weather Service at its Marquette office. The high for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Friday was 17 degrees. The 3.5 inches of snow that fell for the 24-hour period brought the winter’s total to 48.9 inches, although the calendar says winter doesn’t officially arrive until Dec....
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission has scheduled a public hearing for Monday at 5:20 p.m. on an ordinance to prohibit marijuana establishments in the city. The ordinance is designed to protect public health, safety and welfare, according to the Monday agenda. After the hearing, the commission will act on the ordinance to prohibit marijuana establishments. Recreational marijuana use was approved in Michigan in the November mid-term election, but cities can opt out of allowing marijuana e...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - A Superior, Wis., man who is charged in a fatal March 27 traffic accident in Saxon was bound over for trial Thursday. Jesse Troy Gasper, 34, faces five charges in the early morning logging truck-car accident on U.S. 2 that claimed the life of former Ironwood resident Amanda Schiiller, 31. She was a passenger in the car driven by Gasper, who was injured in the crash near the Saxon cemetery. The accident closed the highway for nearly eight...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation issued more than $6 million in funds to enhance and support transportation resources for seniors and individuals with disabilities, according to a news release Monday. Sixty agencies will receive funds, including Iron County and the Highline Corporation. Iron County will receive $31,200 toward the purchase of a minivan, while Highline will receive $53,600 to replace one of its buses. Both vehicles will be used for similar purposes to h...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Marijuana is legal for adults in Michigan today as Proposal 1 officially takes effect. The initiative was approved by 56 percent of Michigan voters in the November mid-term election. It allows adults 21 and older to possess and transport up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana, including up to 15 grams in the form of marijuana concentrate. It also allows them to grow up to 12 marijuana plants and possess up to 10 ounces of marijuana in their residences, as well as any marijuana grown on the premises. Michigan...
HURLEY — Iron County snowmoible trails opened Wednesday, according to the Hurley Chamer of Commerce. The White Thunder Riders had three groomers out in the morning and reported that 80 miles of trail in northern Iron County were groomed. Today, the following trails will be open: —All of 17. —8, from County G to the intersection with West Brancj Riad. —8B, 13C, 15A, 11A, 6 and 2. —All of 77. —2, from Boomer Creek Road to Harbor Drive. —2A to the condos. —15, from Hogsback to Island Lake Road. —13, from Montreal to Island Lake Road. The followi...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - While the members of Gogebic Community College's TRIO program have undoubtedly heard they shouldn't drink and drive before, Michigan state police troopers explained why during a "Eat, don't drink and be merry" lunch and learn program Wednesday. Along with the potential risk to themselves and others, the troopers said drunk driving can also be an expensive mistake. "They say on average your first drunk driving, will cost you about $10,000...
