Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER-The big Bessemer Blast 50/50 jackpot of $30,494 has officially been claimed by a Hurley resident. The lucky winner of the the grand prize was Ironwood native Janelle Worthington with ticket number 33820. For as long she can remember, Worthington said she has participated in the raffle as a family tradition, "When I was a child, my mom would always buy a ticket and put our initials on the ticket," she said. "She would get one for me and my brother." In attendance at the parade,...
HURLEY — The former Hurley Inn, most recently operated as Resident Inn and Suites, will be sold at a sheriff’s sale at 10 a.m. on Aug. 11. According to a legal notice in the Iron County Miner, the property at 1000 Tenth Avenue North was foreclosed in Iron County Circuit Court on Feb. 10. The price is listed at $229,455, with 10 percent to be posted at the time of the sale. The sale will take place in the lobby at the county courthouse at Hurley. At one time operated as a Holiday Inn, the lodging business has not been open for the past two yea...
KIMBALL, Wis. - An early Saturday fire that caused a series of explosions at a blacktop company's quarry in Kimball is under investigation by the Iron County Sheriff's Department. The state fire marshal's office was called in to the investigation of the fire at the Northwoods Paving site, according to Lt. Paul Samardich, an investigator with the Iron County Sheriff's Department. Samardich said on Saturday afternoon that the fire of unknown origin produced a series of explosions that could be...
BESSEMER - The Bessemer Blast 2015 ended with a bang on Saturday night with a breath-taking "Thunder on the Mountain" fireworks show. Sitting on lawn chairs and blankets, hundreds, if not thousands, came to Massie Field to watch. Before the show, Marty's Goldenaires Drum and Bugle Corps performed a variety of patriotic songs to entertain the crowd. At dusk, it was time for the main event. To set the mood, Bessemer native Miles Mykkanen sang the national anthem. Then, the audience oohed and awed...
BESSEMER - To celebrate the U.S.'s liberation from King George and Great Britain on July fourth, the Declaration of Independence was read during Bessemer's week-long celebration Thursday at Ethnic Park. From start to finish, Connie Pricco, Al Gaiss, Richard Steiger and John Frello read aloud every word of the declaration in front of 10 listeners. Before they recited it, Pricco told the audience about the history of the document. "It was Thomas Jefferson who really wrote the Declaration of...
IRONWOOD - Aspirus Grand View Hospital on Wednesday announced plans for a $16 million, 43,600-square-foot family medicine, cancer and specialty care clinic. Hospital spokesman David Sim said the clinic will be attached to the current hospital, in front of the current clinic, which will stay open until the new facility is constructed. When the new clinic is completed, the current clinic will be torn down and the space will be used for parking. Sim said the project will take around 14 months....
IRONWOOD - As construction continues on Cloverland Drive/U.S. 2 in Ironwood, businesses east of Curry Street are suffering the consequences. It's the second of a two-year project that will widen lanes and install upgraded utilities and sidewalks. Last year, construction went from Curry Street westward to Curry Park, near the Wisconsin border. Now in the second half of the project, work is being done east of Curry Street to Roosevelt Street. According to Patrick Hebert, supervisor for general...
WAKEFIELD — Michigan State Police’s Wakefield Post is opening its doors to the community during its annual open house on Friday. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the post at 100 Sunday Lake St. residents will get to interact with representatives from a variety of public safety departments, including the MSP, Wakefield Fire Department, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Michigan Department of Corrections Ojibway Correctional Facility and others. “We’re going to have our SWAT team with what they call a ‘bearcat’ (armored vehicle), that will b...
HURLEY - A 58-year-old former Manitowish Waters, Wis., resident was sentenced to 90 days in the Iron County Jail Tuesday for running over a companion with his vehicle. James Heller, 58, of Duluth, Ga., was sentenced to two years in prison and three years of extended supervision by Iron County Judge Patrick Madden, but the prison sentence was then stayed. After spending the three months in jail, Heller will be placed on probation for five years. He must pay $30,000 in restitution. The incident...
IRONWOOD — Monday afternoon’s severe thunderstorms throughout the Gogebic Range caused sporadic power outages, a few downed trees and heavy downpours. Streets that are under construction in Ironwood flooded around mid-afternoon as the sky turned pitch black and car lights came on amid the deluge. A broken six-inch water line downtown near Lowell Street added water to the rain-flooded streets. The Ironwood Public Safety Department received a 1:45 p.m. Monday complaint that the area in front of the Fabric Patch store at the Lowell Str...
IRONWOOD - Northwoods Wildlife Center Education Director Bart Kotarba came to Ironwood Carnegie Library on Monday to teach children what happens to injured animals. As part of the library's "Every Hero Has a Story" program, Kotarba taught children what to do and what not to do if they see an injured animal. Kotarba showed X-rays of injured animals and asked the audience what was wrong with the animal. There were X-rays of birds, turtles, deer and other animals. Kotarba told them the animal's...
BESSEMER — Two Ironwood men will be arraigned in Gogebic County Circuit Court on July 7 on charges relating to the alleged torture of a coyote. Jason Charles Roberts, 34, and Dale Scott Allen, 45, were bound over to circuit court for trial by 98th District Court Judge Joel Massie. The two hunters are charged with urging hunting dogs to attack a wounded coyote that was struck by a truck and then videotaping the incident. They also allegedly videotaped the mauling of a coyote that one of them had shot. A young boy is seen watching the attacks in...
BESSEMER - The weather was clear and warm as the Bessemer Blast 2015 festivities continued on Saturday. The morning included the annual Hometown Run/Walk and Tot Trot, and events held at the Sophie Street Pocket Park, including kid's games, dance lessons, face painting and pony rides. In the afternoon, attention turned to the Lake States Mud Run at the pit on North Moore Street. Spectators, armed with sun block, braved the warm temperatures to watch the mud fly. Races were scheduled in several...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Area Historical Society played host to the 2015 Upper Peninsula History Conference, which wrapped up Sunday. Around 150 history idividuals attended the conference - which ran from June 26-28 - according to historical society Vice President Sandy Sharp, most of whom were from the lower peninsula. "We feel it was a success. ... Everybody had a good time, got a lot of knowledge on Ironwood history and enjoyed (visiting) our small town," said Sharp. The conference featured a...
Unemployment rose in five of the six western Upper Peninsula counties in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Market. The civilian labor market grew in both Gogebic and Ontonagon counties with both total employment and the unemployment rate rising during the month. The labor reports in the two counties are almost identical to each other. In Gogebic County, 100 people were added to the labor force in May. Seventy-five of them are employed. Total unemployment in Gogebic county is 525, bringing the unemployment rate to 7.9 percent. That was up...
BESSEMER - The seven winners of last fall's HIT Idol have been invited to perform with American Idol contestant Naima Adedapo at Summerfest in Milwaukee on July 4. According to HIT Idol producer Janie Williams, HIT Idol is a talent show loosely based on the popular TV Show "American Idol." Adedapo, 30, who grew up in Milwaukee, finished in the top 11 of the 10th season of American Idol in 2011. She was the headline act at the fourth annual HIT Idol in November. The seven local winners that...
BESSEMER - A small crowd gathered at the pocket park on Sophie Street in downtown Bessemer Friday for the sixth annual Tree of Honor tree lighting ceremony that kicks off the city's 4th of July celebration. The ceremony began with a short speech by event organizer Linda Nelson followed by her reading the names of the veterans and those currently serving in the military - as well as those who submitted the names - that will be featured on the placard next to the 2015 tree of honor. This was...
HURLEY - A group of Iron County kids cycled along County Road C to the Gile Flowage on Thursday to explore the shoreline before continuing on to Mount Zion in Ironwood Township as part of the county 4-H's Trailblazer program. The 4-H Trailblazer program is offered every Monday and Thursday through the end of June, according to Neil Klemme, the youth development agent with the University of Wisconsin's Iron County Extension Office. Each session generally begins around 9 a.m. and runs until...
BESSEMER - Bessemer's 4th of July celebrations are set to begin today with the city's sixth annual Tree of Honor Lighting Ceremony at 7 p.m. in the pocket park on Sophie Street. Each year the ceremony plants a new tree to light as a way to honor those who served in the armed forces, explained Kathy Whitburn, secretary of the Bessemer 4th of July committee. "It's a way of honoring our veterans, past and present, for giving of their time and service to all of us," Whitburn said. "So we honor them...
IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Public Safety Department received a report of someone walking through the alley between Suffolk and Lowell streets with a long gun at 10:34 p.m. Wednesday, according to an IPSD report. The report indicates that the caller also reported hearing a single shot fired. The subject was described in the report as a medium-height male, wearing a dark shirt, jeans, hat, glasses and a pony tail. Officers from the IPSD, Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department and Michigan State Police responded to the scene but were unable to loc...
WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield-Marenisco Board of Education held its budget/truth-in-taxation hearing Monday night before the regular board meeting. Business Manager Tina Trevarthen and Superintendent Catherine Shamion reported on the final 2014-15 budget amendments as well as the 2015-16 budget. During the regular meeting the board approved the final budget amendments that were presented. The Wakefield-Marenisco ended the 2014-15 school year with a balance of $119,044 in their general fund. The board regretfully accepted the resignation of Bob G...
HURLEY - Devoted to her passion for teaching English, student-teacher Taina Takamaki, 45, came to America with her family to teach at Hurley K-12 for summer school. A long way from home in Finland, Takamaki arrived in Wisconsin three weeks ago with her husband and three of her four children. While in America, Takamaki said she's living with her husband's relative. "It seems that everybody has some Finish relatives here," Takamaki said. "My husband has relatives here. But I don't have any...
