Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Gogebic Community College will host a college financial aid assistance event on Wednesday as part of the Michigan-wide collaborative “College Goal” program designed to improve access to financial aid. Volunteers will be in the computer lab on the second floor of the Jacob Solin Center for Business Education from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. to assist families in filling out and submitting the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, which is required to obtain financial aid, including grants, loans and many scholarships. “If you are...
BESSEMER - Vintage snowcat enthusiasts will gather at Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort Saturday as part of "Clowder in the Powder," an opportunity to display their machines and meet with other fans of these unique over-the-snow vehicles. The vehicles will be on display from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., after which they will be driven to Caribou Lodge for dinner, followed by a night tour of the Powderhorn Mountain slopes. The only event of its kind in the Midwest, Clowder in the Powder could feature 14 of...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Ironwood resident Gary Jackson takes a lot of photos. So many in fact, he forgets how many he has taken. The subjects in Jackson's photos vary, among animals, people, structures and nature, and he travels around the area, searching for his next photo. One summer day in 2014, Jackson was walking along the beach at Little Girl's Point in Ironwood, when he came across his niece and her family playing in the water. He thought of the moment as a photo opportunity. "I was just...
IRONWOOD - A million dollars is within reach for some local youth after years of hard work and dedication. The Gogebic County 4-H Market Livestock Group is within $50,000 of hitting the million-dollar mark through its annual livestock auction during the Gogebic County Fair in August. The group, originally called The Hidquarters, started in 1972 after beef breeders and other interested parties started planning to put together a youth steer project for the fair, allowing the youth to show and...
After a horrid November produced numerous snowstorms, the Gogebic Range has settled into a relatively normal winter. In fact, January's snowfall of 21.6 inches in Ironwood was about half the long-term norm of 44.2 inches for the month. The average temperature for January was 18.5 degrees, below Ironwood's long-term average of 20.3. The National Weather Service station at the Gogebic-Iron Wastewater Treatment Plant off Cloverland Drive recorded 2.2 inches of snow for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m....
WAKEFIELD - A faulty transformer at Xcel Energy's Ironwood substation led to the 26-hour power outage in parts of Wakefield on Jan. 23-24, according to city manager Margot Anderson. She said Tuesday the transformer that went down has since been replaced by Xcel. Anderson explained why Wakefield was one of the last communities to be completely restored to power. "When power is not available through Xcel's lines, no city action at the substation can be taken to restore power," she said. She noted...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - With only a few weeks left to finalize the details, one of the American Birkebeiner founders took time to help with another Beiner-themed event on Monday. Ernie St. Germain attended a planning meeting for the annual YooperBeiner snowshoe race/tour at Wolverine Ski Trails to help plan to the timing of the event. The YooperBeiner is set for Feb. 21 at Wolverine. St. Germain is the only skier to race in all 41 of the Birkebeiner races, also called the "Birkie," in Hayward, Wis....
BESSEMER - In a short meeting on Monday night, the city council heard of a downtown business closure. La Panetteria, a bakery on Sophie Street, plans to close the doors on Friday at 4 p.m. Bessemer Chamber of Commerce President, Kathy Whitburn, was saddened when she heard the news early Monday. "I think it behooves us as a city and as a community to reach out to a business if we hear that they are having some type of difficulty and are going to be closing their doors, because it means lost...
IRONWOOD - Nevermind the fact that Warren Nelson is an accomplished guitarist, or the founder of the Northland's most unique music festival in Big Top Chautauqua. As a man who has written an ode to the very stage on which he stood Saturday night, Nelson's local charm had the audience's heart before he even struck a chord at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. To the delight of the nearly half-full theater, Nelson was, in all his prose personable and never short on an anecdote. Thumping along to that...
BESSEMER - As if summoned by the great skier himself, large and very much needed snowflakes fell Saturday afternoon on Big Powderhorn Mountain just in time for the fourth annual Gugli Challenge. Seventeen local skiers took to the hill in the National Standard Race (NASTAR)-style event to vie for one of three trophies and pay homage to the late Dominic "Gugli" Guglielmotto, who won more than 700 medals in the sport. The afternoon included skiing, refreshments and live music from Gugli's grandson...
BRUCE CROSSING - Eight quilters were registered for Brambleberry's 10th Souper Bowl Sundae quilting retreat held at the Stannard Township hall on Sunday. "2006 was our first one," said Vicki Kurtti, of Bruce Crossing, who owns Brambleberry. "We always have a tail gate party." "And a prize for each quarter," added Deana Voigt. The group plans a lot of their festivities using football terms, as the event takes place each year on the NFL's Super Bowl Sunday, usually the first Sunday in February....
BESSEMER - Students from local schools took part in a cardio-pulmonary resuscitation training course in the A.D. Johnston High School library in Bessemer on Friday. Jim LaJoie, executive director of the Superior Health Foundation in Marquette, said funding for the event was run through SHF. "Essentially, the American Red Cross submitted a mini-grant to us," LaJoie said. According to the SHF website, "The Superior Health Foundation provides funding in the form of mini-grants for projects that...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The University of Wisconsin System president fired back Thursday against Gov. Scott Walker's suggestion that faculty teach more classes as a way to help absorb a $300 million funding cut, saying the governor doesn't understand professors already face a huge workload. President Ray Cross told The Associated Press he's frustrated by the suggestion, saying the governor shouldn't target professors at the system's 26 campuses. Cross said he partly blames himself for not...
IRONWOOD - Bishop John Doerfler, of the Marquette Diocese, on Wednesday made a stop at All Saints Catholic Academy to celebrate National Catholic Schools Week with students, staff and community members. During his visit, Doerfler held Mass in Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church with children and other members of the congregation before visiting classrooms in the afternoon. During Mass, which celebrated Saint Thomas Aquinas, the patron saint of Catholic Schools, Doerfler asked the children what a...
IRONWOOD - Many Upper Peninsula residents aren't hunting anymore because they fear their dogs will be killed by wolves, state Sen. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, said Wednesday. Casperson presided at a Michigan Senate Natural Resources Committee hearing and Gogebic County area residents offered their input via a vidoeconference set-up at Gogebic Community College in Ironwood. At the end of the session, the Senate committee advanced the legislation on a 4-1 vote. About 30 people were in attendance...
VINCENNES, Ind. (AP) - Judge Jim Osborne is at it again, adding another exhibit to his collection of military history. The founder of the Indiana Military Museum and several volunteers on Sunday welcomed the facility's latest exhibit, an F-16 fighter jet. This airplane, Osborne said, is one of the first F-16s to ever be produced and was retired from flight several years ago. It has taken IMM volunteers more than two years to secure its journey to Indiana's oldest city. "It adds a great new...
HURLEY - The Iron County Board of Supervisors learned on Tuesday that mining company Gogebic Taconite was unable to make its lease payment for county property for its proposed mine site near Upson. County chairman Joe Pinardi told the board he learned the news after an Iron County Mining Impact Committee meeting last week. A payment of $20,000 was due by 5 p.m. Monday, and covered G-Tac using county property throughout 2015 and 2016. "(G-Tac) asked if we could just let it go for a year,"...
