Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - Dustin Anderson, program coordinator of Boys and Girls Club of the Northland, met with community organizers Monday at the Ironwood Memorial Building to make progress toward establishing a club in Gogebic County and Iron County, Wis. Anderson noted the group will use the Ironwood Memorial Building. The matter will come before the Ironwood City Commission for action on Sept. 28 and the club wouldn't begin using the building until October of 2016. All insurance will be covered by the...
Jared Munch, 23, of Duluth, Minn., recently became the first person to travel around Lake Superior on a stand-up paddle board; a 1,350 mile journey that included a stop at Little Girl’s Point in Ironwood Township. Munch — a senior at the University of Minnesota-Duluth — spent the past three summers working at the school’s recreational sports outdoor program, instructing whitewater canoeing, kayaking and stand-up paddle boarding classes. The classes not only helped him fund his journey but allowed him to build skills needed for the journey...
WAKEFIELD — A second installment of the U.P. Women’s Author Tour was held Thursday evening at the Wakefield Municipal Building. Presented by the Wakefield Public Library, two authors, Beverly Matherne and Julie Buckles, read aloud some of their work and discussed with community members. Matherne began the evening introducing herself and reading several of her poems and short stories. Matherne grew up in New Orleans and later moved to Michigan, where she has been living for the past 24 years. She is an English professor at Northern Michigan Uni...
HURLEY - The weekend of events surrounding the 47th annual Paavo Nurmi Marathon began Friday as registration for the marathon - today from Upson to Hurley - was held at the Hurley K-12 school. Along with registration, Friday also featured the first two races of the weekend, a one-lap race around the track for kids, followed by a mile-long run. According to race organizers, Isabel Carlson took first in the one-lap event, followed by Lauren Kiecker and Devon Mead. Aksel Cichocki, Anton Klein and...
IRONWOOD - A site plan and conditional use permit for Xcel Energy's move into Ironwood's industrial park were approved Thursday by the planning commission. Russ Kiviniemi, a professional engineer with Cedar Corporation, of Menomonie, Wis., outlined project plans for Xcel, with a half-dozen citizens attending the public hearing. Kiviniemi said some wetland permits from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality must still be obtained, but the company doesn't anticipate any major snags....
HURLEY - The Iron County Development Zone Council invited local businesses and organizations to Sharon's Coffee Company on Thursday evening to go over an annual report. Started in 1989, coordinator Kelly Klein said the development zone has served to help the county create jobs and get more investments. It works with businesses to help them expand through loan programs or get into the industrial park. Klein said the park generates business for the economy and has space available. "Opened in...
MERCER-Hundreds of people took in the array of goods and crafts Wednesday during the 35th annual Loon Day art and craft show. Merchants and visitors flocked from all over the country, including New York, Illinois, and Texas as well as Michigan, Minnesota and all over Wisconsin. All of downtown Mercer was filled with booths and tents with just under the full capacity of 250 spaces for vendors. A few of the crowd favorites included the hand percussion wooden frogs from the Frog Buddies, the live...
HURLEY — Kids learned about animals at the Hurley Public Library Wednesday. As part of its Nature’s Superheroes series, traveling naturalist Licia Johnson from the North Lakeland Discovery Center in Manitowish Waters, brought with her many critters. Before she showed the audience her friends, Johnson asked the children what their favorite superheroes were. Batman, Wolverine and Spiderman, were among the responses. Johnson pointed out each of the superheroes’ names came from nature. Children drew cards that displayed animals. As each was chosen,...
IRONWOOD - Sounds of music filled Longyear Park as the Gogebic Range Concert Band performed on Tuesday evening. Sitting on lawn chairs and blankets, 30 people gathered at the park. People in attendance were encouraged to donate food items or money for the Iron County Food Bank. Before the concert started, people had donated 15 bags of food. Members of the Klassic Kruisers Car Club were in attendance. They displayed their classic cars. The Range Band performed songs from a variety of genres....
HURLEY — A group of local leaders met with representatives from La Pointe Iron Co., last week in Hurley to discuss the possible reception a renewed development of the mine site near Upson Wis., — by a company other than Gogebic Taconite — would receive in Iron County. According to Victor Ouimette, a member of the Iron County Board of Supervisors, the meeting was initiated by the company to feel out the local temperament regarding the possibility of a different company developing a mine. Among those at the meeting, according to Ouimette, were...
IRONWOOD - One step at a time, Don Stevenson, 79, has walked more than a thousand miles to raise funds and awareness for pulmonary hypertension. During a cross country hike, Stevenson passed through Wisconsin and onward to Ironwood along U.S. 2 Monday. Beginning on June 9 from Auburn, Washington, Stevenson walked more than 1,700 miles to get to Ironwood. From Ironwood, Stevenson said he will walk 30 miles every day across the Mackinaw Bridge, through Michigan, West Virginia and Pennsylvania and...
WAKEFIELD - The Michigan State Police's Wakefield Post has some new faces as the post recently welcomed two new members, fresh from the state police academy's most recent graduating class. Troopers Andrew Tower and Kyle Swanson graduated on July 24 as two of the troopers comprising the state police's 128th Trooper Recruit School. Eighty-six recruits began the training - 62 of which graduated - which lasted 21 weeks and covered a wide range of topics, according to Tower, including training in...
BESSEMER – The Bessemer City Council approved the contract for engineering and coating inspection services on the Aquastore water storage tank located on Tilden Road at Monday's meeting. With the council's approval, Bessemer employs Dixon Engineering for $14, 414 to perform technical services on the 62,000 gallon standpipe tank. Dixon will perform paint the tank inside and out and install hand rails for safety purposes. In an email to City Manager Michael Uskiewicz, Joseph Hoban, Dixon senior p...
SAXON, Wis. - The 88th annual Iron County Fair had a successful weekend, seeing beautiful weather and lots of fair-goers. Saturday was the busiest day, hosting a number of events, Earl's Rides, competitions and of course the 4-H buildings. Both a kiddie tractor pull and an antique tractor pull took place around lunch time with Marty's Goldenaires holding a flag raising ceremony and performance right after. A performance by the polka band Finn Power entertained fair-goers in the pavilion...
BESSEMER - Bessemer Public Library invited the public to a picnic on Saturday at Bluff Valley Park. On a sunny Saturday afternoon, children and adults came to show appreciation for the library's hard work during the summer reading program. "This is to say thank you for coming out and participating in all of our events this summer," library director Melissa Rajala said. Before the fun started, it was lunch time. For lunch, grill master Jim Merritt said he made more than 50 hot dogs. Also on the...
IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College has been chosen as the recipient of the 2015-2020 TRIO-Student Support Services Grant in the amount of $247,580. “This is the fourth time GCC has received the grant, and one of a very limited number of programs to receive a perfect score on the grant application,” said Jessica Leinon-Novascone, Director of TRIO-SSS. According to GCC, TRIO began in 2001 at GCC and has been successful so far at helping students succeed over the past 14 years. Leinon-Novascone said the goal of the program is to increase colle...
SAXON, Wis. - Visitors to Saxon Harbor may have noticed a new sidewalk and several new docks this summer at the harbor's north basin. The improvements are part of the first phase of an effort by the Iron County Forestry Department to upgrade the harbor. Four docks were replaced on the south side of the north basin - the basin closest to Lake Superior - and a sidewalk was poured near the new docks, making the boats that use the renovated slips easier to access. The new docks are not only longer...
REPUBLIC — Michigan Department of Natural Resources firefighters and crews from township volunteer fire departments had the County Road 601 wildfire about 95 percnt contained Friday. Pete Glover, the DNR’s incident commander on the blaze, said the fire was estimated at 80 acres, after better visibility over the fire and mapping the previous day helped delineate the extent of the burned area. “The fire held within the containment lines last night,” Glover said. “It didn’t move.” Glover said crews would workFriday to finish containing th...
IRON RIVER, Wis. — A logging truck driven by a Hurley man was involved in a 1:36 p.m. Thursday accident that is under investigation by the Iron River Police Department. Police said a 2003 Toyota Tundra was westbound on U.S. 2, near Iron River, driven by Sue Beard, of Wyoming, Ohio. Beard’s vehicle crossed the center line and struck the rear driver’s side wheels of a loaded pulp truck that was eastbound on the highway, operated by David R. Bouillion, of Hurley. Beard’s vehicle went under the rear tires of the pulp truck, spun around and ended u...
HURLEY - Children and bird lovers migrated to Hurley Public Library for Birds of Prey on Wednesday. Birds of Prey is part of Hurley Public Library's summer reading program for kids. The goal of the program is to introduce children to the library, to get them to read and build their imagination. For Birds of Prey, Courtney Wright of Northwoods Wildlife Center in Minocqua, Wis., brought with her two owls and a hawk. Before she showed the large audience her animals, Wright talked about the...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Area residents have continued to turn out for Aspirus Grand View's Healthy Step Challenge, held at the township's Airport Park each Tuesday since July 7. The challenge runs from 4 to 7 p.m. and lasts six week, ending on Aug. 11. Walkers track the number of laps they complete on the park's quarter-mile track and earn rewards for hitting certain benchmarks, David Sim, the manager of marketing and public relations for Aspirus Grandview, explained. "It's a good way to get people...
A soggy summer across the Gogebic Range has turned into days of sunshine. After several days of oppressive heat, lower temperatures, into the high 70s, are predicted through Sunday, with no rain. That spells ideal weather for this weekend’s Iron County Fair at Saxon, Wis. The high for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Wednesday in Ironwood topped out at 84 degrees. The 110-year high for July 29 is 95 in 2006, according to the National Weather Service office in Marquette. Farmers have welcomed the dry-out over the past two weeks in the height of h...
