Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] BESSEMER — The Michigan Department of Community Health won't proceed with Upper Peninsula regionalization health depa...
BESSEMER — The Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday agreed to call for bids on a new roof on the annex to the courthouse. The building and grounds committee recommended seeking bids. The bid opening will be on March 23, according to Tom Laabs, of Ironwood, chair of the committee. Laabs said it could be around a $100,000 project, with funding possibly to come from the delinquent tax fund. He said the project would extend from May to around June 15, with the old roof being torn off and replaced. In other business Wednesday, the c...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] HURLEY — There have been eight cases of head lice in the past few weeks in the Hurley School District. Zona Wick, of the Iron County Health Department, said precautions are being taken to hold down the number of students contacting lice at the K-12 school. She said the cases have been occurring in the lower elementary students, from kindergarten through third grade. “The smaller children like to touch and hug each other and it's commonly found in the lower grades because they have so much direct contac...
FIREFIGHTERS WATCH as a chimney fire gets put out in a home on Rock Road in Ironwood on Wednesday night. The Ironwood Fire Department was called to the fire just before 8 p.m. The fire was put out very quickly, as fire trucks left the scene by 8:30 p.m....
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP resident Paul Kleimola clears the snow off his roof for the third time this winter....
HURLEY - After two failed motions to postpone action, the Iron County Board of Supervisors voted 8-7 to approve the proposed amendments to mining company Gogebic Taconite's lease option for its proposed mine site near Upson. According to documents provided to the press, the approved amendment would change two sections of the company's option, which allows the company to maintain the lease of the property until the actual lease goes into effect, county Clerk Michael Saari explained after the...
IRONWOOD - The Gogebic Community College Board of Trustees met on Tuesday night to a approve Copper Country Campus expansion plans. Chairman John Lupino said the board had quite a bit of discussion on the expansion plans prior to the board meeting. The new plan features a front entrance in the Copper Country Mall, as well as three classrooms and many offices. One of the large classrooms can also be divided into two smaller rooms as needed. "This can allow us to generate more income up there,"...
IRONWOOD - Area high school students gathered in the gymnasium of Gogebic Community College's Lindquist Center for a Life Quest Program on Monday. The event was not open to the general public due to a lack of space, as witnessed by the bleachers filled with students. The Department of Human Services, DOVE, Inc., the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department, Community Mental Health and others had booths for the students to browse and attain more information about what is available in the communi...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Citing, in part, that job descriptions were in the process of being rewritten, the board of trustees voted to table Rachel Peck's request to join Michigan Council 25 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Robert Murphy - a staff representative with the union - spoke on behalf of Peck, who serves as the township's secretary and deputy treasurer. Murphy asked the board to voluntarily recognize Peck's union membership. The board expressed...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP -Seventy-five snowshoers gathered on a sunny Saturday morning at Wolverine Ski Trail to participate in the annual Yooperbeiner Snowshoe Race/Tour. The day featured a 5k and 10k race as well as a 1.2k race for children 12 and under. The races, sponsored by Aspirus Grand View, are a United States Snowshoe Association-sanctioned event and part of the Braveheart Snowshoe Race Series. Tim Buerger and Siggy Buerger finished with the fastest times in 5k race while Paul Buerger and...
MERCER, Wis. - Ten degrees. Some welcome splashes of sunshine. Plenty of food and beverages. All systems were go for the Mercer Lions annual Ice Fishing Jamboree Saturday on Grand Portage Lake, conducted from the Carow Park pavilion on County J. Max Ackerman, Mercer Lions Club event chairman, said more fish were being registered than a year ago, when the weather was bad. As of 2:30 p.m., 11 fish had been registered, with a 21.6-inch northern pike caught by Nick Pinzl holding the lead, but...
HURLEY - It was Laskiainen on Sunday, the Finnish mid-winter sliding festival at Little Finland. A custom in Finland, the sliding festival typically starts seven weeks before Lent and is filled with winter activities and food. The celebration at Little Finland on Sunday was a few hours of socializing and delicious food. Sonja Luoma, president of the National Finish American Festival Inc., organized the event and helped in the kitchen. She said the traditional foods on the menu for the afternoon...
EWEN - The Ewen-Trout Creek School music program has enlisted the vocal band, The Cat's Pajamas, to perform at the Ontonagon Theater to raise money for the program. Music director Brad Besonen said fellow teacher Patti Witt told him the group had posted on Facebook about helping high schools. "(Witt) brought to my attention that The Cat's Pajamas had posted an ad on Facebook asking for schools in the Midwest to contact them to bring them in to have a concert in the local areas," Besonen said....
EWEN - The home of John and Mary Nordine on Cedar Street in Ewen was destroyed in a fire in the early morning hours Thursday. The couple and their three children were able to evacuate the home safely. McMillan Township Supervisor Dan Staff said it was unsure what caused the fire. "All we know is that when (the fire department) got there, half the house was already up in flames," he said. McMillan Township Fire Department firefighters arrived at the home sometime after 1 a.m. The fire department...
IRONWOOD - The elementary school gymnasium at Luther L. Wright was jumping Thursday as students participated in the annual "Jump for a Heart" event. The gymnasium was divided into 10 station, nine of which were based on different form of jumping exercises, such as skipping rope, plyometrics, a "long jump" and a "Lambeau Leap," as well as a number of other jumping activities. K-5 physical education teacher Cece Aho said the tenth station allowed the students to enjoy a healthy snack. According...
SAXON, Wis. - The Iron County Sheriff's Department was investigating a Wednesday morning fire that destroyed the former Jack Steinmetz residence on Carlson Road in Saxon. A deputy said the fire was fully engulfed when the Saxon Fire Department responded around 8:30 a.m. in minus-11 degree temperatures. No one was believed to be living in the house, which is at the end of a gravel road, about a mile south of U.S. 2. There are no other nearby houses. A large wooden barn-type building across the...
Wolverine Ski Trail will be taken over by snowshoers Saturday for the annual YooperBeiner Race/Tour. The day will feature 5k and 10k races beginning at 11 a.m., followed by a kid's race, as well noncompetitive 5k and 2.5k tours. The races, sponsored by Aspirus Grand View, are a United States Snowshoe Association-sanctioned event and part of the Braveheart Snowshoe Race Series. "Last year, we had 87 people participate in the event, and 66 participants were locals," Susan Spaete, the race...
IRONWOOD - All household belongings and four pets were lost in a 7:54 p.m. Sunday fire that lit up the neighborhood at 206 Southwest St. A wood stove located in the basement caught on fire, the homeowner, Tracy Sedin, told Ironwood Public Safety Department Director Andrew DiGiorgio. "The homeowner stated that the basement was fully engulfed when she opened the basement door," DiGiorgio said. When firefighters arrived, smoke was coming from the entire structure and it hung over the Bonnie...
BESSEMER - Gogebic County Sheriff Peter Matonich was first on the agenda for Bessemer's city council meeting on Monday night. Matonich said the sheriff's department has been adding some new services or is currently in the process of doing so. He said the county still has a very active drug team and that the department also added a new corrections officer in 2014. Gogebic County is currently training officers on a new statewide information system, which allows the county to access statewide...
ERWIN TOWNSHIP - Descendants of the original Van Buskirk school children gathered on a chilly, but sunny Sunday to recreate an old photo and share some laughs. The original photo was taken on Feb. 17, 1915, by Matti Siirila and is titled "On the Rocks." Ivan Hellen, who helped make the re-creation happen and is one of the descendants, said the bluff sits "off the side of the wagon road built by Matti Siirila." Notes from an Oct. 1907 Erwin Township Board meeting said, "Matti Siirila paid...
WAKEFIELD - Sharp winds and below-zero temperatures didn't deter the crowds at the sixth annual Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department Ice Fishing Contest. 562 people registered for the event, which while down from last year's attendance of 700 to 800 people, was quite good considering the weather. Mike "Jaws" Yon, the department's chief, was pleased with the turnout. "The community always treats the fire department great," said Yon. "You take a day that starts out negative 12 degrees and just...
Firefighters battle second-story flames at 206 Southwest St. in Ironwood on Sunday night. Neighbors said the fire started in the wood stove in the basement of the home. The homeowner knew something was wrong because she could smell smoke, the neighbors said. The woman and her two sons were able to exit the house safely....
ONTONAGON - Around 80 sixth, seventh and eighth grade students from the Ontonagon Area Schools enjoyed the 28th annual Winter Recreation Day at the Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park ski area on Feb. 6. Whether downhill skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing or cross country skiing, the students and chaperones enjoyed beautiful weather and outstanding hill conditions at the Porkies. The Winter Recreation Day tradition got started during the winter of 1987-'88 when Ontonagon principal Thomas...
