Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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WEED, Calif. (AP) - They had prepared for wildfires and knew of the drought-parched forests, but the inferno that swirled through the California lumber town of Weed moved so quickly all people could do was flee. In just a few hours, wind-driven flames destroyed or damaged 100 homes, the saw mill and a church. At times, the fire moved so fast that residents had only a few minutes to get out of the way. On Tuesday, the "Weed Like To Welcome You" town sign still stood, but nothing else was normal...
LITTLE GIRL'S POINT - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said it hopes the Oman's Creek boat landing at Little Girl's Point will be reopened to Lake Superior boaters by Wednesday. Gale-force winds last Wednesday wiped out 20 feet of the parking lot and blocked the launch ramp with wood and cobblestone debris. Dredging was scheduled to resume at the creek mouth on Monday, according to park manager Jef Gaertner. He said DNR would work with Gogebic County employees to make the site north...
WAKEFIELD - After more than 10 years as a trooper at a Michigan State Police post in Hart, trooper John Kelly made a change, traveling nearly 400 miles north to Wakefield. On Aug. 30, Kelly became a trooper with the MSP Wakefield Post. He returned to the Upper Peninsula after working at Ojibway Correctional Facility in Marenisco before joining MSP. "When I initially got hired with the Michigan State Police, there were no openings in the U.P.," Kelly said. "I had family in the Bessemer area, and...
BESSEMER - The city of Bessemer is moving forward with the process of securing state-provided grants of more than $615,000 to help with repairs to damaged infrastructure from last winter's Deep Freeze. The city will need to contribute a local match of more than $108,000 to receive the Community Development Block Grant funding. City Manager Mike Uskiewicz said the city has already expended more than $73,000 on needed repairs that will count as a portion of the match. The city plans to use the mon...
By MELISSA D'ARABIAN Associated Press Here's the thing about baked white fish, such as haddock or cod: We know we should eat more of it because it's such a healthy choice. Trouble is, we also know that most baked white fish is dry and tasteless. And I speak from experience. I hate to throw my mom under the bus, but her baked fish - while certainly healthy with its minimalist squeeze of lemon and tiny dot or two of butter - was uninspired, flavorless, unsatisfying and, perhaps worst of all,...
IRONWOOD - Vehicles were lined up about 12 deep along Ayer Street Saturday morning as sunshine greeted Ironwood's annual fall clean-up day. City residents got rid of trash of all sorts in the three-hour collection effort manned by city workers and numerous volunteers who were assisting Eagle Waste and Recycling. Eagle Waste is the city's new garbage collection servicer and City Manager Scott Erickson said the conversion to the new business has been working out well, with many compliments about...
WAKEFIELD - Gogebic County Community Mental Health Authority is set to receive the rights and clean title to property in Wakefield it has used and occupied since 1995, following its final, Oct. 1 payment of bonds issued for the erection of its buildings and structures. "Community Mental Health will actually take ownership from the county because at the time the building was constructed, CMH couldn't own property," said Julie Hautala, CEO of the authority. "When we became an authority, we had tha...
IRONWOOD - The Northern Lights Quilting Guild is hosting its biennial quilt show on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ironwood Memorial Building. The show features more than 100 quilts from guild members and other quilters from the area. There will be vendors, refreshments, a day raffle and special displays. The guild's raffle quilt, Friendship Vines, will be on display and tickets will be available for purchase. The winner of the quilt will be announced at the end of the...
IRONWOOD - Keweenaw Land Association was recognized Friday afternoon for being a leader in forest management certification. In fact, Keweenaw was the first publicly-traded company in the country to be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council through KLA's participation with the Rainforest Alliance, a nonprofit organization. That was in 1994. While many states have addressed forest certification in the past few years, Keweenaw was far ahead of the curve 20 years ago. Brian Glodowski, manager o...
MERCER, Wis. - Around 200 people in the Mercer community and school district came together to help one of their own, Peyton Towne, a fourth-grade student who has a progressive liver disease called Byler's. A fund-raiser was held Friday afternoon at Carow Park on County J, where people gathered to purchase baked goods and other items to help the Towne family. "We did this very quickly," said Dee Rice, a Mercer school employee who helped organize the fund-raiser. "For the short-term notice, we wil...
BESSEMER - The Gogebic County Sheriff's Department has received a $4,000 grant from the pipeline that cuts through the county. Sheriff Peter Matonich said the money from TransCanada Corporation has been used to purchase a trailer for transportation of the department's varied equipment for both emergencies and patrol work. Matonich applied for the grant through TransCanada's Community Investment Program, in which the company supports local initiatives. "I thank TransCanada Corporation for its...
HURLEY - Hurley K-12 School now has two fully stocked libraries - even if one of them is only a small wooden box outside the front entrance. The box is known as a "Free Little Library," a movement crossing the globe to increase reading and literacy. "We just filled it (with books) this week," said Shannon Dahlbacka, high school English teacher and services learning coordinator, who helped with the project. Dahlbacka said the project started over the summer, but once school was back in session, i...
The clean-up from the gales on Lake Superior continued Thursday morning at Saxon Harbor and Little Girl's Point. The Tuesday and Wednesday storm resulted in north winds of up to around 50 mph washing debris all along the shoreline. Waves of 20 feet or higher were whipped up by the storm. At Saxon Harbor, there was a double whammy in the marina area as not only did large logs and debris get blown in from the lake, but Oronto Creek flooded over the access road that leads to the creek mouth. About...
IRONWOOD - Saturday, Sept. 20, has officially been proclaimed Mining Memorial Heritage Day in Ironwood. City commissioners on Monday adopted a resolution designating the special day. The commission learned the observance will begin with a noon gathering at the downtown Miners Wall Mural and conclude with a candlelight vigil around 6 p.m. Events at the Historic Ironwood Theatre are also being planned in connection with the observance. It has been proclaimed as a day of recognition for all local m...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Picture the fearsome creatures of "Jurassic Park" crossed with the shark from "Jaws." Then super-size to the biggest predator ever to roam Earth. Now add a crocodile snout as big as a person and feet like a duck's. The result gives you some idea of a bizarre dinosaur scientists unveiled Thursday. This patchwork of critters, a 50-foot predator, is the only known dinosaur to live much of its life in the water. The beast, called Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, was already known to...
HURLEY - A Wednesday fire destroyed an unattached garage and damaged the vinyl on the side of a house at 104 Germania St. in Hurley. Hurley Fire Chief Darrell Petrusha said the garage was fully engulfed when firefighters were dispatched to the scene at 11:35 a.m. He said no one was at home at the house, owned by Lois Chatterson, but there was a dog inside and it was saved. Seventeen firefighters responded and were able to save the house, although the west side wall vinyl melted. A car was a...
HURLEY - Hurley football fans were surprised during a game Friday against Lake Linden-Hubbell. It wasn't the score that sent them cheering, but a check presentation to the Hurley Education Foundation from Midland Services, of Hurley. For the past six years, the foundation has participated in the patronage program called "Cash for Kids." Each year, thousands of dollars are given to the foundation, which is used to benefit students at the Hurley K-12 School. This year, the check was a big one,...
On a hot, muggy Tuesday afternoon, Eagle Bluff Golf Club groundskeeper Jeff Tenlen was aerating the greens, a process in which dime-sized holes are poked into the surfaces. It was 77 degrees in Hurley, and the Tuesday Night Men's League was preparing for its last day of play for the season. Tenlen figured his crew had better get the work done in anticipation of impending Wednesday precipitation. Well, those holes on the greens more than filled with water Wednesday as from 2 to 3 inches of rain...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Opening a new military front in the Middle East, President Barack Obama authorized U.S. airstrikes inside Syria for the first time Wednesday night, along with expanded strikes in Iraq as part of "a steady, relentless effort" to root out Islamic State extremists and their spreading reign of terror. "We will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are," Obama declared in a prime-time address to the nation from the White House. "This is a core principle of my...
