Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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MARENISCO - Michigan Department of Natural Resources Director Keith Creagh recently approved the sale of six acres at the Presque Isle River Dam flooding area to Marenisco Township. The dam is south of Marenisco, off the west side of M-64. "With the dam repairs, this impoundment enjoyed by anglers and hunters is expected to return to a popular waterfowl and warmwater fishing destination for Marenisco Township," said Terry Minzey, DNR Upper Peninsula regional wildlife supervisor. "This is a good...
Although they probably wish otherwise, today was the first day of the 2015-16 school year for students in the Hurley and Mercer school districts. Classes began at 8 a.m. for Mercer students and 8:05 a.m. for Hurley, according to information on each district's website. There was a familiar face in a new role when students arrived at the Hurley K-12 School this morning, with Melissa Oja serving as the district's dean of students. Oja had previously worked in the district as a middle-high school...
BESSEMER — Business partners from Wisconsin and South Carolina have recently purchased the old Big Dollar grocery store building in Bessemer. According to City Manager Mike Uskiewicz, the partners are planning to convert the space into a “state of the art” facility for producing medical marijuana. Uskiewicz said their product will be sold out of Gogebic County to down-state facilities that process the marijuana into medicine for treatment of patients with seizures, epilepsy, cancer and other ailments. Uskiewicz said the business will not be op...
PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS - During the Porcupine Mountain Music Festival, Vox Vidorra wowed with audience with their passion for music. Vox Vidorra, or voice of life, is a group of multi instrumentalists performing indie rock and soul music, fronted by Molly Bouwsma-Schultz. Growing up, Bouwsma-Schultz said she had a hard life living with her single mom in Grand Rapids. Bouwsma-Schultz was introduced to music at a young age and hasn't stopped pursuing her passion of singing and songwriting. Together,...
IRONWOOD — Bored at their Gogebic Community College dorm rooms on Sunday, five friends went to “shred” at Hiawatha Rotary Skate Park. Thinking It was a nice day, Shane Ollila brought his new dorm friends friends Jenna Juntunen, Christian Eggleston, Nuski Malith and Dakota Jones to the Ironwood skate park to have fun. Ollila said he’s an experienced skateboarder who’s been riding since he was 8 years old. To show off his skills, Ollila performed “ollies,” kick flips and went up and down ramps at the park. “Ollies “are not named after Ollil...
IRONWOOD — Following a “successful” phase I of the Western Gateway Trail project, the trail authority looks to trek on. Construction of phase I in Ironwood began earlier in the summer and was completed in mid-July. Ironwood City Manager Scott Erickson said local residents love hiking and riding on it. “We’ve had nothing but positive feedback on the trail,” he said. “We’ve seen everybody from young families to hikers using it.” The authority has its sights on the second and third phases of the project. Erickson said the authority will ac...
WATERSMEET - The Watersmeet Township School District has a new superintendent for the 2015-'16 school year. Gerald Pease was born in southern Illinois and spent most of his adult life in Montana. While in Montana, Pease said he was professor at Montana State University in the university's leadership program and an administrator before coming to Watersmeet. Growing up, Pease said his family often visited the area and thought it would be a nice place to live. Over the last several years, he said...
WATERSMEET — The Lac Vieux Desert Tribe continued its longstanding relationship with Watersmeet Township Schools by sharing a portion of its semi-annual revenue fund with them. Twice a year, the tribe presents the money, also known as 2 percent funds, to local units of government as part of a 1994 compact with the state. This year, tribal member Henry Smith said it presented the school with a check of $174,000. Using a portion of the 2 percent funds, George Peterson, Watersmeet K-12 principal and athletic director, said the K-12 school r...
IRONWOOD - Eagle Waste's new recycling service for Ironwood customers begins next month. Jim Whittinghill, of the Eagle River, Wis., company, on Wednesday morning said people who now receive curbside service will also receive 96-gallon containers with yellow lids for recyclables such as papers, plastic, cardboard, glass and other items explained in information sheets supplied to customers. "They'll be able to co-mingle the recyclable items," he said. The items should be placed loose in the...
HURLEY — While more information is needed to see whether its a viable option, the Gogebic Range Broadband Committee discussed applying for grants from the state of Wisconsin to expand broadband internet access to Iron county residents at the committee’s Wednesday meeting. While there are several options and funding levels that could be pursued, the committee’s consensus seemed to be to pursue “the low-hanging fruit” and choose the option that requires the least investment and expense while serving as many people as possible. With this goal...
IRONWOOD - State Representative Scott Dianda, D-Calumet, spoke Tuesday evening at the Memorial Building in Ironwood about energy in the U.P. and the future of the area based on energy types. Ironwood was the last of three stops this week in the U.P. to discuss energy reliability and the best price possible for the energy. He also spoke with a groups in Houghton and Marquette. Joining Dianda were House Democratic Leader Tim Greimel and Michigan Natural Resources Commission Chair J.R. Richardson...
IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College was filled with the sounds and sights of students, faculty and staff on campus Tuesday as the fall term began this week. Welcome signs, emblazoned with the college's new forest green logo, greeted students around campus and around town. Sophomore Darroel Pittman roamed the halls Tuesday afternoon on his way to class. His semester's course schedule includes biology, sociology, college algebra and composition. "I like composition, I'm a big English fan," he...
IRONWOOD — A representative of the local Western U.P. Snow Shakers assured the Ironwood City Commission Monday that if an all-terrain vehicle trail is opened in the Miners Memorial Heritage Park, it will not be a “scramble area.” Rob Youngberg, speaking for the group that was previously called the Gogebic Range Trail Authority, said a 15 mph speed limit would be strictly followed by the riders. A proposed motorized east-west trail through the 1.5-mile park has created controversy because about half of the people surveyed about uses there said...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Board of Trustees approved naming Zoning Administrator Leroy Johnson as the township’s noxious weed officer at Monday’s meeting, pending Johnson’s acceptance of the position. Several board members brought up the logic in selecting Johnson for the position as there is likely a lot of overlap with his current responsibility of enforcing township regulations against blight. “Would (appointing Johnson) be a logical thing to do. A lot of times, the same nuisance things he would be checking, many times tho...
BESSEMER - With school starting Sept. 8, the Bessemer Area School District Board of Trustees approved several staff hirings and accepted other resignation letters Monday. With the board's approval, A.D. Johnston High School Principal Dan VanderVelden accepted the role of senior class advisor and high school student council advisor. "We posted this position, and we didn't have anybody from the Bessemer area apply," BASD Superintendent Dave Radovich said. VanderVelden said taking on these roles...
IRONWOOD - A group of residents gathered at the pavilion in Ironwood's Depot Park Saturday morning to receive assignments for the summer clean-up of the Montreal River. The clean-up was one of three this year, said Ian Shackleford - a botanist with the U.S. Forest Service which helped an organize the cleanup - and was coordinated by the Forest Service, the Ironwood Parks and Recreation Committee and the Iron County Land and Water Conservation Department. There was a clean-up using kayaks in...
KIMBALL, Wis. - The Iron County Farmers Market was especially crowded Saturday as the market dedicated a new sign commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Lucy Luoma Hantala Pavilion, the market's home. Located at the corner of 10th Avenue and U.S. 51, the pavilion is named after Lucy Luoma Hantala, a former teacher of one of the market's founding fathers, John Sola and a supporter of the effort to build the pavilion. "The market had applied for a grant to construct the new pavilion, but the...
BESSEMER - It was a party in Bessemer's Bluff Valley Park Saturday as the park was the site of the annual town picnic, hosted by Marty's Goldenaires. The day featured a variety of games for both children and adults, including penny pitch, chuck-a-luck, frog races, super-sized beer pong - which features soccer balls and garbage cans - and a corn hole tournament. There was also the standard summer picnic-fare of burgers, bratwurst, hot dogs, grilled corn and chicken as well as refreshments....
THE SUPERIOR Volleyball League held its annual end of the season tournament Saturday at Carey Park in Hurley. Estimates by participants put attendance at the event around 100 people. Among the teams facing off were those sponsored by Bank Club and the Branding Iron, which met in the finals with Bank Club's team winning the tournament....
WAKEFIELD - Area residents now have another avenue to dispose of old medication with the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post unveiling a new medicine drop-off box on Friday. The box will be available for residents to use during the post's hours of operation, Mondays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to trooper Warren Webster. The box offers an easy, anonymous way to dispose of certain prescription medicines, Webster said, adding that while post personnel will monitor the disposal to...
IRONWOOD - Girls and boys dressed in their finest clothes for the sixth annual Fancy Nancy Tea Party on Thursday afternoon, hosted by the Ironwood Carnegie Library. For the "year's biggest event," more than 20 children attended the party at the Ironwood Memorial Building. During the party, assistant library director Lynne Wiercinski told the children a story about Nancy, a young girl who loves everything fancy. Written by Jane O'Conner, "Fancy Nancy" is a series of children's books following...
IRONWOOD — The Gogebic Range Solid Waste Management Authority board decided Thursday to make another effort to meet with the city of Bessemer to reach a resolution to the city’s exit from the authority. The decision came after Bessemer representatives were unable to make Thursday’s meeting and, according to documents provided at the meeting, requested a meeting some time in September. Bessemer’s city council voted to leave the authority at its March 16 meeting. At issue in the dispute between the city and authority is a disagreement regardi...
