Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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SAXON,Wis. - Sounds of roaring engines echoed across Saxon during Rolling Thunder races Saturday at the Iron County Fairgrouds. As rain poured, snowmobiles, pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles, vans and off-roading vehicles flung mud high into the sky. Snowmobiles on snow is a common sight in the Northwoods, but snowmobiles on grass? That is a different story. Traveling at speeds of more than 70 miles per hour, racers sped across a grass drag strip riding retro snowmobiles. Wearing pink...
The Gogebic-Ontonagon Medical Control Authority has received a grant from the state of Michigan that will allow six additional automated external defibrillators be placed at various locations throughout the two counties. The grant, provided by the Michigan Center for Rural Health through its Rural Automated External Defibrillator Grant Program, will allow the devices to be located at the Ironwood Public Safety Department building, Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Department, Watersmeet Fire and Rescue, Ironwood Area Schools, Ironwood Walmart and t...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Jyl Olson-DeRosso will remain Ironwood Township treasurer, at least until November’s election, after the township board accepted her request to rescind her resignation from the office Friday. Olson-DeRosso had submitted a letter of resignation that was accepted by the township board at its July 25 meeting, with the resignation not set to take effect until Monday. On Friday, Olson-DeRosso said at the time she felt pressured to give up the position. “(The resignation) had nothing to do with the four individuals sitting aroun...
BESSEMER — With the trial scheduled to begin Thursday morning, a last-minute plea agreement was reached in the case against an Ironwood Township man facing charges in connection to a YouTube video of the killing of a coyote. Dale Scott Allen, 46, pleaded guilty to one count of reckless use of a firearm in Gogebic County District Court Thursday prior to the beginning of his trial. Following the acceptance of the plea, Allen was sentenced by District Court Judge Joel Massie to a loss of hunting privileges through May 1, 2020, the surrender of the...
HURLEY - Even though there are hundreds of books in the Hurley Public Library, storyteller Tracy Chipman didn't use any to tell stories Wednesday in an effort to inspire children to use their imaginations. "You have this movie projector in your mind," she said, referring to the imagination. Each tale she tells, Chipman said, is done with "the intention of celebrating our shared humanity." With a half dozen children gathered around, Chipman told a story about a farmer dealing with a severe...
BESSEMER — As work on the second phase of the Western Gateway Trail progresses from Ironwood to Moore Street in Bessemer, the authority governing the trail found out Wednesday the later phases of the project may have hit a road block. In Bessemer, the authority is negotiating with Pat Steiger to allow the trail to pass through his property on the western end of the city. Authority member Rob Coleman said Steiger recently pulled his property “off the table as long as Kathy Whitburn is mayor.” “I talked to Pat a lot. He wants the trail to go t...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Public Safety Department responded to a 1:40 p.m. Tuesday afternoon fire in a house that followed a domestic disturbance. IPSD Director Andrew DiGiorgio, at the scene around 2 p.m., said the fire at 246 W. Ash St. was intentionally set and criminal charges were pending. He said a man had barricaded himself inside the house after a domestic dispute with a woman. IPSD officers were then able to gain entry to the residence and remove the suspect. At that point, DiGiorgio...
IRONWOOD — The topic of area districts consolidating once again came up at the Ironwood Area Public School’s Board of Education meeting Monday, with the board reaffirming its support for consolidating after hearing a report on a recent meeting with Bessemer officials. Board President Steve Thomas said he and President Pro Tem Ed Rickard met with Bessemer Area Public School’s Board of Education members Beth Stieger and Sherri Graham, as well as Bessemer Superintendent Dave Radovich, Aug. 11. According to Thomas, the meeting began with a brief...
BESSEMER - The Bessemer City Council Monday adopted a zoning ordinance amendment for Steiger Timer Operations to rezone its property from light industrial to heavy industrial. On July 19, the council voted 3-2 to rezone the property on Tamarack Avenue that is owned by Bessemer resident Pat Steiger. Mayor Kathy Whitburn and council member John Frello voted against rezoning the property. The issue of rezoning the property has been the focus of several meetings and hearings over the last few...
HURLEY — The Iron County Human Services Board directed the department to join with other departments statewide in potentially hiring a software attorney to explore the possibility of the counties keeping the financial software they use. The move comes as the county’s Human Services Department continues to explore options for its data/financial/general ledger software after it was announced recently the company making the current software — Visual WISSIS — was discontinuing the software. Cally Kilger, the department’s director, said she has b...
SPRINGSTEAD, Wis - The Sherman-Springstead Volunteer Fire Department held its annual corn roast fundraiser Saturday. Department Chief Ron King said turnout at the event was a little better than average for the event, which serves as the department's biggest fundraiser. Now in its 37th year, the corn roast provides the department's operating budget. Major purchases in recent years, using funds generated by the event, included the purchase of extrication equipment and turnout gear for the...
SPRINGSTEAD, Wis - A decade after it began, the latest running of the Springstead Sprint triathlon was held Saturday. A sprint-length event - meaning a shorter course - the race included a 400-meter swim, a 16.5-mile bike ride and 5K run. Competitors could compete individually or divide the legs of the race between teammates. Around 58 participants took part in this year's race, which is consistent with the turnout the last couple of years according to Brad Matson, one of the race's organizers....
BESSEMER — A special meeting of the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners has been set for Tuesday around 5 p.m. The board will meet at the courthouse after a 4:30 p.m. personnel and negotiations committee meeting. On the agenda for the special session are approval of a data processing services contract and a discussion with Darren Pionk, Gogebic County Road Commission Engineer-Manager, about county-owned property near Oman’s Creek. Last Wednesday, the county board discussed the closing of a spring at Little Girl’s Point where the water tested...
May 28 was supposed to be a beautiful day for enjoying what the Northwoods has to offer. Paul Semo, of Rhinelander, Wis., and his 11-year-old daughter, Alexius, said they planned an outing on a four-wheeler Paul inherited from his grandfather. They traveled from the town of Carey with a group of friends onward to the Plummer Mine headframe in Pence, where they stopped for a break. Feeling the ride was too rugged, Paul said Alexius chose to continue with a friend on a different all-terrain...
HURLEY - The Iron County Board of Supervisors' Finance Committee heard an update on the state of Saxon Harbor Thursday, including the fact it could be as long as three to four years before the harbor reopens. Forest and Parks Administrator Eric Peterson approached the committee about purchasing a pair of temporary bridges, which would be initially used over the section of County A that was washed out at Oronto Creek during the July 11 flooding that destroyed the harbor. Peterson said the...
ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon County Cancer Association is nearing the end of its fiscal year and reminds cancer patients to get their cancer bills into the association by Aug. 31. The association pays up to $800 for unpaid cancer bills a year and after Aug. 31, a new round of payment begins. Sandy Morin, OCCA treasurer, said if there are funds from the 2015 door-to-door canvas remaining, patients who received $800 this year for bills can have their remaining unpaid bills pro-rated for extra funds. After Aug. 29, the patient is eligible to s...
SAXON, Wis. - A small group of soldiers from the Wisconsin National Guard wrapped up its part of the cleanup of Saxon Harbor Thursday. Roughly 12 soldiers with the 950th Clearance Company, based in Superior, arrived in Iron County Sunday and Monday and began the process of moving fallen trees and boulders around the harbor that was destroyed by the storm and flooding of July 11. The dozen soldiers were part of a larger deployment of a total of 104 deployed to the region following the July 11...
IRONWOOD - The fall semester at Gogebic Community College is scheduled to begin Monday, Aug. 29. GCC Marketing Director Kim Zeckovich said enrollment numbers are comparable to a year ago. "We continue to accept students on a daily basis, so the numbers do increase," she said. "Classes are filling up quickly." On campus, Zeckovich said housing numbers are also similar to last year. "Rooms are still available, but filling up quickly," she said. GCC employs 36 full-time faculty members. With that,...
