Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY — Hurley students will dress up against drug abuse during national Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 24-28. Details of the week are published in the K-12 school’s October newsletter. On Monday, Oct. 24, the theme will be “Team Up Against Drugs” day, with students wearing their favorite team shirts. Tuesday marks “Sock it to Drugs” day, with students wearing crazy stockings. “I Believe in Me” will be the Wednesday theme, with red the featured color. The Thursday theme will be “Join the Drug-Free Army,” with camouflage attire suggested. Friday i...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] Celebrate Babies 2016 is the theme in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties in an effort to help “to make lives better for the new generation,” according to Donna Wilber, of the Upper Peninsula Association for Infant Mental Health. Wilber said a diaper and baby food drive in both counties is also collecting formula and baby wipes. The association partners with the Western U.P. Health Department. Wilber said the donations will be turned over to the St. Vincent DePaul organizations in each county. The food, dia...
ONTONAGON - Sara Domitrovich is a teacher. Although now retired, she still has the curiosity of a teacher to learn all about her subject. When she was diagnosed with extensive lobular ductile breast cancer in June 2008 after a mammogram at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital, she was determined to learn all she could about it and make the best decisions. First, she sought out her friend, Jane Dickow, who had breast cancer two years earlier. Next was another friend, Bonnie Johnson. Throughout the surgery...
IRONWOOD — Mount Zion ski hill has expanded its opportunities this winter to those who need adaptive equipment to ski. The Gogebic Community College Board approved an $8,000 purchase of two adaptive sit-skis that will allow paraplegic and quadriplegic individuals to ski at Mount Zion. The college purchased two sit skis — one for an adult from 140 to 250 pounds, and the other for a child from 50 to 140 pounds. The college’s ski area management director, Jim Vanderspoel, said the idea of the purchase grew from a request of a parent of an Ironwood...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - After a well-attended public design discussion Tuesday, Iron County's regional trail committee looked to build off that enthusiasm during its bi-monthly meeting Thursday. It narrowed down possible routes for Iron County's portion of a non-motorized trail planned between Sunday Lake in Wakefield and ski trails in Montreal, Wis. "(Thursday) was a great regrouping after a shot in the arm," said Amy Nosal, with Iron County's University of...
BLACK RIVER HARBOR - A Hurley man was rescued from along the Black River late Thursday afternoon after he suffered an apparent broken leg. Nick Fink, 19, was injured around 5:30 p.m. The Gogebic Search and Rescue team, Gogebic County Sheriff's Department, Beacon Ambulance, Ironwood Township Fire Department and volunteers responded and Fink was lifted up the side of a cliff and transported out along a walking trail around 6:30 p.m. Fink was responsive and was able to joke with his family members...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — A community partnership in Ontonagon will result in a downtown park on River Street. The park is a partnership between the village of Ontonagon, Regional Inclusive Community Coalition and Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital. Village manager Joe Erickson, trustee Tony Smydra, Sue Kempen, Copper Country Health, and RICC President Hannah Platzke attended the recent Ontonagon Rotary Club meeting, where they were presented with a check for $815, proceeds from the Labor Festival Log Rolling contest, sponsored by...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER - A.D. Johnston High School students put down their pencils to make jelly Wednesday morning for agricultural science class. Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District teacher Bob Genisot said people think of big open fields, live stock and corn when hearing the word "agriculture." Over the years, he said less and less people grow their own food. Genisot said he wants to change that and encouraged about 15 students in class to grow their o...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - The city of Ironwood celebrated recent improvements to two area parks with a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday morning at Depot Park. As rain fell, upwards of 10 city officials and residents gathered under the pavilion to celebrate electrical upgrades and other improvements to Curry Park and the new playground at Depot Park. Mayor Annette Burchell thanked the city of Ironwood and its parks and recreation committee and community development...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — It’s possible the case of a 52-year-old Hurley woman who is charged with six counts of theft from Iron County may be settled in a month. The attorney for Mary Peterson Tijan, of 112 Germania St., told Iron County Judge Patrick Madden Wednesday that negotiations with special prosecutor Fritz Schellgell are continuing. At a pre-trial hearing, Joseph Rafferty Jr. told Madden, “I assure the court that there’s a cauldron (of activity) bubbling underneath,” referring to the talks. Madden told Raff...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER — Students in the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District took a survey conducted by the Great Lakes Center for Youth Development to find out what local students consider assets for their education. In all, 321 students in the eighth, 10th and 12th grade at Gogebic and Ontonagon schools were surveyed in May. The surveyor defined assets as key individual or environmental resources that enable and nurture young people to develop in healthy, positive ways. According to the survey, 72 p...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY - A 47-year-old Ironwood woman waived her right to a preliminary hearing and was bound over for trial Tuesday morning in Iron County Court on 26 counts of identity theft. Wendy Wuorinen is alleged to have withdrawn around $7,613 from the Iron County Community Credit Union in Kimball from a customer's account without authorization. The withdrawals occurred from November 2014 to December 2015 while she was employed there, according to the criminal...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY — A crowd of around 50 people gathered at the Iron County Memorial Building for a discussion of plans for trailheads in Hurley and Montreal. The Hurley trailhead is planned to be located between the Montreal River and Second Avenue/U.S. 51, roughly parallel with Silver Street. It is designed to serve both non-motorized and motorized trail users at where the Iron County trail system connects to Michigan’s trails. The other trailhead would also be located along the Montreal River, all...
HURLEY - To reduce costs, the U.S. Army has decided to merge several Reserve units around the country, including closing the 312th Engineer Company in Hurley. The Reserve unit has been housed in the Hurley Industrial Park for more than 30 years and has rented the training center from the Iron County Resource Development Association, Inc. "The development corporation built the building and it was designed specifically for the Reserves," said Jack Giovanoni, president of the ICRDA. "Because of...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER — Ther Bessemer City Council agreed on Monday to offer the city manager position to Charly Loper, of Anaconda, Mont. Over the course of several weeks, the city council has conducted numerous interviews. “We are very pleased with the individuals that did apply, “Mayor Kathy Whitburn said. “We had really great quality applicants.” After evaluating their options, the council agreed Loper is the right person for the job, Whitburn said. Loper has tentatively accepted the position, pending r...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — With the number of heroin overdoses in Ironwood and across the nation rising, the Ironwood Public Safety Department has trained and equipped its officers with Narcan, used in drug cases. “When officers arrive on the scene of overdoses with unconscious subjects, they can administer Narcan, which reduces the side effects of the substance the individual may have overdosed on,” said IPSD Director Andrew DiGiorgio, People who have overdosed and receive Narcan are then transported to Aspir...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — October is breast cancer awareness month and the free mammograms sponsored by the Ontonagon County Cancer Association will be held for two weeks out of the month. Cancer association president Bev Meagher announced the weeks of Oct. 10-14 and 17-21 will be free mammograms. Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., women can call (906)884-8137 to schedule a mammogram. In consideration for the employees at Aspirus Hospital, no calls for appointments should be made until Oct. 10. No insurance w...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] HURLEY - Area football fans came together to watch the Range Bulldogs play against the Ashland Oredockers at Veterans Memorial Field in Hurley. Standing alongside his players, head coach Eric Thier said football was a passion for him growing up and has enjoyed "the heck out of" coaching for the past five years. The Range Bulldogs are part of the Pop Warner football League and the team consists of fourth, fifth and sixth graders from both Michigan and...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] WAKEFIELD - Gogebic Medical Care Facility hosted an open house Saturday afternoon. Several staff members, including certified nursing assistant Scott Pospeck, took visitors along a tour and talked about the facility and what Gogebic Medical does. The facility is home to over 100 "fascinating people," Pospeck said as the tour walked by a resident's living quarters. He said Gogebic Medical offers residents certified nursing and extensive rehabilitation...
WHITE PINE - For Jane Dickow, it was a positive attitude and a surprising "God Wink" that got her through her experience with breast cancer. When Dickow had her regular mammogram 10 years ago, the nurse told her to wait to put her clothes on because they needed "another review." She said her first thought was, "Here we go." Dickow's mom had breast cancer in the 1950s and a radical mastectomy while still in her 40s. It was a shock, but, "I knew I would be OK and I just wanted to get on with the...
HURLEY — The Federal Communications Commission is currently accepting public comment on a petition by Gray Television/WSAW-TV to include Ashland and Iron counties in its Wausau, Wis., satellite television market. According to information presented at Tuesday’s Iron County Board of Supervisors meeting, the petition is requesting that area satellite TV providers be allowed to provide the two counties with Wausau’s feed, instead of being forced to provide the feed from Duluth. When the broadcast boundaries were initially established, Iron Count...
