Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday agreed to set up a committee to resolve the ambulance service issue in the county, likely by the end of next month. After meeting as the finance committee with representatives of Beacon Ambulance and one of its owners, John Kutz, the county board agreed to set up the committee in an effort to retain service through the end of the year. It will be up to county board chair George Peterson, of Watersmeet, to determine the size of the c...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Even though the sun has melted much of the winter's snow across the Gogebic Range over the past few days, Ironwood is still in the running to set an all-time low average temperature for April. As of Wednesday morning, the average temperature for the month was 26.9 degrees, the lowest recorded in the past 117 years. That compares to the 117-year average of 38.1 degrees through April 25, according to the National Weather Service office in...
By P.J. GLISSON [email protected] WAKEFIELD - A presentation by Highland Copper Company, Inc. at Tuesday's Wakefield City Council meeting concluded with rousing applause from an audience of more than two dozen residents. Sylvain Collard, Highland's general manager, offered a slide show while explaining the company's Copperwood timeline in Wakefield Township aims for construction to begin later this year, followed by operation starting in 2021. "There is a lot of potential," said Collard...
IRONWOOD — The five finalists being interviewed to be the next superintendent of the Ironwood Area Schools were announced Tuesday. The list features several with past experience as superintendents, as well as at least two with ties to the local region. The district has scheduled interviews with Martha Hasselbusch, a former superintendent with the South Central Local Schools in Parma, Ohio; Travis Powell, principal of Lake Superior Elementary School in Ashland, Wis.; Christopher Schultz, the former superintendent of the Luck School District i...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Gogebic Community College board of trustees agreed to enter into a partnership with the Copper Country ISD to provide Early Childhood Education instruction to copper country students. According to Dean of Instruction Ryon List, GCC will provide an instructor, facilities, equipment, and all necessary materials and supplies to the secondary students of Baraga, Houghton, and Keweenaw counties in career and technical instruction. The contract is set for yearly renewal at $25,000. Michael M...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday agreed to spend $29,704 to update its zoning ordinances. On a 3-0 vote, the commission authorized a contract with CIB Planning and SmithGroupJJR for planning services. In a memo to the commission, Ironwood Community Development Director Tom Bergman said since the adoption of the city’s comprehensive plan, the planning commission and economic development corporation have supported an update to the zoning ordinance. Bergman said the city budgeted $30...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - A number of the Gogebic Range's best chefs, bakers and restauranteurs had a chance to show off their skills at the Gogebic Community College Foundation's Taste of the Gogebic Range event; all while raising money for a good cause. The 200 people who purchased tickets to the evening had an opportunity to sample a variety of appetizers, salads, entrees and desserts from twelve local businesses. "I'm hearing (it's) possibly the best year...
IRONWOOD — The city of Ironwood will receive a $469,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. City Manager Scott Erickson announced the grant near the end of Monday’s regular city commission meeting. Erickson said the grant will be used for inventorying the city’s water distribution system. It was awarded through the DEQ’s clean drinking water program. It will not require a city match. Following the meeting, Erickson said the city applied for the grant about a month ago and was notified Monday that it will receive...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Village Council Monday praised the work of Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team-West, noting team has produced “incredible” results in the Western U.P. from October 1, 2016 through March 1, 2018. Reports indicate the team investigated 158 new cases, 78 of which were closed; 62 people were arrested on a total of 136 counts. The team’s drug seizures included 421 grams of heroin, 553 grams methamphetamine and 740 units of other narcotics. The council approved spending $1,500...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Supporters of the Iron Belle Trail gathered at the Elk and Hound Restaurant Saturday night for a dinner to raise for the trail. "(It went) better then we thought. We weren't sure what we were going to get, you know it was our first one. It was a shot in the dark as to what was going to happen," said Sam Davey, one of the fundraiser's organizers. "But we're quite pleased with the turnout." Along with a sloppy joe dinner, there was a 50/50...
IRONWOOD - A photograph of a footbridge was judged Best of Show Saturday in the Downtown Arts Place contest in Ironwood. The photo by Christopher Burnett, of Marquette, won $500 for first place. The "Through the Eye of Camera, Upper Peninsula" photo exhibit in the concourse of the Ironwood Theatre will be on display through May 31. Peter Skoro, an instructor at Northland College in Ashland, judged the event. He teaches digital photography and graphic design. Bill Savage's photo of a native...
WATERSMEET — Northwoods Alliance Inc. is seeking to protect Wildcat Falls near Watersmeet. Wildcat Falls is a remote waterfalls about nine miles from Watersmeet. It is one of several features on a 160-acre property Northwoods Alliance is seeking to protect into perpetuity, said Casey Clark, a conservation coordinator with Northwoods Alliance. The property had been part of the Ottawa National Forest until 2016, but was traded away in a controversial land swap. The controversy lagged for several years with legal litigation following U.S. F...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission on Monday will consider a 2017 request from GogebicRange.net to install antennas for wireless service on the top of Mt. Zion. Commissioners will review a proposed five-year antenna installation agreement that would begin on May 1. The antennas would be located near the city's water tank on the top of existing light poles. If the company has more than 200 subscribers, it would pay $300 a month. The rate would be $100 a month for 50 or fewer subscribers and $200 fo...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and Iron County is holding a variety of events throughout the month to raise awareness about how to recognize signs of possible abuse. Members of the Iron County Sheriff's Department were in Mercer Thursday, serving root beer floats to the students. Teresa Way, a children's social worker with the Iron County Human Services Department, said the event was a way for the students to meet the members of...
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has confirmed a wild deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Oneida County, in the Crescent Township. As required by law, the DNR said finding will renew Oneida County's existing baiting and feeding ban for another three years. Additionally, the positive test will renew the two-year baiting and feeding ban in Langlade County. The CWD-positive one-year-old doe was harvested on a disease surveillance permit issued within a 10-mile radius of the recent Lincoln County positiv...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — The Iron County Highway Committee awarded the contract for repairing the bridge over Oronto Creek at Saxon Harbor Monday, a key step in the rebuilding of the harbor after it was destroyed in a July 2016 storm. Merrill Gravel and Construction was the lowest of seven bidders vying for the contract, according to Iron County Highway Commissioner Mike Swartz. While it was the lowest submitted, Swartz said the company’s $1,440,712 bid was still above the initial expected cost of the pro...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Like a phoenix rising from the ashes of the downtown Ironwood fire that changed lives and the cityscape of Ironwood forever, Chelsi's Corner has returned, just three doors down from its previous location on Aurora Street. Mark Schwanz and Lynn Niemi, owners of Chelsi's Corner, lost all their stock in the fire, but have since moved in to the former Book World building. The tragic fire took three lives. Schwanz said he called his agent at...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - A Through the Lens art exhibit, on display in the Historic Ironwood Theatre entrance, opens today. Local scenery, captured by area photographers, is hung on the walls with care. Images strike out from the walls of a senior couple basking in their glory together as they look out a window stand in contrast to a young Jennifer Lawrence look-alike holding a shotgun, titled, "Shotgun Wedding." Other local scenes like the Keystone Bridge in...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — While it may not seem like it, warmer weather will be here soon and activity will pick up on the local segment of the Iron Belle Trail. In preparation of the upcoming season, the Friends of the Iron Belle Trail will be holding a fundraising dinner Saturday. The event will run from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Elk and Hound Restaurant. The menu will feature a mix of barbecue, potato salad, baked beans, chips and dessert; according to Sam Davey, one of the fundraiser’s organizers. “We’re as...
