Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - It is almost time for the finest of traditions, the Bessemer Fourth of July Blast. The Bessemer Blast is a week long celebration that occurs every year on and around Sophie Street in Bessemer. Daily events Each day between June 27 and July 4, members of the community are encouraged to participate in the 50/50 raffle, poker run, selfie challenge and geocache dash. Each contests details are available online at bessemer4th.com Wednesday, June 27...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The case of a gun issue between an Ontonagon family and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services was back in federal court last week. William and Jill Johnson and Brian and Naomi Mason, of Ontonagon had sued the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services claiming the state had violated their second amendment with their requirements concerning licensing foster parents who have guns in the home. The Johnson’s claimed they were told by DHHS officials they were denied to become a fos...
WATERSMEET — The Gogebic-Iron Area Narcotics team on Thursday executed a search warrant in Watersmeet Township and arrested 29-year-old Elizabeth McGeshick. The investigation began in March, according to GIANT, and involved a number on individuals. During the search of a residence, officers found around 10 grams of crack cocaine, prescribed medication and money. McGeshick was incarcerated in the Gogebic County Jail at Bessemer on a $150,000 bond. She faces charges of possession with intent to deliver cocaine less than 50 grams, a 20-year f...
WAKEFIELD - As summer quickly approaches, the Wakefield-Marenisco School District has partnered with its reading coach, Jennifer Burla, to work to provide ways to prevent "summer slide" for students. "A great deal of what a child learns during the school year can be forgotten over summer break if nothing is done to try to prevent it," said Jason Gustafson, a teacher at Wakefield-Marenisco. "Research found that simply giving students access to self-selected, appropriately leveled books to read...
HANCOCK — “Co-operatively Yours,” a 2017 film by Kristin Ojaniemi and the Finnish American Heritage Center, took home the “Best Documentary” honor at the 2018 Eclipse Awards. The annual event in Grand Rapids was created to honor Michigan’s creators in film and television. The Finnish American Heritage Center is on the campus of Finlandia University in Hancock. Eclipse Awards are chosen by past winners in the entry’s particular category, as well as independent judges from Michigan, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. The documentary,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — With the school year over, the Ironwood Area Schools is once again launching its free Meet Up and Eat Up summer lunch program. “(The district offers the program) because of the amount of free and reduced lunches we have here … that don’t seem to get a healthy, balanced lunch for the summer; so it’s nice to have (the program) available,” Ironwood Food Services Director Mary Hampston Kusz said. “It’s a great place for kids to get outside, get together, play and get some exercise.” The...
ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon-White Pine Rotary has joined other Rotary Clubs throughout the world in a project to plant trees in their communities. The project, to plant the same number of trees as there are members in each club, was a request to the thousands of clubs in the world by the Rotary International president. Following a lengthy discussion and comparing quotes from nurseries, the local club voted Wednesday to order 10 trees. The trees — maples and crab apples — will be planted at the Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital and at the Onton...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — A defendant in the recent Gogebic-Iron Area Narcotics Enforcement Team drug raid in the Island Lake area waived his right to a preliminary examination Thursday in Iron County Court. An arraignment date for Eric Brady, 37, of Madison, will be set by Iron County Judge Patrick Madden. Bond was continued at $20,000 for Brady, who was arrested in the town of Knight along with Kenneth Lorenz, 38, of Waterford, Wis., and Bianca Pulaski, 21, of Ironwood Township, in late April. The arrests were the r...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] Wisconsin’s wolf population remains nearly three times higher than the Department of Natural Resources’ goal. The DNR said Tuesday data suggests the wolf population may have begun to stabilize, however. Data collected by more than 100 volunteer trackers and DNR staff members during the 2017-18 winter reveal a minimum count of 844 to 925 wolves, a 2.2 percent decrease from the previous count. The number of packs increased from 232 to 238, however. Scott Walter, WDNR large carnivore ecologist, said the...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — An Ironwood man pleaded guilty to felony drug charges in two cases in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Ira Asher Wilson-Johnson pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver marijuana in one case and possession with intent to deliver cocaine in a second case at Tuesday’s hearing. The marijuana charges carries a potential maximum sentence of four years in prison, while the cocaine charge carries a potential maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The pleas came as part of an...
HURLEY — A Milwaukee man who faces felony charges in connection with an alleged sexual assault last summer at a summer camp waived a preliminary hearing and had his bond conditions modified Tuesday in Iron County Court. Daniel Aguirre, 19, is charged with first-degree child sexual assault-contact with a child under 13 and exposing a child to harmful material. On Tuesday, a $50,000 signature and $500 cash bond was amended to with additional condition of no contact with children under 18, except at school or work or in the presence of another a...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] LANSING — Gogebic and Ontonagon counties will receive a combined $310,300 for several projects as part of over $49 million in additional Michigan Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund grants Gov. Rick Snyder approved Monday. The $310,300 will help fund one project in Gogebic County and two more in Ontonagon County. The projects’ total costs are estimated at $457,000. The remainder of the cost for the projects comes from local matching funds, according to a Senate Fiscal Agency analysis of the...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - It isn't unusual to see travel trailers and recreational vehicles in the parking lot of Ironwood's Walmart. One of them, however, stood out from the crowd on Monday morning. It was a tiny teardrop trailer with the back flipped up to reveal an efficient cruising kitchen, complete with a pull-out stove and ice chest. Eating an early lunch there, as though standing by a street vendor, were Petro Ianitskyi and Hoai Linh Chu. Ianitskyi said it was...
MELLEN, Wis. — Relatives of a Bergland woman who has been missing for more than a week are urging anyone with information about her disappearance to contact authorities. Jody Lynn Newberry, 54, has been missing since the Ashland County Sheriff’s Department received a call at 4:30 p.m. on May 29 from her sister. Newberry had traveled from Bergland to Mellen on the evening of Thursday, May 24, to attend the Mellen Jam music festival in a wooded area on private property. Mellen Jam is held on Memorial Day weekend on forested private property on...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - More than 200 Luther L. Wright elementary school children attended a high-energy presentation on creative writing Monday morning. Brainstormers - a traveling acting troupe pitching writing skills and based in downstate Royal Oak - returned for Parts 2 and 3 of an ongoing writers workshop aimed at grades 2 through 6 that began in May. The three-member troupe set up a curtain at one end of the gym and set out to perform - with some help...
GILE, Wis. — A new fee to use the Gile Flowage boat landing at the park didn’t stop fishermen from heading out on the water Monday. The daily fee costs $5 and the annual fee is $25, both on the honor system, according to a poster at the park in Gile. Around a dozen boat trailers were parked at the park Monday morning on a sunny, ideal day for spring fishing, after a weekend of cold, wet weather. One boater about to head out onto the flowage approached by a reporter was unaware of the new fee, which was posted on the side of the information kio...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — While the city hasn’t settled on an overarching strategy for repairing its roads, Bessemer should soon be getting some valuable information to make the decision after the city council voted Monday to seek prices for options to repair a section of Mine Street. “It’s really not acceptable the way it is right now. So if we could do it for $7,000, would it be something we’d consider? That was the point of asking for prices, to see what the contractor says — if the contractor has any cool op...
UPSON, Wis. - A group of hikers had a chance to explore one of the newer sections of trail in Iron County this weekend as the Heritage Chapter of the North Country Trail Association and Iron County Outdoor Recreation Enthusiasts led a hike in Upson to celebrate Saturday as National Trails Day. The hike started at Casey Sag Road and went roughly 1.5 miles to a vista overlooking Upson Lake before returning to the road. The section of trail was built last fall with the help of an AmeriCorps...
