Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY — A crowd of spectators gathered Sunday afternoon to watch the annual Iron County Mud Pit races put on by the Hurley Fire Department. The races took place in a large pit along the Iron Horse Trail just west of downtown. The event was part of the 31st annual Memorial Day Weekend ATV Rally. With local businesses and the Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce also helping support the event, it draws in a crowd each year. Cash prizes were awarded to the top racers in various divisions, with $100 going to the first place rider. With intermittent r...
IRONWOOD — Democrat candidate Lon Johnson visited Ironwood Thursday during a tour of the western Upper Peninsula as part of his campaign to replace Dan Benishek, R-Crystal Falls, representing Michigan’s First Congressional District in Congress. “I think that we’ve got a real shot here, this is an open seat … it’s a rare occurrence in politics,” Johnson said. The district — which encompasses 32 counties and 40 percent of the land mass of the state — is 24,000 square miles and is one of the largest congressional districts east of the Mississippi....
HURLEY - Hurley kicked off its Memorial Day Weekend All-Terrain Vehicle Rally with a 45-minute parade of hundreds of machines in light rain Friday evening. It didn't matter much to the ATV and side-by-side riders, many of whom were soaked in mud from trail riding earlier in the day. Hurley Police Chief Dan Erspamer led the parade down Silver Street for the final time, as he's retiring this summer. The covered side-by-side vehicles probably outnumbered the traditional ATVs on the parade route, wh...
Students aboard a bus from Rhinelander, Wis., waited out rainfall and heavy fog Thursday morning in a visit to Saxon Harbor as the Gogebic Range continued to get battered by thunderstorms. The students were treated to lightning flashes through the fog and a muddy Lake Superior as they got a lesson in northern Wisconsin weather. The sky brightened later in the day, but not before dumping additional rainfall across the area. The Ironwood weather station off Cloverland Drive recorded 1.6 inches of...
BESSEMER — Judge Michael Pope heard testimony and arguments regarding whether a search and the eventual arrest of Adam Lee Stone was legal during an all-purpose motion hearing in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday. Stone, 35, of Hurley, is facing charges of possession of a firearm by a felon, a five-year felony; felonious assault, a four-year felony; possession of heroin, a four-year felony; felony firearm, a two-year felony, and a habitual offender-fourth offense notice. The charges stem from an incident in Ironwood Township where M...
BESSEMER— The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners Wednesday set the 2016 county millage rate at .00668, the same as in 2015, but it will result in $44,100 more being collected in taxes. A total of $3,401,704 will be collected in taxes, up $44,100 from 2015, according to a report from Gogebic County Equalization Director Tom Novascone. The reason more money will be collected is because the taxable value of the county has increased from $502,635,304 to $509,237,147. In setting the millage, the county board did not need to hold a truth n t...
IRONWOOD - The city of Ironwood's water system received a "good report card" in recent state testing, according to city manager Scott Erickson. Following the water crisis in Flint, Ironwood was the only Upper Peninsula community chosen for water testing by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the state, Erickson told city commissioners on Monday. Erickson praised city utilities director Bob Tervonen and water plant operator Jim Ansami for the favorable results. The city has been...
BESSEMER — The Bessemer Area School Board adopted the 2016-’21 Gogebic-Ontonagan Intermediate School District’s common calendar Monday evening. Superintendent Dave Radovich said all six schools in the district will follow the calendar, with the same starting date and breaks. Students begin school on Sept. 6. Winter break begins Dec. 23 and students return to school Tuesday, Jan. 3. School will be closed for Presidents Day on Feb. 20. Spring break begins April 3 and students return Monday, April 10. There will be no school on Good Friday, April...
IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College welding students fabricated a sign bearing the college's new logo and placed it near the entrance of the Lindquist Student and Conference Center. Last fall, Gary Goulin, welding instructor met with the college's marketing committee to launch plans for the new sign. The welding students got to work in the lab to create a sample model and analyzed lighting options, which proved to be difficult. Goulin said they made four different attempts at choosing lighting...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees added resurfacing work on a section of Lookout Lane as part of the township’s construction schedule Monday, on the condition the Bessemer Township board of trustees also contributes to the project. According to information presented to the board, the costs of the project will be split three ways, among the two townships and the county road commission. The residents living on the road will also contribute the project, lowering the cost to both townships. Township Supervisor Alan Bar...
IRONWOOD - There was something for everyone at the historic Ironwood Theatre Sunday afternoon as Accent!, the Ironwood Area Schools show choir, performed a variety of songs as part of the group's second of two concerts this weekend. "Somebody said to us there was just a different kind of energy this year, that they were really glad to see. They thought it was really professional," director Sandra Genisot said after the show. "They commented on the vocalists and how so many of them were featured,...
BERGLAND - Six Bergland residents met Sunday afternoon to plant flowers in an effort to catch the eyes of people visiting the town. The volunteers moved the flowers, mostly petunias and geraniums, from their original containers and placed them in plastic planters. Wendy Savola, the leader of the effort, said she and another member began the flower planting project five years ago in an attempt to "make people slow down and actually look" as they drive through the small town on Lake Gogebic....
HURLEY - The city of Hurley overcame a major hurdle in bringing a grocery store to the city as it was one of six communities to receive a Community Development Investment Grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. According to a WEDC news release, Hurley was awarded a $250,000 grant to assist in redeveloping the site of the former Super One grocery store, located at 10th Avenue. "I'm very, very happy and excited that (the grant) has finally come through," Hurley Mayor Joe Pinardi...
SAXON, Wis - The installation of equipment on a communication tower in Saxon was underway Friday, marking the beginning of an effort to expand broadband internet access to the northern portion of the county. In addition to providing residents near the tower faster internet service, Iron County Development Zone Coordinator Kelly Klein hopes it increases business opportunities in the county. "We look it at as an economic development project, not only for broadband for businesses but broadband for...
BESSEMER — A Bessemer woman was sentenced to probation and community service in Gogebic County Circuit Court Thursday on the charge of third degree attempted home invasion. Evalyn Marie Juntti, 50, of Bessemer was sentenced to 18 months probation and 30 days in jail, although Judge Michael Pope said she wouldn’t serve additional jail time if she performed 32 hours of community service each month while on probation. She will also have to pay approximately $1,188 in fines and costs. Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs told the Daily Globe the...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - The city of Ironwood passed a truck route ordinance in October requiring trucks exceeding a gross vehicle weight of more than 30,000 pounds to use required truck routes and/or the shortest distance to the route. Andrew DiGiorgio, Ironwood Public Safety Department director, said the ordinance was designed to keep big trucks off McLeod Avenue and Ayer Street. But he said that doesn't mean vehicles with heavier loads can't use those streets....
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] MARQUETTE — A May 10 grand jury indictment charges four defendants with a number of drug crimes related to a marijuana ring which federal prosecutors alleged the four were operating in Michigan’s Gogebic, Ontonagon, Marquette and Iron counties. The indictment contains 10 felony counts against defendants Spencer Troy Ward, Sharon Marie Peltola, Robert Harley Stapleton and Craig Robert Asikainen in various combinations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Maarten Vermaat made clear the indictment is only an ear...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] IRONWOOD - All Saints Catholic Academy hosted an open house Thursday evening to ceremoniously cut the ribbon and officially open the school's new infant and toddler room. Before cutting the ribbon, area residents toured the school. Several people said they were pleased. Reverend Robb Jurkovich said a prayer and then Emily Lightfoot, lead teacher, Nicole Hissa, pre-school teacher, Don Stanley, of Ironwood and William Ribich, of Ironwood, cut the...
IRONWOOD — For the second year in a row, Aspirus Grand View was ranked among the top 20 Critical Access Hospitals in the nation by the National Rural Health Association, according to a hospital news release last week. “We are proud of the efforts and dedication from our providers, staff, volunteers and board,” Grand View CEO Paula Chermside said in the release. “This award is both a testament to the high-quality, patient-centered care available at our hospital and to the skill and dedication of our team. We are honored to serve our communi...
By TOM STANKARD [email protected] WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield City Council recently heard Jason Laumann rejected its offer to be city manager and agreed Wednesday afternoon to offer Richard Brackney the job. In February, the council interviewed seven candidates, including Perry Franzoi, Eva Smith-Fergason, Mary Servia, Thomas Budgick, Mike Womack, Laumann and Brackney. On March 3, the council offered Womack the position. At a March 18 meeting, the council reported Womack rejected the...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Earlier in May, Dave Rowe's biology classes at A.D. Johnston High School made their annual trek to some vernal ponds in the Ottawa National Forest, near Copper Peak. This year's outing was guided by Rowe, USFS Wildlife biologist Brian Bogaczyk and USFS Conservation Education Coordinator Joe Ponci. "You never know what you are going to find when you are out in the field and each year seems to present some interesting finds," Rowe said This year, a red back salamander that was...
