Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - At Monday's school board meeting in Bessemer, superintendent Dave Radovich publicly thanked Dick Matrella for taking the bull by the horns and getting people motivated to restore Massie Field to its past glory. Matrella said they had unscrewed an untold number of screws to remove planks in the grandstands and were going to need help installing the new wood and screwing all those screws in. While Matrella, Bob Berg, Dave Turala, Eric...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — With costs skyrocketing the last few years, the Iron County Board of Supervisors voted 13-1 Tuesday to begin taking out loans to cover the expense of court-ordered placements, a move that will pass at least a portion of the burden to the county’s taxpayers. The court-ordered placements occur for a variety of reasons, but generally deal with drug and alcohol offenses and can include defendants being sentenced to treatment facilities rather than prison. Supervisor John Sendra was the lon...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - Two Iron County men have been charged in connection to the vandalism of an Iron County Forestry Department excavator in June. Matthew R. Christoferson, 19, of Saxon and Jeffrey John Franzoi, 20, of Hurley, are each charged with one count of felony criminal damage to property - a Class I felony that carries a potential maximum sentence of 42 months in jail and/or up to a $10,000 fine. The Iron County Sheriff's Department received a report...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - Officials with the Ironwood Little League have big plans during the offseason, including the construction of a new concession stand. Now that play has wrapped up for the season on the city's girls and boys Little League fields near the corner of Day and Vaughn streets, Shaun Munn said the concession stand is only the beginning of many projects they hope to accomplish before the beginning of next season. Munn is a board member of the...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The board approved the hiring of Dave Wineburner as A. D. Johnston's high school and junior high principal at Monday night's school board meeting. Wineburner has spent the last three years as the 6-12 principal for the Walker-Hackensack-Akeley school district in Walker, Minn. Radovitch said, "(Wineburner) was the best candidate, with experience and enthusiasm for the job." The Wineburners have been looking at housing and are bringing two...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — Six defendants are facing charges in connection with a weekend Ironwood methamphetamine bust. Jeffrey Elton Schmiege, 47, of Ironwood, is charged with five felonies and a high court misdemeanor — delivery or manufacture of meth, conspiracy to deliver or manufacture meth, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of ammunition by a felon, felony firearm and maintaining a drug house. Jeffrey Thomas Gorecki, 45, of Ironwood, is charged with delivery or manufacture of meth and con...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood City Commission authorized work to begin on the construction of a dog park at its meeting Monday evening. Community Development Director Tom Bergman briefly outlined the project, saying the site had already been approved by the Planning Commission and the plan was also recommended by the Parks and Recreation Committee. The park will be located in a section of the Miners Memorial Heritage Park on the southwest corner of East...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - Visitors to the Miner's Memorial Heritage Park made their selection in the Art in the Miners Park 2017, third annual outdoor art exhibition on the historical one mile long Aurora Loop. The voting public, which cast over 300 votes this year, selected "Find Your Treasure," by artist Lori Dray. Dray put colorful and artistic sea shapes and animals mixed with a shipwreck and sayings to capture the eye. As the winner of the Peoples Choice, Dray...
By JUSTIN LIBERTOSKI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Guests gathered at the Ironwood Depot Park Saturday morning to continue taking in the fun at Festival Ironwood. Classic muscle cars, souped up trucks and brand new sports cars lined Suffolk Street, acting as an eye-catching entrance to Deport Park. The park was filled with vendors, food stands, a duck pond and a bounce house for the visiting guests. The fun began with a Walk, Run and Roll sponsored by Aspirus Grand View Health System, and...
IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Housing Commission has approved a $95,400 project to upgrade the Pioneer Park apartments ventilation system. At its July meeting, the housing commission unanimously approved the U.P. Engineers and Architects project, awarding the bid to Mukavitz Heating of Ironwood. The project at 515 E. Vaughn St. will include replacement of ventilation units throughout the building and in the annex building, according to minutes of the July 11 meeting....
GREENLAND — The Ontonagon County Fair will be held this coming week in Greenland. While preliminary events are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, the fair will officially be open Saturday and Sunday, July 29 and 30. The fair board has scheduled events for young and old, from livestock exhibits to a mud challenge. A fair official said the county fair is for all ages, from toddlers to homemakers, cooks and athletes. Among the events are an antique engine and tractor show, many other exhibits and demonstrations, toddler games and kiddie train r...
HURLEY - The Iron County Historical Museum will host a pair of events next week as part of the Iron County Heritage Festival, inviting the public to interact with county's past. On Wednesday, the museum will host historian Dale Caskey, who will give an interactive presentation entitled "Lumber Camp Lore: Meet Hans the Lumberjack Homesteader." The event, which promises to be "an entertaining look at one of Iron County's first industries," will begin at 6 p.m. in the museum's courtroom. Caskey...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Thick smoke and the sound of music wafted down Lowell Street Thursday afternoon, attracting city residents and visitors to Festival Ironwood. The smoke was from the Yooper-style wood-fired grill chicken pit organized by the Friends of Festival Ironwood, including city employees. It was the third year for the chicken pit and the five or six volunteers who were manning that area said the preparations for the Festival Ironwood pressed chicken fe...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer Area Historical Society has another empty chair as Myron Re stepped down from the board of directors. An infusion of youth and vitality is needed on the board of directors before the BAHS becomes non-functional. Membership is up to 136 and even more people have transferred their memberships to lifetime memberships, but the number of vacancies is growing with Re's open chair seat joining Ed Sendene's. The BAHS spent 637 fewer...
IRONWOOD — An original complaint about a dog being killed by other dogs at an Ironwood residence has expanded into an investigation involving the Department of Human Services. The Ironwood Public Safety Department received a Friday complaint from a 31-year-old East Oak Street resident that there had apparently been a fight among five dogs at the house, and a small dog ended up dead. The owner agreed a Boxer and two German shorthair dogs should be put down, but there was apparent disagreement with his fiance about putting down a fourth, s...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Range Art Association will hold its 62nd annual show this week at the Memorial Building auditorium in Ironwood. Entries from local artists began to show up Tuesday morning and association members were busy registering and beginning to create the displays. Entries will be accepted until noon today. Judging will take place at 4 p.m. The show opens to the public Friday morning and runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER — Charly Loper, Bessemer city manager, has released the Master Plan for public review and comment. The plan is available online at cityofbessemer.org or the city will mail it to residents on the residents dime. Installing a Master Plan, according to Kathy Whitburn, mayor, was one the prime objectives of her running for office, as the city will not only benefit today from the plan, but also in the future as a Master Plan is moldable and can be adjusted as the city’s needs change. “A Maste...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Area Board of Education lost a board member but gained a teacher at its monthly meeting. The board hired Heather Beck as the special education instructor at the school. Beck is a member of the school board and indicated she will resign her seat on the board because of the appointment. The board gave her a special kudos for her service on the board. The board accepted with regret the resignation/retirement of long time teacher Jerry Blake. Blake has nearly 30 years as an elementary t...
By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] MERCER, Wis. - There was an Internet Fair held at the Mercer Community Center on Tuesday afternoon. The event was put on by the Gogebic/Iron County Broadband Committee in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin-Extension. The evening kicked off with attendees visiting various booths set-up by area vendors. There were several different companies offering an array of wireless routers and accessories made to help equip potential buyers with...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — Gogebic County Circuit Court Judge Michael Pope will continue to preside over criminal charges and a civil case filed against former Ironwood Township Treasurer Jyl Olson-DeRosso. On Tuesday afternoon, Pope denied a motion by Olson-DeRosso’s attorney, James McKenzie, to step down from hearing the cases. McKenzie argued Pope might be biased because he previously served as attorney for Ironwood Township. Olson-DeRosso is charged with nine felonies, alleging she embezzled money while ser...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD - After receiving 16 applicants for the vacant athletic director and Lindquist Student Center manager, the college interviewed three candidates and hired Jacob Bonacci of Hurley for the position as director of the Linquist Student conference center and athletics. Bonacci attended GCC, received a BS in physical education from UW-Superior and a MA in exercise physiology from the College of St. Scholastica. Bonacci will lead a growing athletic...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] BESSEMER - The Bessemer city council agreed to table the discussion on ordinances regarding the regulation of medical marijuana under the 2016 law until the next meeting so an ordinance regarding odor could be added to the proposed ordinances. The room was full but anyone looking for a decision on marijuana will have to wait. In other notable news, as discussed at a prior meeting, the city council provided a live stream through Facebook of the...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Area Schools will continue to offer a variety of sports next year after the board of education approved agreements with four of the district’s self-funded sports teams Monday. The agreements with the girls’ tennis team, cross country team, boys’ soccer team and ski team allow students to compete in the sports for another season. While the agreements were approved, several board members expressed concern regarding the teams running deficits the district is forced to cover. As...
