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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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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...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Carnegie Library held its kick-off to National Novel Writing Month Thursday evening with local author Jodi Hughes. Hughes, who writes under the name Auria Jourdain, has published three novels. Her most recent is "Spirit of the Northwoods." "When I wrote my first book, I was just ecstatic to have my first book in my hand," she said. National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) takes place each November. It began in 1999 and has since gained popularity, with 431,626 participant...
IRONWOOD - The 17th annual Fall Quiz Bowl on the campus of Gogebic Community College on Thursday included 16 teams from Bessemer, Hurley, Ironwood, Wakefield-Marenisco and Watersmeet high schools in both varsity and junior varsity competition. "A total of 40 games were held, with some very high scores," said Carl Vaara, Quiz Bowl organizer. During the morning rounds of competition, Bessemer I and Ironwood I were victorious in the varsity divisions and faced off for the championship. Ironwood I...
IRONWOOD — The Historic Ironwood Theatre will present a highly touted silent movie Saturday evening. Andrew Rodgers will return to the Barton Organ to accompany “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror.” Show time is 7:30 p.m. The German-made silent movie was first released in 1922, but didn’t see a release in America until 1928 because of some copyright issues, according to theater manager Bruce Greenhill. “Nosferatu was very influential in the silent movie industry because of its filming techniques and make-up,” Greenhill said, adding that Rotten...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — A deficit in the Gogebic County Fair budget was again discussed by the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners Wednesday. After the board met for its regular twice monthly meeting, it returned into a committee meeting format and discussed fair finances. At a Sept. 28 committee meeting, it was pointed out the fair budget was in deficit by $16,030. Commissioner Tom Wasley said attendance at this year’s fair was only around 6,000, with a particularly small crowd on that Saturday. At the Sept. 28...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — There has been a diagnosed case of tuberculosis in Iron County, but health officials say there is little danger to the public. According to an Iron County Health Department press release, the department is working with neighboring Ashland and Bayfield counties to ensure the safety of the community. Health Officer Zona Wick told the Daily Globe she has also contacted the relevant health providers in the area, as well as the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department. “Providers need to kno...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners Wednesday decided to delay adopting a resolution on high auto insurance costs until after the Nov. 8 election. A proposed resolution was drawn up for the meeting by county clerk Gerry Pelissero, but commissioner Bob Orlich, of Wakefield, said it would be best to wait until after the election to determine who will be around to receive copies of it. County board chair Joe Bonovetz, of Bessemer, said other Upper Peninsula counties have indicated t...
