Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] HURLEY - Thanks to the efforts of Gogebic Range residents, 20,000 children in Kenya and 5,000 children in Haiti are being provided meals. This is an increase compared to last year when 20,000 meals were packed and delivered, which is an increase of 25 percent and 5,000 children. Range Community Bible Church, in Hurley, opened its doors Saturday for the event. Four work stations were manned by ten people each in a systematic assembly line effort to make...
By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Historical Theater was packed for the second night in a row for the HIT Idol Performance Finalist announcement as well as a performance from Jessica Meuse. Meuse was a finalist on season 13 of American Idol. The show opened with a number performed by the entire group. Finalists from the 2015 performance came on stage to announce the 2016 winners. This year's winners were: 5th grade Cynthea Palm of Ironwood, 7th Grade Cassi...
By LARRY HOLCOMBE [email protected] Tuesday is Election Day and Gogebic County voters will face a ballot full of national, state and local elections. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters will be asked to choose between 32nd Circuit Court Judge Michael Pope and challenger Mark E. McDonald to fill a partial term ending Jan. 1, 2021. Pope was selected to replace retiring Judge Roy Gotham late last year until this election. Votes from Gogebic and Ontonagon counties will be added together to determine the winner, as these...
IRONWOOD - Jessica Meuse, a fourth place finisher on the hit television show American Idol season 13, came into town Friday to fire up local area youth for the Historic Ironwood Theatre's HIT Idol competition this weekend. Bruce Greenhill, the theater's managing director, was impressed with Meuse's willingness to be available outside her stage show time. He said most artists come in right before a show, so they can spend as little time as possible in the area before leaving, but Meuse was...
HURLEY — The owners of Pat’s Foods hope to open their grocery store in Hurley on Dec. 10. Co-owner Ben Campioni, with his brother, Joe, decided to expand the front of the building, which was a grocery store before, to make more room to enhance the shopping experience. Ben Campioni said the decision to extend the store’s floor space by building walls around what was a canopy in front of the building moved the projected opening date into December. He said they will open when everything is ready and the staff is well-trained so the store can o...
WAKEFIELD — Crystal Falls Forest Park swept Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco blitzed Watersmeet in the MHSAA Class D District 127 volleyball semifinals on Thursday. The winning teams will meet tonight at 6 p.m. to determine the 2016 district champion. CFFP has won districts 17 years in a row. It was evident that W-M coach Jessica Novascone already had Crystal Falls Forest Park on her mind. "We never get to see them and we never play them," Novascone said. "You have to start quick against them o...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] There will be a key difference between Wisconsin and Michigan rules when voters head to the polls for Tuesday's presidential election. While Wisconsin allows same day registration for voters, Michigan law requires registration 30 days prior to the election. Michigan's deadline for absentee ballot requests from registered voters is Saturday at 1 p.m. Ironwood city offices at the Memorial Building will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday for...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — A Bessemer woman pleaded guilty to a felony count in Gogebic County Circuit Court related to a stolen credit card. Karin Marie George, 37, pleaded guilty to stealing/retaining a financial transaction device without consent, a potential four-year felony. The plea comes as part of a plea agreement that will have two other four-year felonies — two counts of illegal use of a transaction device — dismissed at sentencing. All three counts also carry potential fines up to $5,000. Gogebic Count...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] IRONWOOD — Gogebic County Community College is hosting a Youth Asset Summit on Wednesday between 8:30 a.m and 1:30 p.m. The summit’s focus is on an asset report of the Great Lakes Center for Youth Development out of Marquette. The GLCYD will discuss the results of a Youth Asset Report in an effort to demonstrate to the youths that adults care and are interested in hearing from them on a wide range of topics. The report is based on a survey taken by area youths in grades 8, 10 and 12. The GLCYD des...
IRONWOOD - Ironwood's Downtown Art Place opened a show featuring local student artwork Wednesday. Art teachers from the Wakefield-Marenisco, Bessemer, Ironwood and Hurley schools submitted art work for the show, according to a DAP news release. Pieces from the "Dabble at the DAP" program are also on display. The show is scheduled to run to Nov. 10 in conjunction with the Historic Ironwood Theatre's "HIT Idol" competition. The work will be displayed in the theater's concourse, and it can be...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] WHITE PINE — The Michigan Attorney General and Michigan Agency for Energy have rejected a protest by the White Pine Power Company about the elimination of the System Support Resolution for the power plant agreement. The Midcontinent Independent System Operator has announced it will terminate the agreement on Nov. 26. The issue now moves on to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a final decision. The Michigan Agency for Energy document said MISO is not required to seek White Pine’s request to ter...
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield State Police Post, for the second year in a row, hosted a Harvest Gathering food drive to support local food pantries as part of a statewide effprt. Area youth from the Bessemer Honor Society and Ironwood Reserve Officers Training Corps assisted in packing charitable food donations for St. Vincent's DePaul in Bessemer and Ironwood and the food pantry in Watersmeet. The Wakefield office, in 2015, was recognized with the highest...
By ISABELLE KLEINSCHMIDT [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Carnegie Library hosted it's first in a series of meetings for National Novel Writing Month on Tuesday evening. The meetings are led by local romance author Jodi Hughes. Hughes held a discussion with a group of local writers regarding a wide range of topics surrounding writing and development of a story. This week's topic was on forming a strong plot for the novels. The group discussed their ideas of what a good story entai...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] BESSEMER — An Ironwood man, prosecutors said was a major player in the Gogebic Range drug trade, was sentenced to at least eight years in prison in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday in a pair of cases against him. Adam Lee Stone, 36, of Ironwood was sentenced to between eight and 20 years in prison on a charge of delivery/manufacturing of methamphetamine; the most serious of the four felonies Stone pleaded guilty to in September. “After processing these recent drug cases since I took office in...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] Employment in Gogebic County in the past five months improved significantly, while other statistics on which the health of the labor force is based do not show such a big rebound. In April, there were 500 people unemployed in Gogebic County, according to the Michigan Bureau of Labor market. In September, that number fell to 325, with unemployment of 5 percent. The rate in April was 7.5 percent and in August 5.5 percent. While the numbers of unemployed dropped by 75, the number of employed since April has...
The Upper Peninsula received a huge tourism boost last week when it was named one of the world’s top 10 Best Value Destinations by Lonely Planet. The publication highlighted the U.P. as an “under-the-radar destination with stunning natural beauty, charming small towns and attractions, including lighthouses, hundreds of miles of beaches and waterfalls.” The U.P. was the only U.S. destination in the top 10 list, which included Nepal, Venice and Belize. “We know that the Upper Peninsula represents the purest of Pure Michigan, however it’s st...
IRONWOOD — The Michigan State Police’s Wakefield Post will be holding a pair of presentations on the dangers of illegal drugs, such as heroin and carfentanil — providing not only an opportunity to learn about the opiate epidemic that is often in the news but also provide answers to questions people may have. The first presentation is scheduled for Friday, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Ontonagon Area High School’s cafeteria. The second is scheduled for Monday, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in rooms T112-113 of the technical building — above the cosme...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Historic Ironwood Theatre celebrated Halloween Saturday with a showing of the the classic silent horror film "Nosferatu." Saturday's showing was accompanied by a musical score, as many silent movies originally were, performed by Andrew Rogers on the theatre's Barton organ. Rogers is the staff organist at the Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor and has performed at the theatre several times. Bruce Greenhill, the theatre's managing director,...
BESSEMER — An Ironwood man was sentenced to prison Thursday in Gogebic County Circuit Court for violating the terms of his probation. Thomas Raymond, 35, of Ironwood, was sentenced to 36 to 60 months in prison by Judge Michael Pope. Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs said this exceeded the recommended sentence in the pre-sentencing report, which recommended a minimum term of between nine and 23 months. “In imposing the prison sentence the judge indicated to the defendant that it was obvious he cannot do well on supervision, or in the com...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital Foundation has reached a little over one-third of its fundraising goal for the purchase and construction of a canopy over the hospital’s main entrance. The foundation has been seeking community support to raise the $199,000 for the front entrance canopy, designed for safe access to the main entrance to the hospital, according to Jim Jessup, the hospital foundation president. Jessup told the foundation board members last week of the $72,000 raised — $30,000 was from se...
UPSON, Wis. - Everything seemed to line up right for Karen Bjork as she faced breast cancer, and her message to other women is that it can be the same for them. "Cancer is a devastating word," Bjork said. "I want people who are fighting cancer or know someone who is to know that you can beat it. I am a survivor and you can be, too." For Bjork, early detection, much needed family support, knowledgable and caring health care professionals, as well as excellent facilities all led to a positive outc...
