Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON – David Nykanen, brother to chairmen Carl Nykanen and the newest member of the Ontonagon County Board of Commissioners, took his seat Tuesday after being sworn in before the meeting. The board previously appointed members to a land bank committee with intentions of joining the land bank project. Treasurer Jeanne Pollard explained that the process is more complicated than just naming a committee. She said she learned the board must have intergovernmental agreements, pass a resolution and agreements w...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Ironwood Aspirus Hospital staff greeted Andrew Lawson into this world as the first locally born baby of the new year on Jan. 7 at 7:16 p.m. Andrew is the first-born son Matt and Bobbi Jo Lawson and came into this world with a fighting weight of 6 pounds, 1.5 ounces. Staff members at the hospital were going to induce labor on Monday, Jan. 9. Andrew was not waiting around though. Another family was also scheduled for an inducement Jan. 9,...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley School District is nearing the $10,000 mark in funds raised for COLE’S Foundation, the school board learned on Monday. Cole Ruotsala, son of Aaron and Moireen Ruotsala, of Ironwood, died of cancer before he was able to attend school and the couple formed the foundation in his honor. Since its participation in COLE’S Foundation beginning in 2008, the Hurley second grade class has averaged raising between $1,000 to $2,000 a year through pledges for an annual walkathon from families an...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Schools Board of Eduction will wait until summer to have its annual organizational meeting after the board voted Monday to reschedule the date. According to Superintendent Tim Kolesar, the move is intended to help newly elected board members. “This will give our new board members a chance to gain some experience before the election of officers,” Kolesar said. The meeting will be scheduled for July 17, Kolesar said, explaining the district recently learned July was a...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - One week after competitors braved wind and freezing temperatures to compete in the annual Sisu cross-country ski race, the annual Aspirus YooperBeiner snowshoe race/tour offered participants much nicer conditions at Wolverine Nordic Ski Trails Saturday. With temperatures in the mid-teens at race time and the sun out it was a good day to snowshoe, according to Deb Leonard, one of the event's organizers. "We had a great turnout...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Historic Ironwood Theatre could have been mistaken as playing host to the Grand Ole Opry Saturday night as the Church of Cash had the crowd clapping and singing along to some of their favorite Johnny Cash tunes. Singer and group-founder Jay Ernest channeled the spirit of the Man in Black to delight the audience with a mix of Cash classics and lesser-known pieces. Ernest was accompanied by Albert Perez on guitar, Tony Wirth on upright...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — While several Ontonagon High School students will be attending the upcoming 58th presidential inauguration ceremony, another native son will be attending too but in an official capacity. Chief Petty Officer Colin H. Castle has been assigned to the Navy contingent of military personnel lining the presidential inauguration parade route in Washington, D.C. He is to be stationed in the front row along Pennsylvania Ave. near the Trump International Hotel, and he will have an “up close” view of Presi...
BESSEMER — Three appointments to Upper Peninsula agencies were approved at Wednesday’s reorganizational meeting of the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners. Joe Bonovetz, of Bessemer, who stepped down as chairman of the county board earlier in the meeting, was named to all three appointments. On the Upper Peninsula Commission for Area Progress, it was a reappointment for Bonovetz. The UPCAP board of directors will meet in February to act on the nominations from the various counties. On the Michigan Works Upward Talent Council Board, Bon...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — Iron County will be getting some additional help in paying for the cost of rebuilding Saxon Harbor after it was destroyed during flooding in the July 11 storm. Iron County Forestry and Parks Administrator Eric Peterson told the county board of supervisors’ finance committee Thursday the county received three grants, totaling $326,453, for rebuilding the harbor. Peterson said the grants were awarded at a Wisconsin Waterways Commission meeting he attended Tuesday. Two of the three grants — a...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - About 30 new students descended on Gogebic Community College Thursday for orientation before the coming second semester. Classes start Monday. As usual, the orientation for second semester had significantly fewer students than first semester, according to a college spokesman. Orientation before the first semester usually runs about 100 new students. According to the school's website, enrollment is 1,400, full- and part-time. The mix of stud...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - Jessica Frost, CEO of Lake Shore Systems, owners of the Ontonagon shipyard, had praise Thursday for the Ontonagon facility and especially the access to water testing which it provides. Lake Shore Systems recently acquired several Oldenburg facilities, including Ontonagon. Frost was in Ontonagon at the request of the Ontonagon Downtown Development Authority to present a company overview and its expectations for 2017. More than 50 people crowded into...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer Planning Commission met on Wednesday evening to discuss the Medical Marijuana Licensing Act and Bessemer's acceptance or rejection of support for additional marijuana-based businesses. At the prior meeting of the planning commission on Dec. 7, the commission requested a business representative appear before the commission and provide answers to questions regarding taxation and employment. David Schultis provided an email with a...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER - The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners appointed a road commission board member on a split vote at the county board's Wednesday reorganizational session. On a 4-2 vote, Dan Peterson was named to the road commission board, topping Kevin Haustein. New county board chair George Peterson, of Watersmeet, cast the deciding vote for Dan Peterson, who is no relation. Earlier in the meeting, the board agreed to continue the policy that the board...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] ERWIN TOWNSHIP — Sylvia Mussatti will continue to serve as Erwin Township’s treasurer for another four years after the Board of Trustees appointed her to fill the vacant position Wednesday. Mussatti was originally appointed to serve the remainder of former treasurer Renee Hill’s term in October. Hill abruptly resigned during the board’s Oct. 12 meeting following a disagreement over the type of permit she needed to build an accessory building on her property, sending a formal letter of resigna...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - A year ago, the Ironwood City Commission prioritized goals for 2016-17. On Monday, commissioners and City Manager Scott Erickson reviewed the goals and the consensus was a great deal of progress has been made on almost all of them. The number one goal - to complete the 16-inch transmission line to the city's well-fields, along with a phase 4 sewer-water project - will be accomplished this year. Erickson said funding has been approved through...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Gogebic Community College Board of Trustees met on Tuesday afternoon to swear in members and elect officers for the next year. The meeting was a jovial affair with significant banter, while also capturing the necessary tasks and putting purpose to them. Linda Gustafson swore in Susan Beals, Susan Murphy and Tim Kolesar to warm up the meeting before the real mission came into focus. John Lupino was elected to hold the office of chairman...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Michigan State Police's Wakefield post has added another new face, as another graduate from the state's trooper academy joins the force. William Fry graduated from the 131st Trooper Recruit School - 23 weeks of instruction - a little less than a month ago, joining the Wakefield post shortly after that. Fry is one of the several new troopers who have been assigned to the post in recent years. "We're quite a young post at this point. I...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER TOWNSHIP — The Bessemer Township board met on Monday evening and Jeff Randall, Board Supervisor discussed how the new Firetruck saved the day for Indianhead prior to the Christmas surge of visitors. Apparently the wind blew the door open at the Indianhead Pump station after it was inspected and the station froze solid Dec. 19. The township lent their workers to the Gogebic Range Water Authority to thaw the station while sending a team of v...
IRONWOOD — Following more snow today, the Ironwood forecast calls for a return of frigid weather throughout the week. According to the National Weather Service, there was a 90 to 100 percent chance of snow today, ranging from 3 to 5 inches, but that will drop to 60 percent on Wednesday, when the low reading will return below zero. Today’s high was predicted at 28 degrees, quite an improvement from last week’s temperatures that dipped well below zero. Thursday is shaping up as the coldest day of the week, with a high of 9 and low of minus...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees spent little time Monday discussing the communication from the state’s Department of Environmental Quality, likely due to the fact it contained nothing but good news. The letter — dated Dec. 15, 2016 — is a follow up to a department visit made Nov. 30, 2016. “The primary purpose of our visit was to determine compliance and conduct a formal water system evaluation under the Michigan Safe Drinking Act,” Douglas Pascoe wrote in the letter....
By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] IRONWOOD - The SISU Snowshoe race was held despite the frigid cold on Sunday morning, dozens of racers turned out for the event. As racers lined-up, several supporters were there to cheer them on for the race. A fire was kept beside the finish line for the crowd and racers to warm-up afterwards. The course went through some of the wider ski trails with several smaller snowshoe trails included throughout. "It's a fun race through a beautiful...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD — According to trooper Jerry Mazurek with the Michigan State Police, over 500,000 older adults are abused or neglected nationwide each year. Elders unable to protect themselves are the victims of neglect and exploitation because they are unable to protect themselves due to either advanced age and/or physical and mental impairment. The perpetrators of the abuse are often family members, friends, neighbors, and even their caregivers, with the abuse typically occurring in the home. “There are...
