Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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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...
BESSEMER — A resolution in support of the state of Michigan controlling the wolf population in the Upper Peninsula was approved by the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday. Denny Ellos, secretary of the Western U.P. Citizens on Wolf Management, offered the resolution to the board. “The efforts of all of us in the western U.P., especially Gogebic County, to get help with the increasing number of wolf conflicts in our cities, towns, townships and county continues to be the major concern,” Ellos wrote in a letter submitted with...
HURLEY - Steven Heifetz, the great-grandson of a long-time rabbi for the Hurley and Ironwood Jewish communities, will be presenting the information he has gathered regarding the Gogebic Range's Jewish heritage at the Iron County Historical Museum on Saturday. The presentation, which begins at 2 p.m., is one of the many events dealing with the area's history that is being held in connection with the Smithsonian's "The Way We Worked" exhibit. Heifetz will talk about the Jewish community that...
After a raucous start to winter 2014-’15, April in Ironwood bowed out rather mildly. In fact, the average temperature of 39.8 degrees was just above the 110-year average of 39.3 and the 13 inches of snow was just 1.6 inches more than normal. April precipitation of 2.43 inches was .21 inch below average, according to monthly statistics released by Kevin Crupi of the National Weather Service office in Marquette. The high temperature for the month in Ironwood was 71 on April 12, while the low dipped down to 16 on April 23. No new daily or m...
IRONWOOD - The Gogebic County Road Commission said Lake Road, in Ironwood Township, was closed to traffic at Maki Creek beginning at 7 a.m. today. The road closure near Little Girl's Point is located about two miles east of the Wisconsin border. The purpose of the closure is to complete road construction work on the Maki Creek box culvert. With four feet of early snow last fall, the massive project couldn't be completed and a portion of the road extending over the culvert was left wit a gravel...
BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners agreed Wednesday to increase a special 9-1-1 monthly surcharge by 30 cents per telephone or mobile device. The present charge is $1 per phone or device, but county voters authorized charging up to $1.65 in the November election. Gogebic County Emergency Management Coordinator Jim Loeper, who proposed the increase at the last county board meeting, offered a long list of reasons the increase is needed . He said the number of devices that fall under the surcharge are decreasing, bringing in l...
IRONWOOD — Downtown Ironwood will revert to the 1950s for a day on Saturday, June 20. Aurora Street will be closed from 2 to 10 p.m. between Lowell and Suffolk for a Historic Ironwood Theatre “Grease” sing-along retro celebration that will also include a Klassic Kruisers antique auto show. The city commission on Monday gave its approval for closure of the street. Bruce Greenhill, managing director of HIT, appeared before the commission to request the closure. Commissioner Dave Sim said it was an “awesome” idea that will give the small dow...
MERCER - Spectators at the community baseball diamond in Mercer will soon have improved seating as they watch the ballgame as students in the Mercer technological education classes have been busy installing new bleachers at the park. In partnership with the town's parks committee, the classes are working on assembling the bleacher kit throughout the day, said tech-ed instructor Isaac Markus. "They came as a kit, just a big pile of bleacher parts and directions. So we had to sort through (the...
WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield City Council heard updates on the Gogebic Range Solid Waste Management Authority, city blight properties and budget considerations, as well as made a final decision on a contract with the Gogebic County Sheriff's Department at a busy meeting Monday evening in front of a packed room. There has been a lot of discussion lately about the tonnage rates the authority has been charging. The city is charged $120 per ton for solid waste at the transfer station. John Cox,...
HURLEY - The 10th annual Brian Nasi Memorial Heart Run/Walk was held Saturday starting and finishing at the Hurley K-12 School. It was a popular spot for families as young and old participated in the either a 1-mile or 5-kilometer run/walk. All the children under 12 were given a ribbon and other prizes. To add to the fun, Junior the Clown and Twinklz were available to provide balloon animals and paint faces. The race was started in honor of Brian Nasi, who passed away from a heart attack at 54...
IRONWOOD - The city of Ironwood's spring garbage drop off was held Saturday in a vacant lot on East Ayer Street. According to City Manager Scott Erickson, the most popular items to be thrown away were mattresses. Residents had a bit of a wait to unload their vehicles, with the line - which began forming long before the official 8 a.m. start - stretching a few blocks from the vacant lot back to the old Josephson Nursing Home. Officials kept an eye out to make sure that there were no batteries or...
IRONWOOD - Graduates were encouraged to "Go Bold" at Gogebic Community College's 81st commencement exercises on Friday evening. The "Go" theme stands for both Gogebic and setting forth in the future. College president James Lorenson thanked guest speaker Ken Bowman not only for his service to GCC as a teacher, but also for serving his country in the Air Force. It all started for Bowman, a creative writer and also former English teacher at Luther L. Wright High School, in a one-room schoolhouse...
HURLEY - Kamryn Swartz, 9, entered the Daily Globe's Mother's Day essay contest as a project with her class at the Hurley K-12 School. Along with gifts she and her classmates made, they also wrote the essays for their mothers. And Kamryn won with her essay entitled, "Why My Mom is the Queen of all Moms." "It had to be over 50 words and it couldn't go over 300," Kamryn said. "I did exactly 300 words." And she wished that she could have added a lot more to it. Kamryn said she and her classmates...
IRONWOOD - The Friends of the Carnegie Library will host a used book sale this weekend at the Ironwood Memorial Building. It begins today with a members-only preview for those who are members of the Friends of the Library. It runs from 2 to 6 p.m. today. The public sale will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Most books are 50 cents, with children books costing 10 cents, according to Friends Vice President Carol Erickson, with CDs and DVDS usually costing $1 or $2, depending on...
Highway projects are gearing up in the Upper Peninsula with the warmer weather. The Michigan Department of Transportation said a mammoth three-part M-28 resurfacing project, including from near Wakefield to Bergland, will begin on Monday and run through July 31. The 23.8 miles of work will be on M-28 from Tula to Bergland, from Ewen to Bruce Crossing, and from Sidnaw to the Houghton County line. The work will also include gravel shoulders, concrete curb, gutter, sidewalk and ramps, and pavement marking. The project will begin with concrete...
