Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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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...
IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College hosted an American Rec Cross blood drive on Wednesday. First-time donors, frequent donors and everyone in-between showed up to give blood. Second-time donor Samantha Robl was among those who donated blood to support the cause. "My friend [Elizabeth Roberts] talked to me about it," she said. "I thought it was a good cause." Volunteer Coordinator Betsy Slabaugh said hosting the drive at Gogebic Community College paid off. "For the summer, today was a change...
IRONWOOD - Narrative consultant Jenifer Strauss came to the Ironwood Carnegie Library on Tuesday to help kids learn to write and express their imaginations. To begin her workshop, Strauss told the students how she became a writer. "My sixth grade students inspired me to become a writer," she said. "I didn't know I was a writer until I found this lamp." Strauss said she found that lamp while on a camping trip and bought it from a Finnish shopkeeper. "The owners or this lamp were a Finnish...
ONTONAGON — Ontonagon residents will be able to get their marine weather information close to home under an agreement signed by the Ontonagon Village Council Monday. The village agreed to lease village property at the Ontonagon marina to the National Weather Service so a weather station can be constructed there. The agreement permits the NWS to locate a maritime observation system and equipment at the marina to measure tides, currents, water and air temperatures, barometric pressure and wind along the Ontonagon River 24 hours a day, seven d...
WAKEFIELD - Work continues on tearing down an old laundromat along Sunday Lake Street in Wakefield. The building had been condemned by the Wakefield city council. At the council's meeting Monday evening, Mayor Les Schneck read a letter from a resident thanking the council and city manager Margot Anderson for taking action on the blight issues in town. "If you look today, one of the places is being knocked down and that is through the hard work of our city manager," Schneck said. "There are...
BESSEMER - The Bessemer School Board approved the proposed budget for the 2015-16 school year on Monday. The board heard the district received revenues of $3,843,584 for the 2014-15 school year and expenditures were $3,914,167. The fund balance at the beginning of the 2014-15 year was $216,538. The fund balance is projected to be $145,918 at the end of 2014-15. For this coming school year, the anticipated total revenue is $3,686,534, with expected expenditures of $3,704,965 and an anticipated...
ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Area Board of Education heard about a new program which will be included in the Ontonagon curriculum through the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District. Superintendent-Principal Jim Bobula said an agriculture class will be part of the science curriculum. He said the GOISD has hired an instructor, and Shawn Kolbus of the GOISD, was in Ontonagon looking for a site for a greenhouse which would be utilized as part of the agriculture curriculum. Although a credit class is for high school students, Bobula said the e...
IRONWOOD -Dressed in poodle skirts, black T's and and saddle shoes, "Grease" fans came to historic Ironwood Theatre on Saturday to sing along to the classic flick. Prior to showing the sing-a-long version of "Grease," Ironwood Theatre and the Klassic Krusers hosted a car show. Because of rain, there were a limited number of cars shown. Overall, Beverly Tousignant's 1968 Plymouth GTX won best-in-show. Following the car show, those dressed up in costume participated in a costume contest. The...
HURLEY - Members of the Penokee Range 4-H program were at Stoffel's Country Store on Saturday to offer customers samples from a variety of dishes made with animals raised by the 4-H program. The purpose of the samples was to attract interest in the 4-H animal auction, held during the Iron County Fair in August. "(Today) was a day that kids could promote the market sale for the Penokee Range 4-H livestock club," said Carol Alonen, one of the general leaders of the group. "... (the food is) a samp...
HURLEY - When Melinda Roberts was diagnosed with stage-three colon cancer, her life changed forever. Before she received the bad news, Roberts said she had just moved to De Pere in 2011 for a new teaching job. "Within a very short time, I was diagnosed with stage-three colon cancer," Roberts said. "And they gave me a two-year window. He said, 'Go do something fun.' And I didn't know a soul here and I had no family." Roberts followed the doctor's orders and went on a trip to Baraboo. That's...
As the warm weather lingers and vegetables continue to grow, several area farmers markets are getting ready to begin. The Iron County Farmers Market in Hurley is held at the pavilion on U.S. 51, across from Chippewa Valley Bank from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays and 3 to 6 p.m. on Wednesdays, beginning on June 27 and ending on Oct. 17. Iron County market days are: June 27 — Opening day at the market, June dairy day celebration. July 4 — No market. July 11 — Strawberry shortcake day. July 18 — 4-H and youth club day. July 25 — Farm heritage...
BESSEMER - The Western Gateway Trail Authority met Wednesday at the Gogebic County Courthouse and Coleman Engineering Project Manager Paul Anderson went over what has occurred since a June 4 meeting. Anderson said he's still working with the Michigan Department of Transportation on not allowing motorized vehicles on the trail. "The DOT contradicted themselves," he said. "They told me to put in writing that they wanted this trail to be opened to motorized use. Two months ago, they told me that. T...
IRONWOOD - Bubbles flew through the air at Depot Park on Thursday during Carnegie Library's Bubbles and Lunch. Children and the young at heart had a blast blowing bubbles, playing and even reading. Assistant library director Lynne Wiercinski specifically choose three water-themed books to go with bubbles. "I choose 'Smitten,' 'I Get Wet' and 'Rainbow Fish,'" she said. "Kids love bubbles. Everyone loves them." After they were done playing, they chowed down free pizza, courtesy of the Ironwood...
HURLEY — Although the dark skies meant turnout was lower than expected, members of the Hurley K-12 Garden to Market program continued working in the garden behind the school on Wednesday with help from members of the University of Wisconsin’s Iron County Extension Office. The students weeded the raised beds where they are growing peas, rhubarb and other annual and perennial plants as well as repaired the plastic mesh fence that surrounds the garden to keep deer and other animals out of the produce. The participating students will later harvest...
IRONWOOD - A group of volunteers from the Ironwood Little League gathered at the John Krznarich Field in Ironwood, near Day and Vaughn streets, Saturday for some much needed maintenance. The group painted the field's sign, ripped down and replaced some of the rotten boards and repainted the bathrooms as well as some other much-needed repairs, according to a spokesman. The group was an impromptu gathering that was thrown together the night before by some of the coaches and families that are...
IRONWOOD - Children gathered around for story time at Burger King on Wednesday. As part of Ironwood Carnegie Library's "Every Hero Has a Story" reading program, Assistant Director Lynne Wiercinski read the popular children's book "The Bog Baby." Written by Jeanne Willis and illustrated by Gwen Millward, the story tells the tale of two sisters who go fishing together. While fishing, they come across a bog baby and secretly take it home with them. Over time, they come to realize that, if you...
HURLEY — Iron County moved one step closer to having a mining ordinance on Tuesday when the Iron County Comprehensive Planning/Land and Zoning Committee voted to send the most recent draft of the ordinance to the County Board of Supervisors for approval. “I think we’ve had the advice two attorneys, we’ve had four drafts, we’ve spent maybe a couple hundred thousand dollars of taxpayer money,” said Supervisor Victor Ouimette. “I move we recommend, to the full county board, the adoption of the ordinance.” The county has continued to move forward...
BESSEMER -The Bessemer City Council reappointed Beth Steiger on Monday to the Bessemer Housing Commission board for a five-year term. The plan to reappoint Steiger began at the Commission's meeting on May 21. Her current term is set to expire on June, 30. Steiger previously attended a Michigan Housing Directors Association Conference. According to Commission Executive Director Sheri Graham, Steiger has knowledge in finance and has demonstrated eagerness to learn about the housing commission and...
HURLEY — The Iron County’s forest will soon be expanded through two Knowles-Nelson Stewardship grants from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to purchase additional land. The grants will be used for two projects, according to Iron County Forest Administrator Eric Peterson, one centered in Saxon and the other spread throughout the county. The first grant will be used to purchase 80 acres near Saxon from a private seller, while the second grant will add just over 244 acres of forest spread throughout the county and owned by the state’s...
WAKEFIELD - 75 participants gathered near Sunday Lake in Wakefield Saturday morning for New Beginnings Pregnancy Support Services' annual walk, run and roll fundraiser. Organizers were pleased with the turnout that the annual event generated. "(I'm) pleased with the turnout," said New Beginnings Board chair Diana Friedli. "All different groups of people and ages, from people in their 70s I see all the way down to babies in strollers. It's a family event." Even though the skies were overcast, the...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Despite the rainy conditions, children and adult air travel enthusiasts came to Gogebic Iron County Airport for Airport Day on Saturday. Throughout the day, children between 8-17 years old, had the chance to become a Experimental Aircraft Association "Young Eagle" and ride an actual pilot over Copper peak and beyond. For the littler ones and adults, they could pay $20 and experience the upper peninsula=a from ta bird's-eye-view. In addition to air plane rides, air travel...
