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Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - Lake Superior continued to blanket the Gogebic Range on Thanksgiving, as the new November snowfall record grew. The 9.6 inches of lake-effect snow that fell through 7 a.m. Thursday brought the November total to 87.9 inches and the seasonal mark to 89.9 inches. It snowed heavily after 7 a.m. Thursday, sending Ironwood closer to the 100-inch total for autumn. The stuff that fell Thursday was fluffy and light, unlike the sticky snow that arrived earlier in the month. The 9.6 inches...
HURLEY - With Christmas soon upon us, the Hurley PTO decided to use a classic holiday tradition in a new way. Instead of lighting a tree just for the holidays, the PTO is lighting a "Spirit Tree" in celebration or in memory of students, staff, alumni and the community of the Hurley K-12 School. "My co-president, Krissy Colassaco, really likes the Tree of Love tradition," Jerri Sokol, PTO co-president, said. "In the spirit of that, we decided to do this, to celebrate the spirit of Hurley." Indivi...
Though food and other donations often increase throughout the holiday season, many people still go to bed hungry. According to the Food Bank Council of Michigan, "One in seven people in the United States does not know where their next meal is coming from." The Food Bank Council said that they are serving more working poor families than ever before, and half of the people receiving assistance are children and senior citizens. In a study conducted by Feeding America in 2012, Gogebic County...
BESSEMER - Hundreds of elementary students and their parents celebrated Thanksgiving a little early Tuesday with a Thanksgiving feast at Washington Elementary School in Bessemer. It was the first time the school held the feast. First grade teacher Emily Stafford had held similar meals at her old school in North Carolina. According to Stafford, the meals were held there for three years, and when she came to Washington Elementary, she decided to do it here, as well. "It was pretty popular there,"...
The Michigan State Police are preparing for an extra safe Thanksgiving holiday this year. From Nov. 26 though 30, the MSP is conducting their largest Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort) ever. "Operation C.A.R.E. is a nationwide initiative aimed at reducing traffic crashes and fatalities on highways across the country," according to the MSP, and began in 1977. As one of the nation's longest running traffic safety programs, Operation C.A.R.E. is involved in all 50 states, some...
BESSEMER - Students at A.D. Johnston High School gathered for a contest to end a can drive held at the school recently. The school's Key Club organized the event this year, the "fourth year for Key Club," said president Valerie Rowe. It has taken place longer than four years though, said both Rowe and vice president Molly Wieringa. The students are organized according to their homeroom except for the seventh and eighth grades, said principal Dan VanderVelden. Students were asked to build a...
IRONWOOD - The Gogebic Community College board met on Tuesday to discuss the options for the Lindquist Center pool, as well as focus groups and a meeting of the Upper Peninsula college and university presidents. Pool discussion Community members and some individuals representing Snowflake Aquatics and the Barracuda Swim Team specially requested to speak during public comment on agenda items, and a group of about 20 people came to voice their concerns regarding the condition of GCC's pool. Member...
IRONWOOD - Snow or no snow there's singing and dancing going on at rehearsals for "A Claudettes Christmas Card" to begin Dec. 4 at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. The Christmas show is a collaboration between Theatre North, The Claudettes and the Historic Ironwood Theatre. Direction is by Cindy Franck and Choreography by Claudia Panasso. Not only is Franck one of the dancers, but this duo has worked together on the past six shows along with Theatre North president Lori Lahti, and Bruce G...
HURLEY - Over the last 13 months, Iron County residents have been able to receive free supplemental food through Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank, of Duluth, Minn., and the Iron County University of Wisconsin-Extension office. In October 2013, the mobile food pantry served 129 low-income individuals with protein, fruit, vegetables and grains. Fast-forward one year later, and the pantry served 534 people during a distribution in November. "It's really comforting to know people are eating...
(AP) - Thousands of people rallied late Monday in U.S. cities including Los Angeles and New York to passionately but peacefully protest a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer who killed a black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri. They led marches, waved signs and shouted chants of "Hands Up! Don't Shoot," the slogan that has become a rallying cry in protests over police killings across the country. Activists had been planning to protest even before the nighttime a...
BESSEMER - The Bessemer Area School District Board of Education held it's November meeting on Monday night, which included a presentation about the first grade class, as well as discussion on the superintendent's evaluation and contract and a competitive safety grant program. Teacher presentation Emily Stafford and Jonelle France started the meeting with a presentation about Bessemer's first-graders. The presentation included activities the students have done in the past month or so, including...
WAKEFIELD - It was business as usual Monday night at the city council meeting in Wakefield. A few quick agenda items and an update from the Wakefield Fire Department filled the relatively short meeting. The Fire Department reported to the council their purchase of three new items of equipment. A $4,000 grant came through for the purchase of a new saw, which the department now has one in each truck. With last year's ice fishing contest money that the department hosts, they were able to purchase...
MERCER, Wis. - Turkey dinners, raffles and crafts! The women of the Mercer Lioness Club hosted their annual Christmas Bazaar Saturday at the community center in Mercer. The club has been hosting this event for over eight years and they continue to make it better every year. One new addition to highlight for this year's bazaar was the food for purchase. In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Lioness club offered a full turkey dinner, including turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans,...
HURLEY-There was a lot of family fun at the Hurley Booster Club craft fair Saturday at the Hurley K-12 School. On top of all the vendors and craft tables there was also some great entertainment by the Hurley School's Silver Express, balloon animals and face painting by Fun E Business and a special appearance by the big man himself, Santa Claus. The Hurley Booster club hosts the craft fair around this time every year to help raise money to support all the Hurley student athletes throughout the...
With the holidays just around the corner, many families will be sitting down to a feast of turkey with all the fixings. When it comes to cooking turkey, many questions can arise. To help make the meal a success, University of Wisconsin-Extension food scientist Barbara Ingham offers some helpful hints. "Whether you choose a fresh or frozen turkey is up to you," Ingham said. "But for both fresh and frozen, allow one pound of turkey per person." If the turkey is fresh, people are advised to...
IRONWOOD - "We hear a lot about what's going wrong in the world. This is about what's going right," guest conductor Pamela Bustos said Friday in welcoming people to a musical honors concert at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. Dr. Bustos is director of bands and professor of instrumental music at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. She has been at UWS for 12 years and has studied with prominent conductors throughout the United States. Steve Boyd, Ironwood band director, told the audience the 63...
ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon County Saint Nicholas Project met Wednesday to set in motion its next month of activities to help the elderly and those in need have a brighter Christmas. Committee members agreed that with the state of the economy in the county, there is a greater need to help struggling families and the elderly. For many, that need will be met with food vouchers. “Christmas is a good time to reach out to those families,” Saint Nicholas co-chair Kathie Bauer said. The food voucher program is in need of additional funds to ensur...
WATERSMEET - Following two severe winters, with a third one in the making, deer of either sex are scarce in the western Upper Peninsula. Some hunters consider it a success if they even see a deer, let alone harvest one. But a 14-year-old girl from Hurley had no trouble bagging a buck on opening day of Michigan's gun-deer season last Saturday. In fact, Lexi Swanson downed two bucks. The daughter of Nikki Swanson and Bruce Swanson, of Hurley, was hunting at the Bob D'Antonio camp in the...
IRONWOOD - The Barracuda Swim Team held a community meeting in Gogebic Community College's Lindquist Center conference room Thursday to discuss ideas surrounding concerns about the pool. Amy Lagalo, representative for the Barracuda Swim Team, led the meeting and said the swim team has 68 swimmers who practice about six hours a week. On the weekends, they travel to swim meets that often last all day. The coaches of the team are volunteers who donate their time and skills to teach the Barracuda sw...
IRONWOOD - Local residents braved chilly winds and snowy conditions to kick off the holidays on Wednesday night, with a tree lighting at Depot Park in downtown Ironwood. The event was the start of the 20th annual Jack Frost Festival, and about 30 residents attended the event. "This was totally Ironwood dedication, with these people coming to this event," Mary Hampston, festival planning committee member, said. The audience listened to Christmas carols sung by the Select Children's Choir,...
