Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD –– U.S. 2 is open again. Phase 1 of the $7.5 million U.S. 2 project that began in May is nearly completed, at least for this year. "We're happy to see this major project nearing a successful completion," Mike Premo, manager of the Michigan Department of Transportation's Crystal Falls transportation service center, said. "We realize it caused a significant impact on traffic in Ironwood this summer and fall. We appreciate everyone's patience as we wrap things up for the season." MDOT exp... Full story
IRONWOOD — Ironwood voters on Tuesday approved a special 10-year millage to resurface about 10 miles of streets next year. The vote was 832 to 651, or 56 to 44 percent, to levy 2 mills for general obligation tax bonds to be repaid over a 10-year period, for about $1.4 million in street work. Before the election, city manager Scott Erickson said there are 62 miles of streets in the city and although much street work has been done in the past few years, about 20 miles are still in bad shape and need of repair. He said the work would likely b... Full story
BESSEMER - Six candidates competed for three four-year terms on the Bessemer School Board Tuesday. Elected were Beth Steiger, 657 votes, and incumbents Annette Lillie, 498, and Robert Berg, 456. Defeated were William Van Hill, 357; Cory Wainio, 391, and incumbent William McDonald, 270. Mary Beth Trudgeon defeated Dave Osier 583-359 for a two-year term on the school board.... Full story
WAKEFIELD - Wakefield-Marenisco School District voters renewed 1 mill for the school's building and site sinking fund for 10 years Tuesday to continue funding for the purchase of real estate, the construction or repair of school buildings and other purposes authorized by law. According to superintendent Cathy Shamion, the money will help the district continue to do many projects, including ongoing tuckpointing of the building and perhaps replacing windows and the addition of an elevator.... Full story
IRONWOOD - Over the past week, 45 area youth have been fine-tuning their performances for the annual HIT Idol competition on Friday. The contestants from across the area will perform in vocal competition at the Historic Ironwood Theatre, hoping to win the chance to open for American Idol season 10 finalist Naima Adedapo. The competition takes place on Friday at 7 p.m., featuring youth in grades five through eight, high school students and young adults aged 17-29. Two contestants in each... Full story
IRONWOOD -The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has pledged $10,000 as the state's match for a downtown Ironwood art park. The art park will be on Aurora Street, between Mattson's TV and Appliance and Book World, and across from the Downtown Art Place and Historic Ironwood Theatre. MEDC President-CEO Michael A. Finney said the initiative in Ironwood is "one of the first of its kind in the country, a great opportunity for residents, businesses, and others to pool resources and actively... Full story
BESSEMER–– Hot topics at Monday's Bessemer City council meeting included the Eagle Waste rewards program and the possible purchase of an excavator for the city. About 20 residents were in attendance and many made public comments on the contract the city has with Eagle Waste & Recycling of Ashland, Wis. Several residents said privatizing the city's waste removal through Eagle Waste was not the right choice, citing higher prices as one reason. A possible rewards system through Eagle Waste has als... Full story
KIMBALL, Wis. - The Kimball Homemakers held a craft show Saturday, at the Kimball Community Center to raise money for the Iron County 4-H. According to Mary Smith, Kimball Homemaker, the craft show will become a yearly event with the purpose of raising money for 4-H. "The proceeds from the table rentals the crafters paid goes to the Iron County 4-H for camperships for attendees. Last year 75 children were able to attend the week-long camp." Smith said. The community center offered table space...
MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) - Billionaire Richard Branson is promising to find out what caused the crash of his Virgin Galactic prototype space tourism rocket that killed a test pilot, but federal investigators are cautioning that it may take up to a year to learn exactly what went wrong. The crash in the California desert almost certainly dashed Branson's goal of starting suborbital flight next spring, but the mogul said that while he remained committed to civilian space travel "we are not going to... Full story
DEPERE, Wis. - Margaret A. Koszloski, 92, of DePere, and a former longtime Jessieville Location, Ironwood, Mich., resident, died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, at Angel's Touch Assisted Living Center in DePere. The former Margaret Munari was born Feb. 25, 1922, in Ironwood, daughter of the late John and Lucy (Finco) Munari, and graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1939. She was employed in the sales catalog department at Montgomery Ward in downtown Ironwood for several years, and for many... Full story
LITTLE GIRL'S POINT - Lake Road near Upper Powers Road is closed to traffic as the Maki Creek culvert replacement project has begun. It is the last of 10 culvert replacement projects throughout the county and by far the most extensive, and expensive. Smith Construction, of Marquette, the general contractor for the project, was expected to begin laying the culverts on Monday, according to an Xcel Energy worker who was at the scene on Friday. Massive amounts of dirt were being moved in... Full story
BESSEMER - On a cold, mid-October morning, biology students in Bessemer conducted their annual forestry day and watershed assessment at Powdermill Creek in Bessemer. This year brought high water and cool temperatures, according to biology teacher Dave Rowe. "The high water made it more difficult to shock and net the trout than usual, but we still caught 15 that morning," he said. The annual event has been occurring for about 10 years and it involves students visiting various learning stations... Full story
HURLEY - Students at the Hurley K-12 School got into the Halloween spirit Friday. Halloween capped off "Red Ribbon Week" at the school, highlighting anti-drinking, anti-bullying and anti-drugs. Students dressed up throughout the week in different themes to show their support of being drug- and alcohol-free and to stop bullying. On Friday, many students dressed in costumes, but another common theme was orange and black, in honor of the varsity football team's game at night against Spring Valley... Full story
WAKEFIELD - Three food pantries in Ironwood, Bessemer and Watersmeet, were given thousands of pounds of food during a recent food drive by the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post. The drive was Oct. 13-26, and was part of the statewide Michigan Harvest Gathering campaign. According to MSP 1st Lt. Donald Horn, the Wakefield post collected around 6,000 pounds of food during the posts "Stuff a Goose" campaign, aimed at filling a trooper's patrol vehicle, also called a goose. "The community really... Full story
IRONWOOD - Ironwood claimed both varsity and junior varsity titles at the recent 15th annual Fall Quiz Bowl at Gogebic Community College. Eighteen teams from six area high schools, including Bayfield, Bessemer, Hurley, Ironwood, Wakefield-Marenisco and Watersmeet, competed. "A total of 33 exciting games were held, with many of them with impressive scores," said Carl Vaara, Quiz Bowl organizer. During the morning rounds of competition, Bessemer I and Ironwood I won their divisions and faced off... Full story
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A terminally ill woman who expects to take her own life under Oregon's assisted-suicide law says she is feeling well enough to possibly postpone the day she had planned to die. Brittany Maynard said in early October she expected to kill herself Nov. 1, less than three weeks before her 30th birthday. She emphasized that she wasn't suicidal, but wanted to die on her own terms and reserved the right to move the date forward or push it back. While she hasn't completely ruled... Full story
IRONWOOD — A switch in health care providers shouldn’t result in much change as far as city employee contributions are concerned, the Ironwood City Commission learned Monday. City finance director Paul Linn said Blue Cross-Blue Shield, the current provider, offered a plan to the city with a “significantly higher premium rate.” As a result, the city switched to Consumers Mutual Insurance, which offers a plan similar to Blue Cross, but with a lower premium. Linn said with the new insurance there will be a high deductible, but it will be “funded... Full story
HURLEY - Elementary students at the Hurley K-12 School showed their support of healthy choices, presented what they believe responsibility is and even silly-stringed their principal. Throughout this week students have participated in the nationwide campaign called "Red Ribbon Week," devoted to making healthy choices about drugs, alcohol and bullying. Monday kicked off the event with a "Team Up Against Bullies" day. Students wore their favorite team jerseys, hats or sports gear to school to show... Full story
