Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER — The three-year audit for Gogebic County is up for renewal, so the county board of commissioners decided to seek bids from companies to perform the work. At its meeting on Wednesday, the board received only a single audit bid and it came from Gabridge and Company, of Grand Rapids, the business that performed the most recent audits for the county. Gabridge bid $19,680 for each audit in 2017, 2018 and 2019. That led to a discussion of Gabridge’s past performance and whether the board should seek to re-bid the audit. Commissioner Joe...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER - After unveiling Bessemer's new branding logo Thursday evening, city officials explained how they might use it. The logo could represent a new beginning for the city, along with Bessemer's revised master plan, said Mayor Kathy Whitburn. The logo, with the BE in Bessemer framed by its towering bluffs, was well received by about 75 people who attended the Big Reveal unveiling ceremony at a new pop-up business called Lily Trout Art and Design on...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - The Iron County Mobile Food Pantry has been recognized by the Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank, which gave those who operate the pantry its 2017 Volunteers of the Year award. "Initially, Iron County was the least served in our eight-county region, and after launching our region's first mobile food pantry program here over four years ago, (the volunteers) helped us supply over 388,000 meals to hundreds of families, children and...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD — With the addition of Ironwood to the Gogebic Miners cooperative football program this year, Homecoming is becoming an even more grand spectacle for the three schools and their respective communities. Ironwood, Wakefield-Marenisco and Bessemer will hold their own Spirit Week festivities daily Oct. 2-6, but they will come together jointly as a football program and rallying cry for the community Friday night. This year, Wakefield-Marenisco is hosting the homecoming game against Bark River-Ha...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Downtown Ironwood will soon have another splash of color, as Ironwood industrial education students were at the Suffolk Street hair salon About the Hair Wednesday to deliver the sign they built in the district's wood shop class. "Oh my gosh," a shocked Gail Mlasko -who owns the salon - said repeatedly after seeing the completed sign for the first time. "This is beyond anything I could have expected," Mlasko told the students after a...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — A woman who previously taught at the Hurley K-12 school has been charged with three counts of exposing a child to harmful material. Nikki Pieczynski, 48, of Oshkosh, is alleged to have sent nude photos of herself to a former student at Hurley. She is scheduled for an initial appearance in Iron County Court on Monday on the charges filed by Iron County District Attorney Matt Tingstad on Sept. 18 after an investigation by the Hurley Police Department. The criminal complaint alleges a juvenile w...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A public involvement meeting has been scheduled to update residents on the progress made rebuilding Saxon Harbor following its destruction during the rain and flooding of the July 11, 2016 storm. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in the Hurley K-12 School’s auditorium. First up will be the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s presentation on the replacement of the County A bridge over Oronto Creek. “The project involves replacement of the existin...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Miranda Lawver and Kim Zeckovich presented the enrollment report on Tuesday afternoon during the board meeting at GCC. While enrollment for Fall 2017 is down 5.7 percent over Fall 2016 numbers, across the state numbers at community colleges are down, according to Jim Lorenson, president. Lawver showed the trend line for GCC is still trending up, it is just 2016 was an exceptional year so when comparing enrollment year over year it was a...
MERCER, Wis. - Writer Robert E. Holzhei will visit the Mercer Public Library for a book talk on Thursday, Oct. 5, at noon. Holzhei is a member of the Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers and author of hundreds of published outdoor and travel stories. His latest work is a novella, "The Mountains Shall Depart." Holzhei has self-published two books, "Canadian Fly-In Fishing Adventure Featuring Campfire Stories from Northern Michigan" and "Alaskan Spirit Journey." Holzhei said his work is...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors approved having District Attorney Matt Tingstad handle any future parental rights termination cases Tuesday. The change means Iron County’s corporation counsel, Tim Dean, will no longer need to represent the county in any future hearings. There hasn’t been many parental rights termination cases in recent years, however, that may be about to change. “(It hasn’t happened) that frequently in the past,” Director of Human Services Cally Kilger told the Da...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] UPSON, Wis. - An AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps team has been hard at work the last few weeks building a spur trail off the North Country National Scenic Trail to an overlook above Upson Lake. The eight-person team - comprised of team leader Aliza Mendelowitz; along with Joy Graves, Kim Snyder, Chris Watt, Ashli Hollis, Regina Guan, Ramion Smith and Levi Breier - arrived in Iron County in mid-September and have been working with the...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Two high temperature records were set in Ironwood on a weekend to remember on the Gogebic Range. Highs of 86 degrees were recorded for both Saturday and Sunday at the Gogebic-Iron Wastewater Treatment Plant off Cloverland Drive. The readings are taken for 24-hour periods to 7 a.m. for the National Weather Service, so the record highs will be officially listed for Sunday and Monday. Beaches on Lake Superior filled on Sunday as people got...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — Historic Ironwood Theatre Managing Director Bruce Greenhill said roof repairs on the downtown theater building may begin this fall after the city commission on Monday pledged financial support for the project. The commission agreed in a 5-0 vote to pay around $60,000 for the project to be repaid through a lease agreement for the $100,000 repair project. Greenhill said the approval will likely get the project on the schedule for late October for Nasi Construction. HIT will repay $1,000 a m...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — A group of bike riders gathered in Ironwood’s Depot Park Sunday to remember Mark Fitting with a bike ride through the Gogebic Range. There were two routes for the Fitting Fall Ride; one that used the Ironwood Belle Trail to travel to Bessemer and back, and another longer ride was 20-mile ride that wound through Erwin Township before going through Bessemer and back to Ironwood. The ride served as a tribute to Fitting, who died in 2011 and was responsible for starting the Wednesday communi...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - With the sounds of the "Chariots of Fire" theme playing in the background, participants completed the inaugural Bridges and Bluffs half-marathon and two-mile runs Saturday at Ironwood's Depot Park. At least 226 runners braved a heat index in the 90s to participate in the event - with roughly 104 runners completing the half-marathon. Another 44 completed the course as part of a relay team and 78 competitors ran the two-mile race. Even...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] GILE, Wis. - Even with warm weather and a wind from the south stirring up waves on the flowage, a small group gathered at Gile Park Sunday to participate in the annual Gile Flowage Triathlon. Organizer Neal Schroeter said the event has been held for the past eight to 10 years, usually on the last Sunday in September or first Sunday in October. While traditional triathlons feature a swimming portion of the race, Sunday's event involved kayaking...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] KIMBALL, Wis. - It appears the possible tornado that was reported to have touched down in Kimball shortly before noon wasn't actually a tornado. According to the National Weather Service in Duluth, the cloud formation is actually what is known as a scud cloud. "We also saw the same photo, and at least from what we had seen ... it looks like it's just what we call a scud cloud," said Bill Leatham, with the NWS-Duluth. "Scud clouds are small, ragged,...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Those participating in today's Bridges and Bluffs Half Marathon had the opportunity for some last minute carbo-loading while picking up their race packets Friday night as the Cold Iron Brewery in Ironwood also played host to the Ironwood cross country team's spaghetti feed. "It's been going very well, it's hopping in here," coach Ben Schmandt said. "Definitely, the people are coming in. It's a beautiful night and it's going to be a great...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday will consider a request to provide a $60,000 loan to repair the roof of the Historic Ironwood Theatre. Commissioners will discuss the request during their twice monthly regular meeting at the Memorial Building. The specific request from HIT is to develop or amend a lease agreement to address building roof repairs. In a Sept. 21 letter to the city, HIT managing director Bruce Greenhill estimates the roof repair project at $100,000. A $29,505 state g...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] The arrival of fall colors is never easy to predict and this year has been no exception. Just when it appeared it might be an early fall color season, it seems as if the colors are in a holding pattern, as the bright reds and yellows haven’t appeared across the Gogebic Range. Rainfall and air temperatures are key factors during color season. Colleen Matula, a silviculturist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in Ashland, told Wisconsin Public Radio, “As a state, we’ve been encou...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A Mercer, Wis., man was sentenced to four years in prison on drug and counterfeiting charges in Iron County Court Thursday. Anthony J. Hangartner, 27, was sentenced to four years in prison and three years of extended supervision to be served after his release from prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver — a Class E felony in Wisconsin. He was also sentenced to two years in prison and one year extended supervision for one count of forgery. In a related case, Han...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Carnegie Library in Ironwood hosted first-time novelist Roger Hinterthuer Thursday afternoon. Hinterthuer's first book, "Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied," which he said is regular District Attorney speak, details his and others' work to solve a crime ring operated by the Outlaws, a 1 percenter biker gang. The 1 percenters claim their moniker as the bad 1 percent of bikers, compared to the good 99 percent who populate motorcycle...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — Additional restitution was set Wednesday afternoon in Iron County Court for Donald Rick, who was convicted of murder in the fire that destroyed the Bear Trap Inn in Saxon. Rick was previously sentenced to a mandatory life sentence by Judge Patrick Madden in the stabbing death of Lisa Waldros, of Kimball. On Wednesday, additional restitution of $30,000 from Rick was approved for Theresa Henning, sister of Lisa Waldros and owner of the Bear Trap. Rick, 45, pleaded guilty to killing Waldros w...
