Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Porcupine Mountains - Organizers have been busy getting ready for the 11th annual Porcupine Mountains Music Festival, presented by the Friends of the Porkies. The festival is held annually on the weekend before Labor Day weekend - this year's dates are Aug. 28-30. The festival is held at the winter recreation (ski hill) area of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Ontonagon County. It was the very first music festival ever to be held in a state park in Michigan. The festival...
Editor’s note: This is the first part of a series on Proposal 1, which will appear on Michigan’s spring ballot Tuesday. ——— Voters across Michigan will decide Tuesday whether to approve a ballot proposal that could pump an additional $1.2 billion into local budgets for roads and bridges. Proposal 1 is a complicated ballot issue, but the bottom line is it would result in a great deal of extra money for road and bridge work. Darren Pionk, Gogebic County Road Commission Director-Engineer, said Wednesday if the proposal is approved, it will mean an...
IRONWOOD — City Manager Scott Erickson on Monday updated the city commission on numerous upcoming projects and clean-up days. Erickson said bids for the Art Park on Aurora Street came in high and options are under review by city staff. The Art Park will be on Aurora Street, in the space between Mattson’s TV and Appliance and Book World. It will provide a public location to display art, hold performances and art classes, and promote culture within the city. Around $13,000 was raised locally in a drive for the Art Park, meaning the Michigan Eco...
IRONWOOD - A dozen area restaurants offered their finest fare to nearly 200 people at the Gogebic Community College's sixth annual Taste of the Gogebic Range fundraiser at the Lindquist Center Monday evening. The event annually raises money for the foundation's scholarship and other activities which support the college's mission, said foundation director Kelly Marczak. "The foundation really does an excellent job of supporting all of our operations, supporting our students," said GCC president...
IRONWOOD - The audience at the historic Ironwood Theatre Saturday night were treated to an evening dedicated to the men who signed up for the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, as Bill Jamerson presented his show "Dollar-a-Day Boys" as part of the "Way We Worked" exhibition presented by the Smithsonian. The show featured a mix of stories and songs designed to entertain and illustrate what life in the CCC was like. The CCC, which was started as part of the federal government's New Deal...
HURLEY - The smell of meat on the grill wafted through the parking lot of the Iron County Memorial Building on Saturday as the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 529 held its 25th annual steak dinner. The chapter uses the money raised from the annual event for a number of causes, including scholarships, a Christmas toy drive, donations to the Iron County 4-H summer camp and helping others in need of funds, according to the chapter's treasurer, Arvid Sivula. Despite being up against several...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Township Farmers Market will host a vendor informational meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at the township hall for anyone interested in more information on this year’s markets. Ostensibly run by the township for the past two years, this is the first year that the township’s market has benefitted from a concerted effort by residents to organize and promote the weekly event, according to Darrin Kimbler, who is one of the organizers. As the market lacks a board of directors, there is no cost to participate in th...
IRONWOOD - The historic Ironwood Theatre's stage played host to the debut performance of the UPNorth Elementary Honors Choir, a new regional honors choir for elementary school students, on Friday. Featuring 47 students in third through sixth grade, the choir is designed to offer students in the region an opportunity to sing at a higher level than in their school music classes, Michelle Parks, the elementary music teacher in Ironwood, who organized the group explained. Parks said she got the...
OMA - Even though Gogebic Taconite's development of the mine site near Upson Wis., has been put on hold, the Iron County Comprehensive Planning and Zoning Commission continued to move forward with its mining ordinance by holding a public hearing on Wednesday. Held in the Oma Town Hall to accommodate the large crowd that was expected to show up, the hearing is likely the final major step prior to passage of the ordinance. Once passed, the ordinance would establish the requirements that a company...
WAUSAU, Wis. — Mercer’s Joseph Aski and Norbert Brossmer will be among the honored passengers on a Never Forgotten Honor Flight to Washington D.C. Monday. The Never Forgotten Honor Flight organization based in Wausau will fly 28 World War II veterans, 49 Korean War veterans and five Vietnam War veterans from central and northern Wisconsin to Washington, D.C. to see the memorials that honor their service on a one-day trip. Aski is a World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946 in the Pacific Theater. He was a machinist mate in...
Fishing may be a 12-months-a-year sport in Michigan, but there's little doubt that the last Saturday of April is one of the biggest days of the year for anglers. It marks the opening day of trout fishing, statewide on more than 80 percent of the state's trout streams, as well as the season opener for walleye, pike and muskellunge on the inland waters of the Lower Peninsula. Like many anglers, a fair number of Department of Natural Resources fisheries personnel will take to lakes and streams...
BESSEMER—The normally scheduled Monday night Bessemer City Council meeting was moved to Thursday night this week. Gogebic County Sheriff Pete Matonich spoke to the council about approving his proposed 3-year police contract that included Wakefield. Bessemer and Wakefield have been sharing services with the sheriff’s department since 2007. The new contract is essentially the same as the current contract with a slight increase in cost per year, per city. Matonich said he kept costs as low as he possibly could. The council approved the pro...
IRONWOOD - The Gogebic County Children's Trust Fund held its annual spring banquet at Gogebic Community College Wednesday evening. The group was established to help break the cycle of child abuse and neglect and periodically hands out awards to people and organizations in the community who help with that effort. After the banquet dinner, a presentation titled "The Jigsaw Puzzle Child" was provided by Mark and Jane Bale, who are both active in the foster care community. They not only help...
BESSEMER - The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners tabled a request Wednesday by the 911 Committee to increase the monthly surcharge on phone lines. Emergency Services Director Jim Loeper presented the committee's request of increasing the monthly surcharge from $1 to $1.30. Loeper said the money is needed as the cost of equipment, salaries and insurance continue to increase. Loeper said the county's 911 annual budget of $299,000 is supported by the surcharge on phone lines and cell phone...
HURLEY — Hurley K-12 School District administrator Chris Patritto confirmed Wednesday that the school board has taken no action pertaining to high school principal Jeff Gulan. Gulan was placed on leave March 23, at which point Patritto assumed his duties. “The board has taken no formal action,” Patritto told the Daily Globe Wednesday. “He’s still employed by the school district.” Patritto described Gulan’s status as “on paid administrative leave.” Patritto declined to comment on what the next step would be. “That’s all I can say,” Patritto sa...
IRONWOOD - The colder temperatures that replaced last week's warm weather can be expected to remain for the next several days, according the National Weather Service office in Marquette, although temperatures are expected to slowly rise to a high of 52 degrees on Tuesday. Thursday's high is expected to be around 39 degrees, with a high of 42 and 46 expected on Friday and Saturday, respectively. The thermometer is predicted to top out at 50 degrees on Sunday before dropping to 49 on Monday and...
IRONWOOD - A number of Ironwood students got the chance to see some young farm animals as the Gogebic County 4-H brought a number of animals to the front lawn of the Luther L. Wright School Tuesday. The district's kindergarten through third-grade classes took turns visiting the trailer that housed baby sheep, pigs, chickens and a rabbit. County 4-H Coordinator Ashley Hampston intentionally chose to bring smaller animals to the school so that students can potentially see how the animals grow and...
ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon County board Tuesday said goodbye to long time treasurer Dee Killoran Tuesday. Killoran has worked for the county for 44 years and nine months, 32 of those years were as County Treasurer. Killoran is retiring at the end of the month. The board thanked her for her years of service. In her last report to the board she informed them that her office has finished the last of the foreclosed 30 parcels of land which will be offered for auction and bought the local delinquent tax rolls of $1,340,000. Stepping into the t...
HURLEY - In 1985, the Hurley High School music program tuned up a new idea, and 30 years later Silver Express is still going strong and full speed ahead, according to director Ryckie Holm. This year's show is set for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. at the Hurley K-12 School auditorium. Every year students audition to be part of the select small group which puts on an annual show in the spring. The band -including vocals, guitars, keyboards, drums and other instruments - rehearses twice...
HURLEY - In the first meeting since Hurley High School Principal Jeff Gulan was placed on leave, the Board of Education declined to discuss any personnel issues in open session Monday, citing district policy and the due process rights of its employees. A large crowd attended the meeting but most weren't permitted to address the board. Board President Joe Simonich, who was retook the oath of office at the beginning of the meeting following his re-election earlier this month, acknowledged the...
LONGUEUIL, Quebec — Highland Copper Company announced Monday that the company had entered into an agreement to secure additional mineral rights in White Pine, located in Ontonagon County, from a private Michigan limited liability company, expanding the company’s holdings in the region. The leased mineral rights would secure approximately 1,816 acres, the press release announcing the agreement said, located within the White Pine North project area but that wasn’t owned by the owners of the former White Pine Mine. Once the agreement is final...
BESSEMER - It was a busy day Saturday for the Bessemer Women's Club as it hosted a vintage quilt show, tea party and fashion show. As part of the Smithsonian's "The Way We Worked" exhibit, the Bessemer Women's Club put together this event to highlight women's fashion and work in this area. Months of hard work collecting and organizing each of the items that were on display and in the fashion show paid off, as organizers called the day a success. The day began with a vintage quilt show in the Bes...
WAKEFIELD - Domestic Violence Escape hosted an "Awareness Matters" run-walk-stroll Saturday morning at Sunday Lake in Wakefield. The purpose of the event was to raise awareness for sexual assault in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, according to a DOVE spokesperson. The goal of event and the special month-long awareness campaign is to not only raise public awareness but to educate communities on how to prevent sexual violence. The events and programs put on in the month of April will...
BESSEMER — The Gogebic-Iron Area Narcotics Team arrested a 30-year-old male in Bessemer on Friday evening at 11:45 on multiple warrants and local charges. The subject was arrested on a felony warrant for the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department, a felony warrant from the state of Wisconsin, a felony warrant from the state of Minnesota and a warrant issued by the U.S. Marshals. The charges range from resisting and obstructing, dangerous drugs, selling heroin and parole violation. The subject was jailed at the Gogebic County Jail on bonds ran...
