Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission decided Tuesday to move ahead with an Aurora land platting project. City officials had budgeted $20,600 for platting residences in the Aurora neighborhood that are currently under the ownership of the Aurora Land Association, but the commission instead agreed to pay half the total costs, which could amount to $17,500. The residents now own their homes, but not the properties. A formal resolution regarding the assessor’s plat project will be brought before the commission at its next meeting. During pub...
HURLEY — The Iron County Board of Supervisors approved a plan Tuesday to contract with Iron County Sheriff's Department deputy Darrell Petrusha to continue maintaining the county's radio equipment once he retires from the sheriff's department. Petrusha told the county's Finance Committee May 14, he has been maintaining the county's radios since 1989 and wanted to continue to use his expertise to help the county. He plans to retire this summer. Based on information provided to the board and the discussion during the finance committee's m...
IRONWOOD - While the Luther L. Wright High School graduating Class of 1965 was more than three times bigger than this year's graduating class, the two classes face common challenges. "Life is going to come at you fast. You will make mistakes, but don't dwell on them, and move on," Judy Holst, a member of the Class of 1965, said in addressing 2015 graduates on Sunday. "Fifty years later, they want to come back," Principal Michelle Kanipes said in introducing Holst and her classmates who reunited...
HURLEY - As part of Hurley's 30th annual Memorial Day weekend, Sunday featured the popular Mud Pit Races, which drew a large number of spectators who rimmed both sides of the pit. The races were held at the Trailhead on the Iron Horse Trail. Hurley Fire Department race officials said the partly sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s may have helped bring out more people. The primary sponsors of the Mud Pit races were area businesses and the Iron County ATV Association. They provided first,...
IRONWOOD — Even though rain cancelled the parade portion of Ironwood’s Memorial Day celebration, the remainder of the ceremony continued as residents gathered Monday to remember those who died while serving their country. The ceremony began with the performance of a number of patriotic or spiritual songs by both a vocal chorus directed by Denise Woodward and a hand-bell choir directed by Gail Hellier, as well as the placing of American flags at the head of several symbolic graves. The music was followed by prayers and finished with the entire a...
HURLEY — Silver Street was packed with off-road vehicles Friday for the 30th annual Memorial Day Weekend ATV/UTV Rally, the highlight of which was an attempt by the Hurley Chamber of Commerce to set the Guinness World Record for most Utility Task Vehicles in a parade. While official numbers still need to be confirmed, Mark and Terri Bluse, who were designated to record the number of UTVs that passed by the trailhead for the Iron Horse Trail, counted 285 UTVs that participated in the parade, along with 372 all-terrain vehicles for a total p...
WAKEFIELD-Thirteen graduates were awarded diplomas Friday night at the Wakefield-Marenisco 2015 graduation ceremony. Superintendent Catherine Shamion said a few opening words and introduced the Wakefield-Marenisco Valedictorian Jennifer Wanink who gave a speech to her classmates. Wanink emphasized the class motto during her speech, which is a quote from Jack Canfield: "Everything you want is on the other side of fear." Guest speaker retired Master Sgt. Scott Sturkol, Wakefield alumni from the...
ONTONAGON - Thirty years ago, Steve Polakowski graduated from the Ontonagon Area High School. On Friday night, he stood before the 31 OAHS graduates as their commencement speaker. In the interim 30 years, Polakowski earned a bachelor's and master's degree from Michigan Tech University, worked at General Motors, served as a senior research engineer at MTU and, in 1996, founded his own successful company, Great Lakes Sound and Vibrations. Today, GLSV is a recognized brand in the automotive,...
IRONWOOD — For the 18th time, area runners will run in the memory of John Jarvi Jr. as the Ironwood cross country team hosts its annual fundraiser in downtown Ironwood on Saturday. Jarvi, who was an avid runner and supporter of the community, passed away in 1996 after battling brain cancer, explained cross country coach Benjamin Schmandt. “(Jarvi) was very dedicated to the community,” Schmandt said, “He was an avid (supporter) of the sport of running ... very inspirational member of the community.” The event will feature a 10K and a 5K walk/r...
HURLEY - The Hurley riverfront is getting more colorful as members of the Hurley High School art program, taught by Terry Davis, have started a mural on the base of the former railroad bridge that allows all-terrain vehicles to cross the Montreal River into Ironwood. Work began Tuesday and will resume today, two work days are also scheduled for next week before the mural is hopefully completed. The mural, which is funded with grant money obtained by the Iron County Health Department, is a...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Approximately 40 people gathered in one of the classrooms in the Solin Business Center of Gogebic Community College Wednesday to hear Wil Rankinen present a talk based on his doctoral dissertation, "The U.P. Dialect: A Story of Change." Rankinen - who is currently a visiting assistant professor at the linguistics department of the University of Rochester (N.Y.) - began by explaining that languages evolve and change over time, citing the evolution of English from the time of...
BERGLAND — Four of the six high schools in the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District have received bronze ratings from U.S. News and World Reports. Ironwood, Besssmer, Watersmeet and Ontonagon high schools received the awards for mathematics and reading in a national ranking with schools across the nation. Bessemer had the highest proficiency among GOISD schools in mathematics and reading. Bessemer’s proficiency in reading was measured through testing to be 60 percent. Ironwood and Watersmeet were both at 54 percent, and Ont...
IRONWOOD — The Gogebic Range Solid Waste Management Authority Board approved hiring a specialized accountant at the board’s May 12 meeting, to provide the board with insight into the financial implications of Bessemer’s decision to leave the authority. The authority’s legal counsel, Michael Pope, said that as the actions taken by the authority were done with the support of the member communities, and that Bessemer’s decision to leave could negatively impact the authority, they needed an expert to calculate the impact of Bessemer’s decision. ...
HURLEY - Representatives from the Iron County Human Services Department and the Marshfield Clinic Center for Community Outreach gathered in the county's board meeting room Monday to recognize Joe Pinardi for his work - as both the county board supervisor and mayor of Hurley - in passing ordinances, both at the county and city level, to combat drug abuse in the area. The awards specifically recognized the work that had been done to help prevent the spread of inhalants and synthetic marijuana to...
HURLEY-Cardiologist Dr. Steven Heifetz from Minneapolis spoke Saturday afternoon at the Iron County Historical Museum as part of "The Way We Worked" traveling exhibit activities. Heifetz gave a presentation on the Jewish history here in the Gogebic Range based on his personal journey in learning about his family's history. His research and interest began when his wife asked him for his family's history for their children's bar mitzvah. He came to find out that on his mother's side of the family...
LITTLE GIRLS POINT - The annual spring retreat for area wide sixth graders was held at Camp Superior this past weekend. Typically held in the middle of the week, this year the camp was held on the weekend for the first time for students from Wakefield-Marenisco, Bessemer and Ironwood, as well as many homeschool kids. The camp is held over three days and is filled with activities put on by the camp counselors and local volunteers. Activities include a high ropes course, a low ropes course for...
MERCER, Wis. - Claire d'Loon, Mercer's 16-foot, 2,000-pound loon, located on U.S. 51, celebrated her 34th birthday, complete with a present - a new voice - Saturday. Under the bow and wrapping was a new interactive voice box that allows visitors to learn about loons, as well as hear the loon's famous calls. Visitors can read about Claire d'Loon on the display as well as press one of four buttons to hear loon sounds, including a hoot, tremolo, yodel and wail. A fifth button plays information...
WAKEFIELD - The first Lumberjack Festival took place on Saturday at Eddy Park along Sunday Lake in Wakefield. As part of the events for the Smithsonian's "The Way We Worked" traveling exhibit, as well as part of Wakefield's goal in drawing new people to the area, the festival was a day full of food, music and activities. It was a beautiful sunny day on Saturday and the morning started with an opening ceremony and the unveiling of a student-painted mural for the city of Wakefield. There was also...
HURLEY - Northwoods Manufacturing held its second annual open house all day on Friday at the Hurley K-12 School. A steady stream of visitors flooded the shop throughout the day, talking with the students and watching demonstrations. Visitors were able to tour the metals and woods shop and talk with the students involved in the program. Students were busy all day working on projects and demonstrating the skills they have learned while in their technology education classes. This year the...
