Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD — Plans to open a brewery in downtown Ironwood advanced Monday when the city commission voted to support an application to the Michigan Liquor Control Commission. The Ironwood Brewery Company’s state application advanced on a 3-0 vote, with Jim Mildren absent and Mayor Annette Burchell abstaining because her husband is involved in the venture. Former Mayor Bob Burchell said a group of investors purchased the former Gogebic County Senior Center building across from the post office. He briefly summarized the brewery proposal, saying a ...
MERCER, Wis. - Mercer held its 10th annual Lupine Junefest on Saturday. Around the area the sun was shining, and the lupine was out in full bloom for the event. Many bicyclists showed-up to participate in the fundraiser ride. Bikers could choose from a 10-, 26-, 28-, or 50-mile ride along scenic county highways. The bikers were in for a treat with "beautiful blooming lupines for 13 miles" said Shari Younger member of the Lupine Junefest Organization Committee with the Mercer Chamber of...
IRONWOOD - Women from across the Northwoods learned how to shoot rifles, hand guns, historic firearms, and even throw tomahawks and knives, Saturday at the Superior Range Shooters Club. The Women on Target event was hosted by the Women of the National Rifle Association. More than 10 volunteers, including club members, showed 35 women the parts of the gun they were shooting and the proper technique to safely fire it. Watching a group of women shoot rifles, Gary Sell, club president, said it's...
ONTONAGON — Ontonagon County will celebrate its heritage of mining and lumbering and fishing at the first Copper Fest celebration June 24-26. County-wide, many of the events will point to those historic industries. On Friday, June 24, mine tours and lighthouse tours will be offered, as well as a beach bonfire. A boat parade will take place at 8 p.m., followed by fireworks at dusk Saturday, June 25, will bring the U.P. Sports Fisherman’s Association Tournament from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. A captains meeting is set for 5:30 a.m. at the Marina. Top pri...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - An inspection of the integrity of Copper Peak's launch structure began Monday, the latest in a series of work projects on the site over the last few weeks. The work is the latest step in preparing the site for future international ski flying competitions, according to Copper Peak Organizing Committee chairman Bob Jacquart. While Jacquart is excited for Copper Peak's future, he is aware the community in the past heard Copper Peak would host competitive events, but they didn't...
IRONWOOD - City officials gathered again at the Ironwood Memorial Building Friday morning to learn about energy options available in the Upper Peninsula on the second day of the U.P. Education Summit hosted by the Michigan Municipal League. Michael Larson, of Michigan Energy Options, said renewable options, like solar and wind, are more cost-efficient and more people are using them. But he said the problem is that the sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow. Typically, he said...
IRONWOOD — The summer semester began Monday at Gogebic Community Community College. Jean Graham, GCC Dean of students, said enrollment numbers are similar to last year’s summer semester. She said 10 more students signed up for classes this year, with around 210 students enrolled. She said the college expanded its summer curriculum, but enrollment numbers prohibited offering some of the classes. Over the past three years, GCC President Jim Lorenson said the college has been witnessing decreasing enrollment, and it is time to make changes to hel...
BESSEMER — The Bessemer City Council Monday agreed to move forward with a combined $11 million sewer-water project in Bessemer. On a 4-1 vote, the council agreed to sign management and water purchase agreements. The council agreed to send the documents to U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development for approval. Council member Linda Nelson voted no. The documents will allow the city to eventually begin sewer projects worth $8,265,000 and put $3,465,000 into water system improvements. City clerk Jim Trudgeon said the agreements include $...
IRONWOOD - Wearing their finest clothes, four kindergarten students at All Saints Catholic Academy received their diplomas following Mass Wednesday morning. As hymns filled Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, the four graduates in Emily Lightfoot's class made their way down the aisle to the front pew. The graduates read Bible verses and sang alongside their parents and other family members in the congregation. Graduates Cristina Braucher and Gavin Davis held a banner with a Psalm written in...
Michigan Department of Natural Resources forest health experts anticipate widespread defoliation from spruce budworms to continue across much of the Upper Peninsula in the weeks to come. Robert Heyd, MDNR Forest Health Management Program leader, toured the region last week. He said the trees have shed their bud caps and spruce budworm larvae are feeding on the young spruce and fir shoots. "Homeowners interested in protecting landscape spruce or fir from defoliation this year should spray trees...
BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners Wednesday agreed to place 12 foreclosed parcels up for sale, exerxising its right to the properties. County treasurer Sue Pertile said people are interested in purchasing four of the lots. All 12 of the lots are vacant. Five of the parcels are in Bessemer Township and seven are in Ironwood Township. Pertile said the parcels are offered to neighboring landowners for the price of back taxes and recording fees. “The county will only acquire and transfer to the Land Bank those parcels that the...
HURLEY — With the passage of the June 1 filing deadline for candidates running in August’s partisan primary, it appears several county incumbents will be running for re-election unopposed — although a number of candidates have filed to run for Iron County’s district attorney office. According to the Iron County Clerk’s office, Clerk Michael Saari and Register of Deeds Daniel Soine were both the only two file papers in their respective races. With Treasurer Mark Beaupre filing papers saying he didn’t intend to seek re-election, Deputy Trea...
BESSEMER - Washington Elementary School students learned about the bells and whistles inside emergency and law enforcement vehicles Tuesday afternoon and even got to throw a pie in the face of school staff and law enforcement as part of a fundraising effort. Students climbed inside a Bessemer Fire Department fire truck, Michigan State Police Wakefield Post cruisers, a Beacon ambulance, a Gogebic County Sheriff's Department boat and up on a GCSD off-road vehicle. MSP Trooper Jerry Mazurek said...
HURLEY - A Saxon, Wis., man has been charged with murder and arson in the March 12 fire that destroyed the Bear Trap Inn in Saxon, resulting in the death of Lisa Waldros. Donald Rick, 44, who resided on Church Street at the time of the fire, is scheduled to appear in Iron County Court on the charges next Monday at 1:45 p.m. He told investigators that he stabbed Waldros in burglarizing the tavern, then burned the building in an attempt to make it look like she had died in the fire. According to t...
BESSEMER - After offering Daniel Wendt, of Monroeville, Ohio, the city manager position in May, the Bessemer City Council announced Monday the candidate has rejected their offer. After interviewing eight of 28 applicants, the council agreed to offer him the job during a May 23 meeting. The council agreed offer him a first-year salary of $50,000 and a list of benefits. On Monday, Mayor Kathy Whitburn said Wendt contacted her on May 26 and said he had accepted another position in a neighboring...
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The effort to launch a Boys and Girls Club of America chapter in the area continues as a group of residents met Monday at the Ironwood Public Safety Department to discuss moving forward. The group touted surveys filled out by parents of local students indicating their interest in participating in the club. “Our community actually thought we lost contact with the Boys and Girls Club, that (forming a local chapter) was a dead issue, because of events leading up to this point. So then I t...
BESSEMER - Bessemer's Class of 2016 members are now alumni after the district celebrated its commencement ceremony Sunday at A.D. Johnston High School. The ceremony featured performances of "Pomp and Circumstance," and "The Star Spangled Banner," before principal Dan VanderVelden delivered opening remarks. He urged the graduates to reflect on lessons learned from the valuable people in their lives, sharing some lessons he learned from his parents. One of the lessons his father taught him, when...
SAXON, Wis. - Fishermen participating in the 25th annual Saxon Harbor Spring Classic fishing contest sailed into the harbor on Sunday just before yet another lightning storm struck the area. The coolers of fish were quickly measured and weighed under a tent near the boat landing by 2 p.m. Then the competitors from 32 boats and spectators scrambled to get out of the rain from the storm, while the results were being tabulated. Skin Deep, skippered by Dan (Jumbo) Talkowski, Ironwood, won first...
IRONWOOD - With dark storm clouds looming, bike riders from across the area took part in the seventh annual Go Ride R Range Ride Sunday. Organizers estimate 87 riders participated in the event, which began at Ironwood's Depot Park and went to the Erwin Township Hall before returning to Depot Park. "One of the cool things was ... the fine people out there at the Erwin Township Hall had lemonade and cookies for us," said organizer Jim Mildren. The route began on the constructed section of the...
La CROSSE, Wis. - Nobody was seeded within three feet of Mercer's Sydney Thompson going into Friday's WIAA Division 3 state track-and-field meet. That didn't matter when Ozaukee's Emma Richards landed her second shot put attempt at 41 feet, 7.5 inches. But Thompson responded. Big time. Thompson's next four throws were the top four of the competition as the Mercer junior won the state championship; her best mark was 44 feet, 1 inch. Mercer coach Bob Schenk jumped in the air as her throws got...
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - Ontonagon Area High School graduation speaker Jim LaBine told graduates Friday that "when you leave here you can be anything you want to be and I spent all my life figuring this out." He then demonstrated the statement with his own life experiences. LaBine, an Ontonagon native, graduated from the Ontonagon Area High School in 1986. He told graduates that he "flunked algebra" in high school and entered the Army, where he performed maintenance a...
MERCER, Wis. - Mercer eighth graders got the opportunity to visit three floating loon nest platforms Thursday as part of an Iron County Land and Water Conservation Department project. The students canoed out to nesting platforms located on three lakes - Fox, Deer and Grand Portage - in the Mercer area as part of the Loon and Lake project. In addition to observing the nests, some students took measurements of the lake's clarity, pH value, amount of oxygen and types of invertebrates. While loons h...
SAXON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' brown trout stocking program shifted to Saxon Harbor on Thursday. Trucks from the DNR's Brule Fish Hatchery arrived around noon with 25,000 browns that were released into the harbor and Lake Superior. That was good news because some area fishermen feared the brown trout stocking effort would be suspended at the harbor. Bill Gobin and Gervase Thompson stocked 6-inch fish from a truck with a tube near the main boat landing, while other...
HURLEY - Hurley's Silver Street looks a bit nicer after the area master gardeners and Hurley third graders planted flowers in the planting barrels along the street Wednesday. The annual event has become a Hurley tradition that has been going on for roughly 16 years. In fact, a number of interns with Iron County's University of Wisconsin Extension office are participating in their second Silver Street planting. "Our summer interns remember doing this (when they were in third grade), so it's...
