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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson explained Monday how the city plans to use a $469,000 Clean Water grant. It was recently announced the city will receive the grant from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Erickson said it’s a pilot project and other communities in Michigan will be watching how Ironwood uses the grant. There are three facets to the city’s plans for the grant. First, the funds will be used to update water distribution system material inventories and compu...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD — A group of Wakefield residents is raising funds to turn the east end of the city hall building into a gymnasium. The organization, “4 the Kids,” said one of the biggest challenges in the area is a lack of stimulating activities for grade school-aged children. With this in mind, 4 the Kids wants to revert a multi-purpose room that was formerly a gym into a gym for area youth. Preliminary estimates range from $17,000 to as much as $31,000 for synthetic or hardwood flooring. The choic...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] HURLEY - Northwoods Manufacturing was abuzz with activity Wednesday afternoon as the Hurley K-12 School's manual arts department held its fifth annual open house. The large bay doors of the program's workshop were open and the various metal and woods products were displayed for visitors to see the types of goods prepared by the students. Adding to the festivities - hot dogs, cookies and other goodies were offered to a steady stream of visitors....
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - George Washington, according to legend, copied 110 "Rules of Civility," composed by French Jesuits, by the age of 16. Amor Towles, the modern author, crafted a modern novel where the rules of civility play a major role. According to the local adult book club, Towles' novel lacked a simple plot, but was long on character development. The women of the book club that meets monthly at the Ironwood Carnegie Library in Ironwood took great...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — Charges are pending in the March 27 logging truck-car accident on U.S. 2 in Saxon, Wis., that resulted in the death of a former Ironwood resident. Amanda Schiiller, 31, of Menominee, was a passenger in a car driven by Jesse Gasper, 34, of Duluth, who was seriously injured in the crash. Iron County District Attorney Matthew Tingstad said Tuesday he was awaiting some test results before issuing charges in a continuing Iron County Sheriff’s Department investigation. The District Attorney’s offic...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Another group of Gogebic County sixth graders completed an annual tradition over the past week or so, spending three days at the county's lodge at Little Girl's Point during Camp Superior. "Pretty much every sixth grader in the western end of the U.P. (is) here," Ironwood teacher Jason Hofstede said. The tradition dates back to at least the '80s, according to Hofstede, meaning the current campers have heard stories from older...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield city council Monday voted to pay $12,000 to fund Beacon Ambulance Service for continuing coverage through Dec. 31. The unanimous vote was contingent upon all other Gogebic County cities, townships or communities also funding the service as part of a county cost-sharing resolution. City Manager Richard Brackney said Watersmeet is the exception because it has its own agreement for ambulance service through Aspirus Iron River....
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The demolition of three more eyesores in the city moved ahead Monday with the awarding of bids to Snow Country Contracting, the only bidder. The removal of the three structures will be in addition to five demolition bids that were previously approved by the city commission, City Manager Scott Erickson said. When the road weight limits are lifted in the area, there will be a flurry of activity on the blight fight front, Erickson told city commissioners. City building inspector Dennis H...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] SAXON, Wis. - Dozens of boats trolled for trout and salmon on the clear glass surface of Lake Superior Sunday out of Saxon Harbor, on the last weekend that will be possible for quite awhile. The harbor was closed for repairs beginning today as the reconstruction project continued on several fronts. The dredging is necessary after the harbor filled with sand and debris in the July 11, 2016 storm that dumped 11 inches of rain in about four hours. The...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - A Monday meeting of the Wakefield planning commission revolved largely around the constraints of small town life, with obvious obstacles such as limited funds and few helping hands. The commission was continuing an ongoing discussion over how to finance and organize recreational priorities. "I wish I could get some community support," said city manager Richard Brackney, who added "a lot of community support" is an essential component in the...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — Former Ironwood Township Treasurer Jyl Renee Olson-DeRosso was scheduled to be sentenced Monday, however Gogebic County Circuit Judge Michael Pope adjourned the sentencing. Pope’s decision came after a defense motion requesting the adjournment, according to court documents. “We opposed the motion and the judge granted the request,” Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs said. “Sentencing will be scheduled at some point in the very near future.” Jacobs said he couldn’t provide any a...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The snow is gone and the sun is out, it must be time for garage sales and losing that winter coat in the Upper Peninsula. The city of Bessemer kicked off garage sale season with its annual all city garage sale Saturday. Driving around Bessemer Saturday morning it was common to see a line of vehicles parked on the side of the road outside the open garages. Moving between sales, the same people and cars were witnessed migrating along,...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] IRONWOOD - Warm, sunny weather was a welcome participant in the 3rd Annual Mother's Day "walk, run, roll," sponsored Sunday in Ironwood by the Friends of the Iron Belle Trail. The afternoon event was based at the Historic Ironwood Depot, with untimed walkers, runners and bikers starting and ending wherever they wished on the nonmotorized trail. Sam Davey and his wife, Anne, of Ironwood were in charge of the event and were busy in advance setting up...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Historic Ironwood Theatre needed a new roof. The theatre sought grants and donations, with the Downtown Ironwood Development Authority providing one $2,500 donation and another $2,500 in matching funds to encourage others to match, dollar for dollar up to $2,500. All winter the theatre raised funds to replace the roof and over the last five days, the old roof was removed and the new roof installed, with completion actually expected today. Bruce Greenhill, theatre operations manager s...
IRONWOOD - With the hard part completed over the past months and years, Friday was the payoff for the graduates taking part in Gogebic Community College's 84th annual commencement ceremony. Following a welcome from interim GCC president Erik Guenard and an introduction by GCC Board of Trustees chair John Lupino, David Linquist Jr. gave the commencement address. Linquist, the director of licensing and athletic properties at the University of Minnesota, has longstanding ties the college - not...
LANSING - Twenty-nine students from Bessemer recently competed in the state Science Olympiad tournament in Lansing. Both the junior and senior high teams qualified for the tournament by placing well at the regional tournament held at Northern Michigan University in Marquette in February. At the state tournament, Bessemer competed against 60 teams to see which would win the tournament and advance to the national tournament. In the end, the Bessemer's high school team finished 40th and the junior...
BESSEMER — Just under $1.4 million — that’s the amount former Ironwood Township Treasurer Jyl Renee Olson-DeRosso is ordered to pay in restitution as part of her criminal case on embezzlement and forgery charges. After listening to arguments from both sides May 1, Gogebic County Circuit Judge Michael Pope ruled Friday the township is owed $1,398,654 in restitution to cover both the amount stolen and some of the costs the township incurred investigating the embezzlement. “We understand that collecting this amount from the defendant certain...
IRONWOOD — While the details still need to be hammered out and the paperwork still needs to be signed, it appears the Ironwood Area Schools is concluding its superintendent search. A little more than a week after narrowing the field of candidates down to two finalists, the district’s board of education interviewed Travis Powell for a second time. Powell is the principal of Lake Superior Elementary School in Ashland, Wis. The other candidate, Ewen-Trout Creek Superintendent Alan Tulppo, declined the offer for a second interview. Prior to ans...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Fresh off earning a Superior 1 rating at the state Solo and Ensemble Festival, Luther L. Wright High School's show choir Accent! will present its spring concert Saturday at the Ironwood Theatre. Show time is 7 p.m., but doors open at 6. Director and LLW choral teacher Lydia Mattson said the group was "super excited" about the 1 rating and is looking forward to the concert. "They've been working really hard, including some extra rehearsals...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The effort to rebuild Saxon Harbor after it was destroyed in the July 2016 storm continues, with the Iron County Forestry and Parks Committee voting to seek bids for dredging and other work in the marina at its meeting Tuesday. The work would consist primarily of dredging approximately 21,100 cubic yards of sediment from the portion of the marina the county is responsible for and repairs to the retaining wall around the basin. “Those are the two big ticket items,” Iron County Forestry and...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - The American Red Cross spent Wednesday in the Ironwood Memorial Building collecting blood and giving out drinks and cookies. As a visitor, the process of donating blood is nearly seamless. Arrive, fill out some paperwork, answer some questions, get in the proverbial donation line, get stabbed in the arm, wait while one pint of one's blood is drained away, eat some cookies and drink something and leave. For most people giving blood is a...
By KIM ZECKOVICH Gogebic Community College IRONWOOD - Last year while Mary Engler and her two children, D'kota and Alexis, all of Mercer, Wis., were planning their future course schedules, Mary was the first to realize they would all graduate together from Gogebic Community College on the same day - this Friday. "That was when it became exciting," said Mary. She will receive an Associate in Applied Business with an accounting specialty, D'kota an Associate in Applied Technology in mechanical eng...
