Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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Joan Rivers, the raucous, acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger zones for badly dressed celebrities, died Thursday. She was 81. Rivers died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, surrounded by family and close friends, daughter Melissa Rivers said. She was hospitalized Aug. 28 after going into cardiac arrest in a doctor's office following a routine procedure. The New York state health department is investiga...
NEW YORK (AP) — Police handcuffed dozens of protesters who blocked traffic in dozens of cities across the country on Thursday in their latest attempt to escalate efforts to get McDonald’s, Burger King and other fast-food companies to pay employees at least $15 an hour. The protests, which were planned by labor organizers for about 150 cities nationwide throughout Thursday, are part of a campaign called “Fight for $15.” Since the efforts began in late 2012, organizers have switched up their t...
BESSEMER - About 20 people attended the annual picnic of the Gogebic Range Woodcarvers club Wednesday afternoon under the pavilion at Bluff Valley Park in Bessemer. Club members Dale and Phyllis Leinenon played music while other members ate pasties and soft drinks. Allen Archie, secretary treasurer of the club, said the members meet twice a month in Bessemer's A.D. Johnston High School to talk shop, discuss carving methods and work on various projects. "We have a good time and get together;...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday harshly condemned Russian aggression in Ukraine as a threat to peace in Europe and pledged that NATO will protect allies who fear they will be Moscow's next target. Standing on Russia's doorstep, Obama declared "this is a moment of testing" for the Western alliance to stand up to the Kremlin. At the same time, the Pentagon announced that 200 U.S. soldiers would participate in an exercise in western Ukraine starting next week. Though...
Labor Day weekend of 2014 will be remembered as one of wetness and lightning across the Gogebic Range. A Sunday night lightning storm that extended into Monday morning caused area streams to rise and some gravel roads to wash out, capping off a wild week of weather. Parkers and Oronto creeks at Saxon Harbor, nearly bone-dry just two weeks ago, turned high and muddy as the rain caused them to rise to spring run-off levels and send woody debris into Lake Superior. The Saxon area recorded more...
IRONWOOD - The first day of school provides a unique set of challenges for students. New teachers, classmates and lockers can make the day seem daunting. For students in the Ironwood Area School District, Tuesday provided a new challenge - a new building, or newly repurposed building. Not only was Tuesday the first day of school, but it was also the first day of Luther L. Wright School being a K-12 facility. Kindergarten through second grade students made the move to LLW from Sleight...
BESSEMER - Bessemer's City Council approved moving a piece of city-owned property into the Bluff Valley Park system during its meeting Tuesday. The decision was approved by a 4-1 vote, with council member Marlene Zaleski voting against. The property near Steiger Field, north of West Iron Street between Massie Avenue and State Street, was an item of interest for residents who owned property in the area. Two separate proposals were made earlier this year by private citizens to purchase a total...
DETROIT (AP) - The plan to restructure billions of dollars in debt is the vehicle the Motor City needs to free up funds to provide services to residents and allow the city to survive, one of Detroit's attorneys told the federal judge at the helm of the historic bankruptcy trial, which started Tuesday. Bruce Bennett said during his opening statement before federal Judge Steven Rhodes that Detroit has operated in distressed conditions for so long that it requires vast amounts of investment. "Detro...
HURLEY - After a rainy start, Festivale Italiano went off without a hitch on Saturday afternoon in downtown Hurley, with more than 1,000 people attending the annual event. Rain caused the event to be delayed for 30 minutes, but according to Dorrene O'Donnell, executive director of the Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce, everything fell into place. "The community came together, despite the weather, to support this event and each other," O'Donnell said. "I'm just thrilled at how this turned out." Vis...
ONTONAGON - Beautiful weather, large crowds, music, floats and some surprises highlighted the 57th annual Ontonagon Labor Festival parade Sunday in Ontonagon. The parade featured a special presentation, welcoming Highland Copper Company president David Fennell to Ontonagon County. Highland recently purchased the rights to mining projects in the Upper Peninsula, including the White Pine Mine. William Fischer, president of the Ontonagon County Economic Partnership, presented Fennell with a framed...
MARQUETTE - A 27-foot Department of Natural Resources boat was named for former DNR deputy director Frank Opolka in a ceremony Wednesday in Marquette. The boat was one of three acquired through federal Port Security Grant Program funding. Opolka was responsible for DNR operations in the Upper Peninsula. The boat is docked at the Presque Isle Marina in Marquette and is used for patrols on Lake Superior, from Marquette County on west. The patrols include fishing and marine safety checks, boating...
When you have been involved with an organization as long as I have with the Ontonagon Labor Festival, you have many memories. For more than 50 years, with many chairmen and groups, the annual event has been part of my life. It has become more than a local celebration. It is a homecoming, a last hurrah of the summer, a goodbye to the Upper Peninsula. It's all these things and more to many people. For me, it is a flood of memories. The most vivid, of course is the one in 2008. The phone woke me...
LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) - John Hosier has a story to tell. He'll tell you that his exhibit "Through the Eyes" on the Vietnam war is a product of his working through his PTSD, what Agent Orange has done to his body, his anger, his rage. It is on display now through Sunday in Ludington's City Park as part of the Cost of Freedom Vietnam Traveling Wall visit of the 80-percent replica Vietnam memorial wall. Hosier was in Vietnam in 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972 and 1973 in an Army career that eventually...
IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College is expecting to roll out its new logo in January, which is just one phase of its new marketing plan that officials hope will attract more people to the school of more than 1,100 students. Earlier this year, GCC partnered with Interact Communications, Inc., of Onalaska, Wis., to redevelop marketing strategies. "They have already started their process, as have I," Kim Zeckovich, director of admissions, marketing and community relations, told the board of...
HURLEY - Since 2005, numerous agencies across Iron County have come together to respond to cases of domestic and sexual violence. The Iron County Coordinated Community Response Team is a partnership of six agencies or departments in Iron County. According to Malinda Peterson, team chair, the group started after three individuals in the county died as a result of domestic violence. "These deaths signified the realities of the issues on how our community responded to domestic violence cases,...
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - For years scientists have theorized about how large rocks - some weighing hundreds of pounds - zigzag across Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park, leaving long trails etched in the earth. Now two researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, have photographed these "sailing rocks" being blown by light winds across the former lake bed. Cousins Richard Norris and James Norris said the movement...
DETROIT (AP) - Michigan peach farmers are harvesting a significantly smaller crop than usual this year after an especially severe winter. The U.S. Agriculture Department forecasts that the state's crop will be down about 50 percent from last year, the Detroit Free Press reported. Extreme cold wiped out most peach buds in Macomb, Oakland and Lapeer counties, southeast Michigan's choice peach-producing regions, last winter. Bob Tritten, a Michigan State University Extension fruit educator, said...
