Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD — Theatre North is continuing its 53-year-old tradition of providing community entertainment by presenting three shows this season. The season begins with the classic American comedy “You Can’t Take it With You,” directed by Helen Fashbaugh. In the play, set in 1936, Alice Sycamore and Toby Kirby Jr. fall in love. When Kirby proposes, Sycamore fears of introducing her “crazy” family to the “snobby” Kirbys. There are fireworks thrown in when the IRS threatens Grandpa because he doesn’t believ...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] HURLEY - In an effort to gauge the strengths and weaknesses of broadband service in Iron County, particularly the resources offered to senior residents, the Gogebic Range Broadband Committee and University of Wisconsin Extension System are holding an upcoming focus group session. "The primary reason (the focus group) is coming together is to analyze the resources that are available to the senior citizens of this area. And senior citizens when I say...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] MARENISCO - After a proposal to build a water-bottling plant in Presque Isle, Wis., was turned down, the plants developers are contructing a similar plant 10 miles away in Marenisco. The Presque Isle town board rejected a request for the plant because of concerns about using water from the nearby Carlin Club well because it could cause a reduction in the aquifer level. In response, the Marenisco Township board gave the developers 10 acres of land to...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER — The finishing touches are being made on Phase 2 of the Western Gateway Trail that will stretch from the Ironwood city limit to Bessemer by the end the construction season in October. The authority governing the trail learned Wednesday paving of the trail is complete all the way to the end of Phase 2 on Moore Street, according to Coleman Engineering’s Paul Anderson. Also, the observation decks are complete, he said. Work on fencing the trail where necessary is in progress. Meanwhile, wor...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon County Board Tuesday joined the growing chorus of those objecting to the decision of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) to cancel the services of the White Pine Electric Plant. In a letter to the governor, the Michigan Agency for Energy and MISO; the board stated it understands MISO plans to replace "this critical generating resource (White Pine) with a 1998 operating protocol called radial reconfiguration that will provide the same level, or assurance, of r...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER - As concerns about the environment grow, Greyson Morrow, of Wakefield, informed residents and the Bessemer City Council Monday evening about the effects of climate change. In front of a large audience, Morrow said the American Association for the Advancement of Science announced climate change is a "growing threat to society." According to its website, the AAAS is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science for...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - Xcel Energy's new office building in the city's industrial park is taking shape. Market and Johnson, of Eau Claire, Wis., is the general contractor for the project in the northeast part of the park, across from the speculation building that was purchased by Scandinavian Log Homes, of Kimball, Wis. Tim Durand, who is fill-in supervisor for the project this week, said Tuesday much subcontracting work is under way or has been completed in areas...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - In an effort to improve student safety, the Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education Monday approved requiring the district's self-funded sports teams use the district's buses for transportation. "It's time to change the way we transport all the self-funded sports," said Ironwood Superintendent Tim Kolesar. "Traveling in a school bus is definitely our safest and best (option). We have highly trained and certified bus drivers. I'm...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] BESSEMER - Pending approval of the Bessemer Area School District's upcoming May referendum, the Bessemer City Council Monday approved the closure of Iron Street between Mine Street and Moore Street and to deed that portion of the road to the school district. Standing in front of a large audience, Bessemer Superintendent David Radovich said obtaining the city council's approval to close the street is the last step before the school district can move...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — The Hurley School Board on Monday gave its blessing to a “Senior to Senior” project designed to bring the younger generation closer to their elders. Mark Marczak, head of the Iron County Senior Citizens Center, said there’s a “generational gap” between students and senior citizens and he’d like to bring them closer together. The high school students will help senior citizens with tackling social media, such as using Facebook. Marczak said many elderly people have reservations about using compu...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] RONWOOD - There was no shortage of help Saturday for Fall Clean-up Day on Ayer Street in Ironwood. A total of 31 JROTC students from Luther L. Wright school assisted city workers and volunteers in the effort, free to city residents. There are 74 students in JROTC this year at Ironwood and the city requested around 30 helpers, according to Col. Sandy (Bowman) Keefer, who's in charge of the JROTC program at the school. The turn-out was light for much of...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] KIMBALL, Wis - A small crowd gathered at Little Finland Sunday for a showing of the World War II movie, "Tali Ihantala." The film is also known by several other names in various countries, including "1944: The Final Defense." While featuring little plot or characters, the movie - which was made in 2007 - portrays the Finnish victory in the battle of Tali Inhantala. The battle, fought in the summer of 1944, was a Finnish attempt to stop the Russian...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — August was warm and wet in Ironwood, with only two days with temperatures lower than 50 degrees. The weather wrap-up for the month from Kevin Crupi, of the National Weather Service office in Marquette, notes that a typical August would include nine days with readings under 50. A southwest flow of air prevailed for the month, sending in all of that warmth. The 4.49 inches of rain that fell on Ironwood in August was 1.33 percent of the normal total. The June through August 2016 period is n...
MERCER, Wis. — Representatives of the Mercer Veterans Memorial on Friday dedicated a POW/MIA memorial and the Ladies Auxiliary Memorial at Veterans Memorial Park. Rhiannon Stryjewski, 15, of Mercer, sang the Star Spangled Banner in front of about 20 people. The crowd then made its way to the Ladies Auxiliary Memorial. Dressed in her uniform, Betty Snyder said the memorial is intended to honor the ladies who have supported veterans. The memorial was proudly donated by the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Post 424 of Mercer and Manitowish W...
IRONWOOD - Based the success of the first miners mural in Ironwood, the Gogebic Range Murals and Attractions Committee is in the process of establishing a new mural that will feature the Pabst Mine. "We have history, and history is our future," committee member Sandy Sharp said Friday. She said the first Ironwood miners mural on McLeod Avenue has been well received, but "it's time for another mural." With that, Sharp and fellow committee member Peter Sturgul said the group is committed to...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD — Michigan Natural Resources Chair John Matonich said he’d like to see an off-road vehicle trail extended to the Lake Gogebic State Park. Speaking at last week’s NRC meeting at Gogebic Community College, Matonich said there’s already a trail there, but it’s not a DNR-sanctioned route. “I’d like to see it done,” he said. The NRC heard a report that the Baraga State Park filled up with campers on Labor Day weekend and camping has been up as much as 10 percent in state parks. Matonich said t...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - Area residents gathered to admire more than 65 pieces of art on display Thursday evening during the opening reception for the Art of the Porkies exhibit inside the Downtown Art Place in Ironwood. Every piece of art of the exhibit is inspired by the natural beauty of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. The artwork is part of the permanent collection of the Friends of Porkies, said Porcupine Mountains Artist in Residence Director...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - The final touches are being made in preparation to open Aspirus Grand View Hospital's state-of-the-art outpatient clinic in November. Earlier in the week, the hospital parking lot closed for construction and work continued on Wednesday. "This is the last major phase of the outpatient clinic project," said GVH spokesperson David Sim. According to the schedule, the construction period is estimated to last four weeks, weather pending. All serv...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] WAKEFIELD - To encourage local teachers to re-imagine educational possibilities, Wakefield-Marenisco School District teacher Kathy Makela hosted a screening Wednesday of the movie "Most Likely to Succeed." Before playing the movie, Makela said the current educational format hasn't changed enough over the past 100 years, and now is the time to make changes. According to a release she provided, the movie aims to help schools re-imagine their purpose...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] MARENISCO — Eighteen prisoners were transferred out of the Ojibway Correctional Facility after six different fights broke out. Deputy warden Mike Yon recapped the events of Aug. 17 at a Sept. 8 quarterly meeting of the OCF’s Community Liaison Committee. Yon said the fights occurred over a 42-minute period and involved “multiple prisoners,” according to administrative assistant Micki Sorensen’s minutes of the committee meeting. A total of 26 misconduct violations were written for 25 prisoners and 18 wer...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] IRONWOOD - The Ironwood welcome sign off McLeod Avenue that was destroyed in a rollover accident will be replaced to the tune of $14,000. That's the amount the city received from its insurance company to replace the sign. The city commission on Monday approved a bid from Creative Signs, of DePere, Wis., to design and erect a new sign. The driver who was involved in the accident on Dec. 13, Tyler Strebe, 27, of Hurley, was uninsured. The vehicle also...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD — The driver who crashed into the house across the street from the Ironwood McDonald’s on Aug. 21 was arraigned Monday in Gogebic County District Court in Bessemer. On Aug. 21, Brandon Dennis Johnson, 23, of Ironwood, was incarcerated in the Gogebic County Jail at Bessemer for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, first offense, and texting while driving. Johnson told a Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department deputy he had been out drinking and was on his way to pick up his wife. On the way,...
